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ISBN: 978-1616953560
Published by Soho Press, Incorporated on January 27th 2015
Genres: 20th Century, Historical, Love & Romance, Music, Mysteries & Detective Stories, United States, Young Adult
Pages: 272
Format: ARC
Source: Publisher
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Mad Men meets Nashville in this debut mystery set in 1963, written by Grammy winner and Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Cynthia Weil.
It’s the summer of 1963 and JJ Green is a born songwriter—which is a major problem, considering that her family thinks the music business is a cesspool of lowlifes and hustlers. Defying them, she takes an internship at the Brill Building, the epicenter of a new sound called rock and roll.
JJ is finally living her dream. She even finds herself a writing partner in Luke Silver, a boy with mesmerizing green eyes who seems to connect instantly with her music. Best of all, they’ll be cutting their first demo with legendary singer Dulcie Brown. Though Dulcie is now a custodian in the Brill Building and has fallen on hard times, JJ is convinced that she can shine again.
But Dulcie’s past is a tangle of secrets, and when events take a dark turn, JJ must navigate a web of hidden identities and shattered lives—before it snares her, too.
MY THOUGHTS
JJ has graduated early from high school and wants to be a song writer in the famous Brill Building during the early Sixites. Her parents have other plans for her. They think she should carry on the family tradition of being lawyers. Her uncle Bernie, the black sheep of the family, has been excommunicated for his somewhat illegal activities. Secretely, she gets a job as an assistant at Good Music publishing and then tells her parents she will follow their plan if she can’t get a song published. What should be a simple job turns dark when she meets a once-famous singer, Dulcie Brown, who is recovering from drug issues. There is also a cute boy she meets in the building, who has his own dark secrets. Luke (18), whose father just died, had once managed Dulcie and when she dies in apparent suicide, they both think that it was murder.
Lots of twists and turns get them to the end point of uncovering the truth of Dulcie, but JJ knows that she couldn’t have possibly killed herself. The pair work as a team and there are lots of truths revealed about racisim, drug abuse and the music business. Well, not so much about music. I really wished that there was more focus on that part of the story. JJ and Luke also find out about themselves as the story progresses. This is a pretty clean romance geated towards teens with only some kissing, as well as, mentions of drug and alcohol abuse.
My favorite song (and it was my favorite waaaaay before Perks of Being a Wallflower came out) is from my teens, Asleep by the Smiths.
That would be Lifehouse “Hanging By a Moment”. It has been my favorite for years and years!
One favorite song?! That’s crazy!! There are so many great ones. OK, OK, I’ll pick Smooth by Santana featuring Rob Thomas, but I have about a million others too. Thanks
My favorite song is Holding Out For A Hero by Bonnie Tyler. Thanks for having the giveaway.
My current favorite is Neon Light by Blake Shelton.
Ever!? My eclectic reading tastes lead straight into the same for music. They come and go, but something I can always turn on and listen to is jazz, something like Take Five by Dave Brubeck.
Strange by Tokio Hotel and Kerli
That would be My Love by the Beatles.
Picture by Kid Rock and Sheryl Crowe
at the moment, my favorite song is love me harder by ariana grande or I’m not the only one by sam smith. Either is amazinnggggg
Than you for the giveaway!!
I don’t have a favorite song. I have so many songs I love but I don’t have a favorite
Angels Don’t Kill by Children of Bodom.
Thanks for the chance to win!
My favorite song? Wow, I like many songs, but I think I don’t have a favorite one. I really like Missing You by 2NE1.
I really hope this book sells out but I want one first!
I love all types of music, so picking a favorite is hard – how about “Time for me to Fly” by REO Speedwagon.
My favorite song is “Fishin’ in the Dark” by the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band.
Currently it would have to be Bad Blood by Taylor Swift or I wish by Cher Lloyd
So many, but the first one that came to mind was Rhiannon by Fleetwood Mac
My favorite song is Hallelujah by Leonard Cohen.