The Brightsiders, Jen Wilde
The Brightsiders, Jen Wilde
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The Brightsiders

Author: Jen Wilde

Narrator: Katherine Littrell

Unabridged: 7 hr 45 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 05/22/2018

Synopsis

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. But there’s nothing the paparazzi love more than watching a celebrity crash and burn. When a night of partying lands Emmy in hospital, she’s branded the latest tabloid train wreck.Luckily, Emmy has her friends and bandmates, including the super-swoonworthy Alfie, to help her pick up the pieces of her life. She knows hooking up with a band member is exactly the kind of trouble she should be avoiding, and yet Emmy and Alfie Just. Keep. Kissing.Will the inevitable fallout turn her into a clickbait scandal (again)? Or will she find the strength to stand on her own?Jen Wilde, author of Queens of Geek, which Seventeen called, “the geeky, queer book of our dreams” is back with a brand new cast of highly diverse and relatable characters for her fans to fall in love with.

About Jen Wilde

Jen Wilde is a writer, geek, and fangirl with a penchant for coffee, books, and pugs. She writes YA stories about zombies (As They Rise), witches (Echo of the Witch), fangirls (Queens of Geek), and rockstars (The Brightsiders). Her debut series reached over three million reads online and became an Amazon bestseller.Born and raised in Australia, she splits her time between Melbourne and New York. When she’s not writing, Jen loves binge-watching her favorite shows on Netflix, eating pizza, traveling to far away places, and going to conventions in Marty McFly cosplay.

About Katherine Littrell

Katherine Littrell is a Sydney-based audiobook narrator who studied English literature at Bryn Mawr College. She has lived in the United States and the U.K. but is glad to be back home in Australia, where she enjoys knitting, making furniture, and talking out loud to herself in small spaces.

Reviews

Goodreads review by emma on April 17, 2018

Oh, boy. I know this is my unending refrain, but I really wanted to like this book. Even though I didn’t expect to. Unfortunately, I was prevented. By exciting stuff, like drama so unrelenting and pain-inducing that it gave me icepick migraines. You know, those really fun ones that feel like someone......more

Goodreads review by Lea (drumsofautumn) on February 22, 2019

This is the kind of queer book I was waiting for. If you’re still looking for something super diverse to read during Pride Month.. THIS IS IT! Please pick it up 🌈💜 I've been thinking about some more thoughts to write about this for over a week now but I just honestly am so deeply in love with this, t......more

Quotes

“This is the geeky, queer book of our dreams.” Seventeen on Queens of Geek

“This fun book about fierce friendships gives voice to a group of diverse female characters who are so defined by so much more than just their mental health and sexuality.” Bustle on Queens of Geek

“Hilarious and insightful…If you’re looking for queer intersectional representation, strong characterization, and absorbing prose, then this is the YA book for you.” Lambda Literary on Queens of Geek

“An emotional, lively story full of characters that leap off the page and slip their hands into yours, inviting you into a world where the geeks and nerds are royalty.” Katherine Locke, author of Second Position, on Queens of Geek

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