Audrey, Wait!
Author: Robin Benway
Series: ---
Publisher: Penguin Group
How Received: library
Breaking up is hard to do...
When Audrey decides to break up with her boyfriend Evan, she figures that yes, things may be awkward at school and all, but that's the most she'll have to deal with.
What she doesn't expect is for him to write a song about it. For that song to shoot up the charts. For Evan to become a celebrity. For the paparazzi to start following her every movement. Finding a fanbase.
She doesn't expect to have to deal with losing the only normal life she's ever known.
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My summary made the book sound a lot more serious than it actually is. Audrey, Wait! was definitely a fun, fast read that had me laughing out loud at parts and wincing in others. It's honest - you feel like you're there with Audrey, experiencing what she's going through and every annoying, funny, or twisted thing that's happening to her.
Speaking of funny, this quote made me laugh out loud.
The timing was pretty ironic, since Jimi Hendrix's "Fire" was playing, but also a relief, since every guitar player in the room - and there were many - was air-guitaring along with Jimi and making that horrible guitargasm face. Thank God Simon was a singer and I was spared the embarassment of watching him do that.
What I like about Audrey and all of the characters were that they were fleshed out. Not one character fell flat - there was more to each of them than what you first glimpse, and they all have their flaws. Nobody's perfect, but they're all damned fun to read about.
Final Comments: I'd definitely recommend it, especially for people in the music industry. It's just a fun, fun book.