Rock 'N' Roll Sweetheart

Sweet Dreams

by Laurie Lykken

When Chrissy meets Robin James, the lead singer of a local rock band, and auditions for him with her original songs, she feels an attraction between them, but their budding romance threatens to wither before it even blooms.

Genres: Young Adult, Romance

176 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published January 1, 1990

Reviews

[Alice · Rating 5 out of 5]

Just read this again, I love this book, it's my favourite of the Laurie Lykken books that she wrote for Sweet Dreams. It's just a cute read with likeable characters, there's no mean girl or jerk in it, no massive misunderstandings. It's simple and sweet with the relationship between Chrissy and Duncan being the main selling point, they've known each other for years and it's clear that Duncan is secretly in love with Chrissy but she thinks she wants nothing more to do with him then she has to. Their parents are best friends and would love to see them get together so naturally this makes Chrissy not want it to happen even more but of course she realizes she's in love with him too and she thinks it's too late and that she has lost him. All this while writing songs and playing with her favourite local band, it's just a cute book and I love it. One of the other reviewers is ragging on this book (this particular reviewer hates on most of the SD books so not sure why this person even reads them?? but I don't care I love them) and critiquing how bad Chrissy's lyrics are, well she is just a teenage girl and the woman who wrote this book is not actually a songwriter so who cares? that's hardly why I'm reading the book. As bad as her lyrics are, sadly they still sound more stimulating than all the lyrics I hear to new songs today so.......anyway the ending was cute too. Actually Laurie Lykken's endings always leave me a bit disappointed and wanting more so I think this ending was better than her others. I like Duncan and Chrissy's relationship and I love the 80s family and friendships that are the usual in the books.

[Darcia Scates · Rating 3 out of 5]

It was an ok book. I am so glad the author didn't allow Chrissy to get used. In today's day and age, Chrissy's catchy non-copywritten songs would have been stolen. She would have written these great songs, and the band would use them and then turn their back on her. I am also glad that nothing happened to her when she showed up alone at the band rehearsal. In today's age, it's always a good idea to bring a friend along when you go to an all male event. I am glad that Chrissy had good friends that gave her advice along the way, such as 'lies aren't good, it's time to come clean.' All in all, I'm glad Chrissy had a good ending. Great job, good amount of pages for the younger audience.

[Reading with Cats · Rating 2 out of 5]

Chrissy is a bit of a twit. Who writes bad song lyrics. Really, really bad song lyrics.