Rock 'n' Roll Baby

by Ella Goode

Linc’s always had two loves - music and me. When his big break comes, though, it feels like he’s going to have to choose. I can’t be the one to hold him back so I’m going to keep a secret. He’ll hate me when he finds out, but I can’t crush his dream.

I’ve only ever had one love - Cherry. She’s the heart of my songs, the beat in my melodies. If I have to choose between music and her, she’d win every time. When my music blows up big on the scene, I need Cherry by my side. Only this time, she’s reluctant to leave home. I’ll need all of my songwriting skills to convince her that my guitar only sounds right when we’re together.

Genres: Romance, Contemporary, Novella, Music, Second Chance, New Adult, High School

135 pages, Kindle Edition

First published May 16, 2020

Reviews

[Jenny · Rating 4 out of 5]

I love Ella Goode. Her books are safe, sweet and steamy. This book was great. I loved the angst, the misunderstandings, the secret baby trope. Hero and heroine were lovable and so in love. Totally safe: no cheating, they were both completely faithful. Some other man and other woman drama but it was all a big misunderstanding. Adorable HEA with their baby girl and pregnant heroine!

I am not into rock star stories but this one was fab! Good job Ella! ❤️

[Darlene I read WAY to many books · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was very high school/adult vibes with little steam and few drama.

Linc and crew are living up being a band with concerts at their local small town bar. And he has everything he wanted his music and his girl Cherry. And they get a surprise thanks to Cherry a record company wanting to sign them. Now Cherry and Linc have to deal with long distance, rumors, and more distance from eachother when someone is sending Linc pics of His girl hugging a guy (her new bff who's gay) and Cherry seeing stuff on social media of her boyfriend drunk and at a strip club.

Now this is where I was meh or confused if he ever did cheat? Since he was drunk he had a dream now was that a dream or did he dream sex someone? He said he never touch anyone it has always been Cherry. But I think the author would have said if he was sorta taken avantage of at the strip club by a stripper. So I'm have faith and say he didn't cheat or keep it idk? Cuz idk really? That part was confusing hopefully when someone else reads it they can help me with that.

Now cherry has their daughter (secert baby trope she did call him but manager was a dick) to think about and i do wish Linc groveld more.. also those friends of their have to grovel to. Fame changed those friends to and didn't even call her to say "hey who is this guy?" To tell Linc hey its nothing.. drama for drama I say.

Low angst, Slight ow drama (ex class mate and stripper) and no om drama, tiny drama, secondary charas, sexy times, no virgins

Recommend- maybe
Cover-⭐⭐⭐

Instalove
Separation
Long distance
No condom
Hea
Epilogue

[Serena Books · Rating 3 out of 5]

Estaba tan concentrado en hacer un futuro para nosotros que me olvidé del presente.



Rock 'n' Roll Baby de Ella Goode


Mí humilde opinión:


Linc es el cantante de la banda Local Heroe, junto con sus amigos Nick y Benjy, tocan en lugares pero su sueño es triunfar grande con su música.

Linc ha estado enamorado de Cherry desde siempre y quiere darle una vida mejor, sacarla del pequeño pueblo en el que viven. Cuando su oportunidad llega y Cherry queda atrás, muchas cosas comienzan a salir mal. Y los dos se preguntan si su amor sobrevivirá a la distancia.



Me encantan las historias de Ella, realmente son seguras y dulces, mí descanso de libros pesados pero esta me resultó media floja.

Con esa portada preciosa me esperaba algo rompedor pero no estuvo a la altura de lo último de ella que leí que fue la serie Fu High.

No me gustó Linc ni un poco. Por no luchar por la chica principalmente.

Estado tanto tiempo juntos y diciendo que se conocen bien, no me podía creer las suposiciones que hacían los dos.

Que terminen por mensaje de texto para dejar libre al otro?


Enserio, me dio bronca.

Y luego de que Cherry los había apoyado y prácticamente por ella consiguieron un contrato? La dejaban de lado tan fácil?

No lo entendía.

Y qué fue esa escena de Linc haciendo el amor con Cherry luego de tomar hasta el desmayo en el club de strippers? Lo soñó? Se aprovecharon de su estado de embriaguez? La autora no lo aclara!

Sin embargo, Linc le dice después a Cherry que no estuvo con ninguna mujer luego de su separación.

Tengo miles de descargos más pero lo voy a dejar ahí.

Me angustió mucho leer este librito con todo lo que sucedía. Comprendí que eran jóvenes y que amor a la distancia no es fácil pero tenía ganas de zarandear a la pareja!

Me gustó el epílogo, siempre son buenos, al menos algo de alivio dentro de todo.

[One chapter more · Rating 3 out of 5]

I love secret baby stories!!! Even though I thought our hero and heroine were way too young for my liking, it was still a nice and quick story.

[❀ Crystal ✿ - PEACE ☮ LOVE ♥ BOOKS · Rating 2 out of 5]

Well damn that was just a mess. I absolutely did not like this book and I wanted to dnf far too many times. I’m so sick of the ‘misunderstanding’ trope that causes something horrible to happen, usually a breakup. A simple f#ckin conversation is the one thing that can clear things up but of course do the characters do that, of course not. It all starts getting bad when the heroine time and time again does not tell the hero she’s pregnant with his kid. The hero is out in LA with his friends and band mates getting a record deal all because Cherry the heroine sent their music to the right people. ThIs is the same hero she’s been with since forever and the two are so absolutely ridiculously obsessed with one another and in love. She then doesn’t tell him she got a full ride scholarship to a local college and doesn’t plan to join him in LA. Doesn’t tell him she wants to go to school to become a nurse, something she will later totally change her mind on and realize is not what she wants. She doesn’t tell the hero she makes a new friend, a male friend who happens to be GAY. Everything goes to shit from here and their real ages of 18 are showing. While the hero was so quick to jump on a plane to see his girl because he missed her, I’m supposed to believe they’ve been together since they were basically kids and love each other so much, that they break up by a few texts. All because of a picture showing the heroine with her new make friend that the hero and his friends misinterpret. Neither one asks questions or tries to do anything to work it out. 😐😐 On that note, his friends/band pissed me off something fierce as well. The heroine was basically their manager back home, is even the reason they are all in LA getting a signed record deal. And what do those friends do, they too immediately think the worst and repeatedly try to convince the hero to move on and think the worst of her. Thought they were supposed to be her damn friends too, thought they knew her so well? Even with the breakup does the heroine try and tell the hero throughout her pregnancy, “hey you’re gonna be a dad.” She sure doesn’t. What’s worse is she finally gives in near the end of her pregnancy to call and the stereotypical-and I'm not surprised at all-manager answers and never tells the hero she called or that he’s a dad. Apparently him questioning the paternity of the baby also caused the heroine to go in to early labor 😳😑😐😑.......... A year passes by. An entire damn year before the hero and his band return home. It’s of course a-super cliched small town scandal and gossipers will have material for weeks. Accusations are thrown, the truth is revealed and blah blah everything’s perfect between them. What in the utter hell?!?! The epilogue came out of nowhere and the heroine is just happy living and loving her life with her rocker and his band mates. She decided after one semester being a nurse was just not something she wanted. 🙄 We get no closure on his band mates apologizing. But ooh they have another baby on the way. And sadly I didn’t even care, these characters did nothing but piss me off. Just NO

[Sandy · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is not the usual laugh out loud story from this author. It makes you cry and is angsty. Some parts between Cherry and Linc have you holding your breath. You just can’t believe what is happening. Great epilogues and HEA.


Merged review:

This is not the usual laugh out loud story from this author. It makes you cry and is angsty. Some parts between Cherry and Linc have you holding your breath. You just can’t believe what is happening. Great epilogues and HEA.

[Jess · Rating 5 out of 5]

Young love.
I love young love.
These two fell in love years ago and are only now seniors in high school. Wow, right?!?! Cherry knew Linc and his band were going places. In fact, she’s the one who helped him and his band get seen by the right music label.
And then a misunderstanding happens.
*sigh*

Can these two stay together through stardom???
Yes! Ella Goode only writes HEAs!
I highly recommend this one!

[Camille · Rating 2 out of 5]

I hated this one. It was full of angst. I HATE angst. I read these kinds of books to avoid angst. Angst makes my heart and stomach hurt. This one was just one misunderstanding after another. And they lost so much time because of it! So stupid. Of course I had to finish it because I needed to get to the HEA to erase all the hurt but I still hated it.

[AvidReader · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.75 stars ⭐️.
An enjoyable read.
The reason for their breakup wasn’t the stupidest but classic miscommunication and long distance. The MC’s connection and their love for each other was amazing.
I didn’t like the MC’s friends and how they treated the heroine. They also didn’t have much depth nor did they apologize.
Hero with the baby was so cute.
Recommended.

[Alba M. · Rating 3 out of 5]

Cherry y Linc han estado juntos desde que son unos niños y jamás se han separado. Pero Linc y sus dos amigos se merecen la oportunidad de cumplir su sueño de ser unos músicos famosos incluso si Cherry tiene que aprender a vivir sin Linc. Pero la distancia lleva a malentendidos y puede que lo que ellos creían que duraría para siempre, no dure mucho en la distancia.

Ha sido una historia bonita, menos centrada en el sexo y más centrada en sentimientos y hacer chicha de la novela. Está bien, incluso si se hubiera hecho una novela de extensión normal habría estado bien pero casi lo prefiero corto que quizá de la otra manera habría habido muchísimo más drama. Es una buena historia corta, amor desde niños, amor de adultos y final siempre siempre feliz! Perfecto para pasar el rato!

[Fiona Fog · Rating 5 out of 5]

Lost lovers

I loved this story hard. It had everything I adore about a romance read. Young love at it’s finest. An unexpected pregnancy, a love lost but found again.

Cherry loved Linc he was her whole world. Coming from a crappy home with parents who didn’t care she clung to the love he gave her. They were a family.

Linc, his soul is connected to Cherry’s. She his reason to wake up, perform and breathe. But when the band he’s lead singer for finally gets their break it nearly destroys these two.

Misunderstandings and nearly a year is lost to them. But a love like theirs never fades. It simmering in the background until they find their way back to each other.

Loved it. Yes from me. ❤️❤️❤️

[sarah · Rating 3 out of 5]

i also cried. loved it. gave me what i needed.

[Isa Centeno · Rating 4 out of 5]

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Rock 'n' Roll baby - Ella Goode

Cuando empecé a leer este libro fui a Goodreads y me spoilee con una reseña negativa así que no estaba muy predispuesta a amar este libro. Resulta que esa reseña fue una basura y que al final del día, la reseña no era muy coherente con la historia en si.

Rock 'n' Roll baby es una historia New adult que nos muestra que cuando encuentras a tu alma gemela no importa lo que suceda, siempre estarán destinado a reencontrarse.

Linc y Cherry son una pareja joven llena de sueños. Ella sueña con graduarse y ayudar a Linc a que sus sueños se hagan realidad. Él solo quiere hacer feliz a Cherry con todo su corazón. Así que aquí encontramos una pareja sacrificándose una y otra vez por el sueño del otro.

Linc es un hombre simple que hará todo lo que sea necesario para darle a Cherry la vida estable que merece, por eso decide dejar a un lado sus sueños y mentalizarse a trabajar en la empresa del pueblo.

Por otro lado, Cherry confía en que Linc tiene el talento suficiente para ser famoso y no dejará que él se sacrifique por ella, así que hace todo lo posible para conseguir que él y su banda tengan una oportunidad en el despiadado mundo de la música. Cuando la oportunidad llega Cherry decide darle a Linc su espacio, descubriendo en el proceso que estarán más unidos de lo que jamás podrán estar.

Sorpresas y malentendidos que se ciernen sobre los protagonistas darán pie a una ruptura dolorosa y un poco dramática pero, las almas gemelas son como imanes y no importa cuánto luches contra la corriente, la atracción es inevitable.
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[Margaux · Rating 5 out of 5]

I’ve read this bad boy twice. I think I liked it most because I’d just given birth the first time I read it, and rereading it last night both reminded me of that time and reminded me how important my partner is to me.

[Michelle Claypot_Reads · Rating 3 out of 5]

I actually loved this super sweet read. It’s short, it’s cute and there’s a strong storyline. The teenage mistakes & lies almost win so the cute HEA was great.

[Kellyythoralabatalla · Rating 2 out of 5]

Ay, no me gustó. Sí de verdad ellos dos estuvieran tan enamorados como estaban, no hubiera pasado todo ese malentendido. 🫤

[Naby ♥ · Rating 3 out of 5]

3,5🌟

[**Elle**Bee**Double U** · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is one of those books I really wanted to see everyone grovel more than they did.
Cherry hid that she was pregnant from Linc, why shouldn't she have to grovel for that? She decided to make a decision for him that in turn prevented him from being there for his daughter....and I'm sorry you can't give me the excuse that she decided to call him while she was in labor. That's lame! She should've told him way before then instead of hiding it because she thought he would no longer go after his dream career.
Linc I think should've groveled more for not fighting for their relationship. I honestly felt that if he was so in love with her he would've found a way to make things work even from a long distance standpoint.
The band mates, Benjy and Nick...Cherry always goes on that these guys were like her family and yet at the first sign of a rumor they turn their backs on her and then even try to convince Linc to move on by taking him to a strip club.
I also would've like to know who sent the picture of Cherry with Brian to the guys? We never get to find out this information.

All in all it's an okay book. I'm not big on the hidden pregnancy tropes, especially ones like this where the woman does it because she's afraid to ruin his career...Grow up and let the man decide things for himself! It takes two to tango, it should take two to make the decisions.

**I voluntarily reviewed an Advance Reader Copy of this book**

[Leslee · Rating 5 out of 5]

What an emotional roller-coaster Rock 'n' Roll Baby was! Cherry and Linc have been together for what seems like forever. High school sweethearts, with graduation almost upon them, brings massive change. Cherry has cheered on and been the manager for Linc's band from the beginning. He is content to let things ride and build a life in their hometown with Cherry. Cherry knows that he and his band are meant for bigger things. When she makes that happen, she stays behind to finish school. But when its true love, distance can't really separate them, can it? What an amazing story with characters I absolutely loved, six stars for Cherry and Linc!

[Lynn Thinking out loud · Rating 5 out of 5]

So angsty. My emotions were all over the place. I've never read anything like this from this author. With that being said Ella has stayed true to her writing style. I loved this young couple. Even after all the misunderstandings they still stayed true to one another.
I read an advanced copy of this book.

[Harim · Rating 3 out of 5]

This isn't the typical EG story that is simply tooth achingly sweet, there's a lot moments in this one that really get you all up in your feels but regardless I love this author and this was a nice read.

[Lori · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.25 stars

[Ariday Books · Rating 3 out of 5]

Primer protagonista masculino de libros de esta autora que DETESTO. Raramente sus libros cortos me hacen llorar de rabia y estoy bastante sorprendida que este lo hiciera jajaja
Realmente el tipo era tan tonto que no me lo podía creer, pero luego recordé que era un niño y lo entendí. Eso evito que todo el libro estuviera enojada con él? No.
En este libro tenemos a Cherry y a Linc que son dos adolescentes que vienen siendo novios desde hace años. Linc tiene una banda junto con sus dos mejores amigos y todos siempre están juntos, cherry, Linc, y los dos amigos. Cherry siempre está apoyándolos, llevando sus redes sociales, incluso mando sus canciones a diferentes productores para ver si alguno los aceptaba. Y si paso, gracias a ella consiguen un contrato fuera del pueblo donde originalmente viven. Y aquí viene lo malo. Ella no se va con ellos porque tiene que terminar la escuela y ellos aún son muy pobres para hacer cualquier cosa en Los Ángeles. Cuando ella se lo dice a Linc el no quiere que ella se quede pero aún así acepta lo que ella le dice. Dice algo así como que son un equipo los cuatro pero luego procede a decirle a sus amigos que “ningún hombre se queda atrás” y juntan los manos solo ellos tres, excluyéndola a ella que ha estado siempre con ella y les dio esa oportunidad.
Segunda cosa, cuando el está allá empieza a recibir fotos de cherry con otro tipo, (no era más que un amigo) el no cree que esté pasando nada, pero los “amigos” empiezan a meterle ideas de que puede que ella siguiera con su vida. Y aquí yo estaba TAN enojada porque esos amigos según que querían mucho a cherry pero en la primera oportunidad se pusieron en su contra. Y no solo eso hacen, lo llevan a un club de striptease para que “se relaje” WTF malditos mal agradecidos, por ella estaban donde estaban y aún así lo llevan a ese lugar. Y luego el pendejo de Linc acepta entrar con ella aunque se queda en los baños, que mamada fue eso? Ay si entré pero estuve en los baños todo el tiempo, mamadas, como vas a creer que eso está bien? Que tienes 5 años?? Y luego que ni siquiera fue capaz de contestar sus llamadas y aceptó la ruptura como sin nada en vez de que luchara por ella. Y según estaba obsesionado con ella🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄 la dejó sola sabiendo que ella no tenía a nadie en ese maldito pueblo.
Ella tuvo que encontrar ayuda en otros lados porque quien según le había jurado que estaría con ella la dejó sola todo su embarazo. Y luego ni volvió al pueblo por ella un año después, sino fue por que tenía un concierto ahí. Y bueno yo necesitaba que él se arrastra por su perdón, porque para mí el simple hecho que haya entrado a un club de striptease ya es infidelidad, y según dicen al final del libro no solo fue una vez. En fin odie la falta de comunicación.

Advertencia.
-Ambos Virgenes
-No infidelidades
-Falta de comunicación
-Embarazo inesperado
-Segunda oportunidad
-Secret Baby
-Final Feliz

[Leah · Rating 3 out of 5]

High School Sweethearts

Review: This was a fast read. This book was about high school sweethearts completely and utterly in love. Cherry is dating Linc, they live in a very small town that doesnt have to many options when it comes to what to do after high school. He figures he'll get a job at a the local warehouse and they will start their family. She thinks he has some serious talent with the band he is in. So she sends out letters with their music to get them noticed. Boy does it work, they instantly get picked up by a lable. The boys move to LA to start their music careers. Cherry finds out that she is pregnant but doesnt want Linc to feel as though he needs to stop what he is doing to rush back to her. Even though they talk all the time misunderstandings happen. Gotta have that drama. So this book is about what tore them apart and what brings them back together. Its a young adult book that does have its sweet moments and some more "mature" moments. Overall it was cute and easy read.

[Rose · Rating 2 out of 5]

For being eachother's one and only, and apparently loving eachother that they would sacrifice anything to make eachother happy this book should've been one of my best reads. Instead it turned out to be a very frustrating read. The characters were very immature, which is expected for high schoolers. All they did was make eachother miserable and me miserable alongside them. What horrible character's. I hated their misunderstandings and lack of communication. For two people in love, they were so irresponsible with, and hurt eachother. And the friends who were so close to them, they actually play a crucial part in them breaking them up. What shitty friends!
This book has,
No Cheating,
No OW / OM (but for the misunderstandings and miscommunications between them),
Over a year's separation,
Faithful during separation,
HEA
For all these above reasons I read this book, but it was truly a waste of time. I should be happy that they cleared up the misunderstandings, but by the end I really didn't care what happened to them. To conclude, this book just didn't make any sense for all the love they apparently had for eachother! I'm sad!

[Cassidy Wallace · Rating 5 out of 5]

I liked this book for what it was, an Insta-lovey, quick read. This book had all my favorite tropes in these kinda stories, childhood sweethearts, secret baby and so forth but I did have a major problem with the "conflict" this book had. I feel that most of what happened when Linc went to L.A. could have been avoided if they communicated better with each other, also for Nick and Benji being good friends of Cherry they were kinda quick to throw her under the bus and forget about her. Another thing was Brian, while he was a good friend to Cherry he was horribly negative when it came to Linc when he only knew half the story before he was on the Cherry and Linc needs break up train. Overall this was the kind of story I was expecting and needing it to be when I read it, a cute story about childhood sweethearts that were torn apart by miscommunication when one of them made it big with a secret baby thrown in the mix.

[Ꭿຖᥲ·♡ ྀི · Rating 2 out of 5]

1.75✯

°Each other's first and only
°Switching POVs
°High school sweethearts
°OW and OM drama (the hero saw pictures of the heroine with a guy so he thought that she was cheating on him but he didn't know that that was her gay friend; the hero went to a strip club so the heroine thought that he'd done something with a stripper but he didn't touch anyone)
°Separation: a little over a year - both celibate
°I didn't like that the hero didn't fight for the heroine sooner, I also hated their douchebag friends, they should've apologized to the heroine
°Weak immature MCs (I know they're young but the stupidity of these two was too much for me)
°No cheating or scenes with OP
°Surprise baby
°Epilogue: around a year later they're married and she's pregnant again

[Maddy Matos · Rating 5 out of 5]

Cherry and Linc were together all through high school, they were very much in love. He and his band were destined for fame. Cherry made sure of it by sending out his tapes to record labels and one night someone showed up. I hate small town romance even wrapped up in a rockstar romance because the girlfriend always ends up hitting rock bottom. Sure enough same with this book. Her classmates are nasty to her, Linc and the band are far away and she’s pregnant so her dreams are basically in the garbage. Did I mention that she lives in a small town where there are no jobs and she has deadbeat parents? Luckily she gets a job at a diner and that family are really wonderful to her. The story is really good, in-spite of the situation I hate. I loved that he was faithful to Cherry, his love for her never faltered. I’m giving this book five stars and highly recommend it.

[HXX · Rating 3 out of 5]

Loved the plot and the beginning however the ending seemed so sudden and rushed. He returns home after months of her struggling on her own. Growing and then raising a baby and you forgive him in a heart beat obviously I know the manager had something to do with it but still, not to mention there was no explanation from his shitty friends about how they up and ditched her when they heard rumours of “cheating”, weren’t they supposed to be friends to both of them. Seems like shitty friends especially when she was the one that gave them a career basically but yet she forgave and forgot. The ending to me personally was terrible, I would of liked them to all to have worked a bit for her forgiveness.

[eevee · Rating 4 out of 5]

Cherry loves Linc and he loves her. But she knows that Linc and his band are destined to make it big one day. She helps Linc gain some traction until suddenly deals are being signed and tours are being planned. But Cherry has a secret. She’s pregnant, and reluctant to distract Linc with the news. The distance proves to be too much as misunderstandings pile between them. Months after everything, Linc returns to fight for Cherry and finds a big surprise in store for him.

I thought this was fun. I don’t usually really like musician romances because drugs, partying, and other women always seem to pop up. But obviously this is a safe read: both are virgins and don’t have any relations while they’re briefly away.

Won’t keep on my shelf though. Just wasn’t super memorable.