Inferno (Phoenix Rising Rock Band Book 1) Kindle Edition

Kathryn Kelly has never let me down on a Great Read, I just finished book 1 & 2 of this series & it was Awesome Sloane & Georgie Wow, I cried right through this book & the next , The Dwellers are apart of the the series as Cash is Georgie is Cash's half Brother ., but love when authors bring series together so it all intermingles ... Perfect . Right, how Kathryn kept up with the whole intrigue & the whos got Dirt on who to make them do as they said ,it twisted ... turned , changed then just when you think its all gonna be all ok .... no something else happens or said ... Well Sloane is a Rockstar a manwhore of the highest degree actually the Band & Bodygaurds are all just as bad as Sloane so Georgie has alot to over come , lots of issues are dealt with, I really like this couple & found similarities with them to Meggie & Outlaw . An excellent Couple of books that kept me up late well into the early hours of the morning as i couldnt put in down... Cannot wait till the third book coming . Well Worth Your Time & Money So One Clink Today .... An Enjoyable Read :-)

Kathryn Kelly has amazing talent. I love her work. This book is no exception. Her writing makes you feel like you are really in the scene. You forget you are reading it. Sometimes the writing in books I read feels too simplistic and sometimes too flowery. Either way the writing style reminds you that you are just reading a book. Not Kathyrn Kelly, you are really there in the room with the characters. I would not call this an action-packed book but rather an intrigue-packed book. Wow, so many twists. Despite the fact that a lot of bad things happen to the characters this book does not leave you feeling down but rather empowered! The h of this book is a 16-year-old girl who drinks too much and is addicted to cocaine. The H is 9-years older than she. Yea, the author goes there. So many books try so hard to be taboo without really crossing any potentially offensive lines. Think of all the stepbrother and stepsister romances out now. That sounds so wrong but really almost all of them star over 18 H & h's whose parents just so happen to marry after the main characters are essentially grown. Really it is just the illusion of being taboo. Sloane and Georgie have a lot to overcome to reach the HEA found in the second book but I loved the journey! If you are like me and do not want your romance with a thick sugar coating then this book is for you!

4.5 stars
I don't know what to say about Inferno except that it was awesome.  The book does end in a cliffhanger (but I forgive the author for that since the book was so well done). I loved the ARC so much, I bought the book once it was released.  One of my favorite lines was "visit me in jail" and that entire conversation.  It says so much about them. Complicated characters without fake drama, the angst really works with the follow of the book (it fits with the story and not over the top).  Georgie, a 16 year old, just wants to be loved. While she comes from a very wealthy family and has an allowance of $1K for each year she has been alive, she has no real friends and her family ignores her. So her only "friend"- the person who pays any attention to her is her older brother's best friend. He supplies her with drugs, but instead of asking her to pay him with money, he makes her perform oral sex. The second time Sloane meets her is at her parents home after she has had oral sex with the bother's best friend. BTW, the drug supplier "friend" has a girlfriend. Therefore, giving her a complex that she is only good for oral sex and she can only feel good about herself if she is high. He manipulates her so badly that Sloane (main male character - rock god) just wants to save her. She has such an innocence about her. When they first met, Georgie tells Sloane she was 18.

I really like how the story did the flashback thing - it works.  Both main characters were so interesting and very realistic within the situations they are in based on their backgrounds/histories.  He knows saving her will be his downfall and he tries to save her anyway.

A couple of things to note (as some folks may be turned off by them/triggers for them): 1) he does start sleeping around once they "break up.". I don't read books with cheating (except Kathyrn Kelly books it seems now) or if I find out as I'm reading, I will stop. In this case, I wanted to know what would happen next and it worked within the context of the characters. It wasn't done to just add some fake angst. 2) The book does end on a cliffhanger, but the excerpt from the next book wets appetite and gives some hope. 3) the age difference - but Kathyrn Kelly does this so well and makes it believable. 4) there is a suicide attempt

I received an ARC for a honest review. Then did buy the book.