The Main Attraction

Heartbreak Cafe #2

by Janet Quin-Harkin

A Hollywood director decides to shoot a film at the Heartbreak Cafe, and, when he makes the manager, Joe, a motorcycle stuntman, Joe turns from an okay guy into an egomaniac

Genres: Young Adult

192 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published June 15, 1989

About the author

Janet Quin-Harkin is a pseudonym of Rhys Bowen

Rhys turned to writing children’s books under her married name, Janet Quin-Harkin. Her first picture book was an immediate success and won several awards. More picture books followed, then her agent asked her to write a book for young adults. This was a turning point in Rhys’s career. Her first young adult novel was an instant hit. By her third she was selling half a million copies. Many more popular YA novels followed until Rhys decided she had said all she wanted to say about teenage love and angst, and she turned her real love—mysteries.

Reviews

[Sofia · Rating 4 out of 5]

Thanks to the publisher for providing me with a copy of this book series in exchange for an honest review. All opinions are my own.

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The second book was far more enjoyable to me in comparison to the first one. Not just because all the characters kind of grow on you but the stereotypes also start falling apart. Debbie is definitely made to be the main character and she radiates that energy, but I definitely want to see the growth and focus on Debbie’s friend group and other side characters.

The character I really liked was Debbie’s mom, who had just gotten divorced and is trying to pursue her education. Debbie thinks she’s a bit selfish but I think it’s inspirational because it shows that no matter how old you are, you should pursue your dreams (even if they don’t work out in the end).

The ending of the second book was very satisfying and I was so glad it turned out that way. I am definitely continuing on with the series, as they are a perfect thing to read when you’re trying to recover from heavy books. This series is a true 4 star read and it has everything that a funny and light teen romance series should have.

[Taki · Rating 5 out of 5]

It took me years to find what this series was called because all I could remember was the basic plot of "girl works in a restaurant and falls for the bad boy" haha but thankfully google led me to a blog post entitled "Guide to 80's teen book series" which led me to the name of this series :) This was one of my favorite series, even though I only read 4 of them because that's all my library had.

[Jane]

nothing like strolling down memory lane, I remember I loved these books