A teen rockstar has to navigate family, love, coming out, and life in the spotlight after being labeled the latest celebrity trainwreck in Jen Wilde’s quirky and utterly relatable novel. As a rock star drummer in the hit band The Brightsiders, Emmy King’s life should be perfect. You can pre-order it now via Amazon or Indiebound. A teen rockstar has to navigate family, love, coming out, and life in the spotlight after being labeled the latest celebrity trainwreck in Jen Wilde's quirky and utterly relatable novel. As a rock star drummer in the hit band The Brightsiders, Emmy King’s life should be perfect. The Brightsiders by Jen Wilde hits shelves this May 22, 2018. They were adorable and endearing and just so perfectly flawed. The Brightsiders Jen Wilde 4.2 5 Ratings 9.99 Publisher Description A teen rockstar has to navigate family, love, coming out, and life in the spotlight after being labeled the latest celebrity trainwreck in Jen Wilde's quirky and utterly relatable novel. I loved, loved, loved, all of the elements of this book and wanted to hug all three of the band members tight throughout the entire story. Uh, we reward creativity in our culture with harassment and stalking? I'm so not ok with that.Īnyway, whoooo, that was a tangent. Some people say, Oh, that's what they get for being famous'.

This is the second book I've read, recently, where I wanted to hurl something at the paparazzi. The entire thing is just a Social Worker's dream caseload. One of the elements that removes drama-free from this equation is the fact that the tens in question are in a rock band that is paparazzi clickbait, combined with an absolutely unstable ex-girlfriend, actively alcoholic, narcissistic parents, and a little of that addictive gene passed down to our dear, darling, lead singer, Emmy. (No, offense, I totally love you, Simon! And Dante! And Monty!). Basically, the story makes it clear, in no uncertain terms, that being queer is not a get-out-of-drama free card which is kind of a breath of fresh air when it comes to the usually squeaky clean gay-kid romances on the shelves, right now. Show More Brightsiders is not just about sexuality (though that plays a huge part, as does gender identity) but it is about relationships, how screwed up they can be, regardless of gender or orientation.

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