Series Review: Is this series worth your time? Does it get better as the novels progress? Or does it get worse? Find out below:

Synopsis for Backstage Pass (from Goodreads):
Five stunning guys, one hot woman, and a feverish romance…

For him, life is all music and no play…

When Brian Sinclair, lead songwriter and guitarist of the hottest metal band on the scene, loses his creative spark, it will take nights of downright sinful passion to release his pent-up genius…

She’s the one to call the tune…

When sexy psychologist Myrna Evans goes on tour with the Sinners, every boy in the band tries to seduce her. But Brian is the only one she wants to get her hands on…

Then the two lovers’ wildly shocking behavior sparks the whole band to new heights of glory… and sin…

SERIESous’ Top Book Series: Guilty Pleasure Read
Series: Sinners on Tour
Author: Olivia Cunning
# of Books: 5 (Backstage Pass, Rock Hard, Hot Ticket, Wicked Beat, Double Time, [Sinners at the Altar, Sinners in Paradise, Sinners Rock the Cradle])

Sinners at the Altar/in Paradise/Rock the Cradle are anthology books that are extended epilogues of the previous novels.

Book Order: Connected

The order of the events in the books doesn’t follow the publishing order for the first 5 books. The books’ order according to timeline: Backstage Pass, Rock Hard, Hot Ticket, Wicked Beat, Double Time. I read them in order of events, not publication.

Complete?: No, Sinners in Paradise and Sinners Rock the Cradle have yet to be published.
Genre: Erotica, Contemporary, Rock stars, Kinky, Music, Drama, BDSM
Heat Rating: Smokin’ (BDSM: High)
Point of View: Third Person, Alternating
Publication Dates: October 2010 – March 2014
Source & Format: Public Library–eBook

PLEASE NOTE: That as of publishing this review, I have only read the first 3 novels in this series (Backstage Pass, Rock Hard and Hot Ticket). I have opted not to read the rest of this series.

Why I Picked it Up / My Expectations:

I honestly have no idea why I decided to read these books. I guess I wanted to try a new “erotica” series and I’ve been enjoying reading New Adult books about rock stars and musicians so it seemed like this series was an obvious choice.

My Review:

As you can expect, these books are basically about having sex with rock stars. And unsurprisingly there is a lot of sex. I think in Backstage Pass, you could probably go about 5 pages (max) before the couple was having sex or fondling each other. And it isn’t necessarily your everyday vanilla sex either: it’s got a bit of a kink to it and that kinkiness gets more elaborate as the series wares on. This series is pretty much every female fantasy about rock stars coming to life: so if your fantasy rock star does it in your dreams, he probably does it in this book.

I like a bit of spice to my books as much as the next person but I don’t need copious amounts of it in my novels. I also don’t enjoy BDSM or “heavier” sex novels and these books bordered on that line at times. However, I did enjoy the story underneath all the sex (though there really wasn’t much there). It was a definitely guilty pleasure read and I think readers who need a mindless romance novel to read after reading a darker, more serious story (like I do) will enjoy it.

The books are quite long as well: which can be a good or bad thing depending on how you feel about erotica novels. I personally wished they were condensed a bit more so that I got more plot but they are easy reads to get through for sure.

–November 2, 2014– Book #3: Hot Ticket

I just finished Hot Ticket (book 3) and I think this book is my favourite out of the series so far. I really liked the two leads and I found I didn’t get annoyed by them like I did in Rock Hard. I also liked that they built more of an emotional connection other than just their physical chemistry. I had planned to just read this book here and there while I read another book but I actually got pretty hooked into this one and finished it in a weekend.

Series Rating: DNF

Backstage Pass 3/5 | Rock Hard 3.5/5 | Hot Ticket 4/5

If you are looking for a hot, mindless read with lots of sex (and not of the vanilla kind)–this is a series for you!

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