Lick It Up by Gillian Archer📖Book Info
I left for my “honeymoon” solo but came home married to a rock star. Oh boy.
My entire world collapses a week before my wedding.
My ex is not the man I thought he was, and I have the shiner to prove it.
Heartbroken, I board my honeymoon flight alone and spend my days sitting on the beach, wondering how I never saw it coming.
Enter Mal.
I’m not sure how I didn’t recognize the biggest guitar player in the world.
I just know I feel safe in his arms, and he’s as different from my ex as can be—gentle, giving, spontaneous…
Planning to marry someone I thought I knew didn’t work, so why not marry a stranger?
But when his world gets rocked in the worst possible way, and he goes back on the promises he made to me on that beach, I have to choose between stability and the scariest thing that’s ever happened to me…for all the right reasons.
Lick It Up kicks off the Long Licks series. Grab this angsty, elopement with a rock star, age gap, spicy romance about two people finding themselves and love despite tragedy coming at them from every direction.
💭Our Thoughts
“No, I'm in a relationship. With myself. It’s going really great.”
I almost DNF’d this one - So glad I didn’t give up.
This is one of those cases where I loved the characters; however, the storyline was at times lacking for me.
Okay, Mal did irk me a bit, but he was on a pretty sharp learning curve with Saylor.
And with a daddy kink - who knew?
This was an instant attraction/love romance, and at times, I was concerned that their relationship might be more of a band-aid for their traumas than actual love. Mal and Saylor were both facing turning points in their lives, and it felt like they were avoiding their problems with sex. (yes I get attached to my characters.)
Despite feeling like something was missing from the storyline, there was just something that compelled me to push on.
Glad I did
When they leave the island, things get real.
I got angry
A little scared
I even dripped a few of those watery things from my eyes.
This had a little bit of everything:
A lot of character growth - just took them a little while
Loss - this hit home with me
The battle one faces with addiction
A mom who needed to be fish food - you go, Saylor!
Some “Oh Hades NO you didn’t” moments
Humour
Friendship
And a cast that will steal your heart
I truly am looking forward to the next in the series
Leif's story, maybe?
Author Website: https://www.gillianarcher.com/
Blog Tour Page: https://awonderfulworldofwordsa.blogspot.com/2026/04/lick-it-up-long-licks-rock-stars.html
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