Ratings

Content Ratings based on a 0-5 scale where
0 = no objectionable content and
5 = an excessive or disturbing level of content

Guide to Rating System

LANGUAGE

VIOLENCE

SEXUAL CONTENT

ADULT THEMES

Ratings Explanation

Language:  Frequent profanity and swearing including the f-word about 15 times.

Sexual Content:  Teen makes references about to going to the nurse for condoms and sleeping with her boyfriend several times with no description.  Teens are said to “tell sexual stories” during gym.  A rocker wants to sleep with Audrey because he thinks she will inspire him to write great songs.

Adult Themes:  Teens and adults are drinking frequently, there are joints at a party.

Synopsis

“I always said I’d write a song about her, and well, I hope it’s not too late.  This one is called ‘Audrey, Wait!’ “  Audrey is sitting in the audience listening to a local rock group, and when her ex-boyfriend plays his song about their breakup, she is embarrassed.  But when it spreads across the airwaves like wildfire, her life totally changes.  The phone is ringing off the hook.  Even her cell phone number has been compromised.  Everyone wants an interview.  Paparazzi and crowds of people show up when she goes to a record store.  She can’t attend school normally.  She gets invited backstage to meet rock groups she adored and finds herself treated like SOMEBODY.  But the media is watching her every move.   She finds out why celebrities can’t live normal lives and how some people want to use you rather than care about you.  Lucky for her, the cute boy who works at the ice cream shop just wants to care about her and sticks with her through the crazy, rollercoaster ride called fame.

Favorite quote:  “My family’s pretty chatty, in case you haven’t noticed, and we don’t really let things hang.”  Total understatement about Audrey herself!  She is chatty on steroids through 313 pages of non-stop personality.  It was not a weighty book to ponder, but a super-perky fan report punctuated with at least 800 exclamation marks!!!!!!  It felt so genuine, I couldn’t help but think,  “This has to be autobiographical.”  The remarks on the back flap seem to confirm that Robin Benway knows the rock fan life pretty well.  Unfortunate about the bad language, but realistically, it’s probably so much a part of her life, it didn’t even cross her consciousness.