Book Review (238): Rockoholic - C.J Skuse

Rockoholic

by C.J. Skuse 

Publication: 1st November 2012

Publisher: Scholastic

Pages: 358

Genre: Contemporary

Age Appropriate: Young Adult

She's got it bad, and he ain't good -- he's in her garage?

"I'm your biggest fan, I'll follow you until you love me..." 

Gonna have to face it: Jody's addicted to Jackson Gatlin, frontman of The Regulators, and after her best bud Mac scores tickets, she's front and center at his sold-out concert. But when she gets mashed in the moshpit and bodysurfs backstage, she's got more than a mild concussion to deal with. By the next morning, the strung-out rock star is coming down in her garage. Jody -- oops -- kind of kidnapped him. By accident. With a Curly Wurly candy bar. And now he doesn't want to leave. 

It's a rock-star abduction worthy of an MTV reality series...but who got punk'd?!

My Thoughts.

I've wanted to read this book for such a long time now, the concept was what initially first caught my attention, that and I love the cover, it's very simplistic but consistent with the storyline. 

The idea of accidently kidnapping your favourite rock star has probably been fantasized about at some time or another in  your life, but of course you'd never actually do it, but when Jody happens to do just that and kidnaps Jackson Gatlin, lead singer of American rock band The Regulators, when he accidently mistakes a Curly Wurly chocolate bar for a knife she inadverdantly in doing so will change both their lives forever.

But when she gets him home to her garage she finds that he is nothing like his public persona that she is in love with, instead he's an ungrateful, rude, drug addict whom doesn't like people physically touching him and in his own words is incapable of love.

With the help of her 'gay' best-friend Mac they hide him as best as they can from Jody's Mother and sister especially when he's reported missing and with everybody on the look-out for him Jackson refuses to leave, not wanting to go back to his rock star lifestyle that he's so desperate to escape from.

I love having this book set in England, I don't get to read too may books set here so it's great when I find a book that is, the English slang I guess you could say isn't too bad at all, although in saying that both my parents are English so that may be why I find it easier to understand.

This is a very quick read that all fans of Contemporary books should pick up.

I give this 3.25/5 Stars.

“I only got to see three songs, Mac"

"That does not entitle you to take home the lead singer, Jody"
"I know"
"Most people settle for a T-shirt or a poster. Not Jody. Jody wants actual band members”