AUDREY, WAIT!: Robin Benway: Razorbill: Young Adult: 313 pagesAudrey’s ex-boyfriend writes a song about their break up, and when the song becomes a runaway hit, Audrey is suddenly a celebrity. The unwanted attention keeps Audrey holed up in the school administrative office for classes, unable to go on a date with her new boyfriend and mortified that her school yearbook picture is on the Internet.
Audrey, Wait! has been getting rave reviews in young adult lit circles, but I found it to be a pretty average teen read. The story moves fairly quickly, Audrey has good relationships with her best friend and parents, there’s the requisite romance, and the premise is fun, but it was still only okay for me, with characters I never liked very well. Readers who do enjoy Audrey, Wait! might also enjoy (or prefer) Sarah Dessen’s This Lullaby, another title involving a teen who has a song written about her. Be prepared for pervasive language and some drug references in Audrey, Wait!
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