Shirley J. Young Adult Romance Musicians, cynics & eternal optimists
Remy is cynical when it comes to love. Could be because her mother has been married four times and is now preparing for her fifth wedding. Remy feels responsible for her Mom. Remy and her older brother's dad was a musician. Her parents met during the free-love hippie era and fell in love and were married in the woods by a guy who probably did not have a license to perform marriages legally. Her mother never counted that one as a marriage just a tremendous love affair which gifted her the two children before her musician lover/husband disappeared cause he couldn't take the family life. Before he booked, he wrote a song for Remy titled, "This Lullaby," in which he openly shares in lyrics how he knew he would never be there for Remy, he wouldn't be the one teaching her things or looking out for her and she would likely grow up not trusting him or maybe anyone to truly stay around for the long haul. Turns out he was right. Remy and her brother promised each other they would never marry and no one would ever mean more than a few months of fun together then done. Love as they saw from their Mother's life was fleeting if it was even real at all and nothing lasts forever that is just a fairytale. Remy had rules for her life: Never get serious with anyone, never let anyone break your heart - she was always the one to break relationships off and never NEVER! date a musician! Her father was a jerk and a loser and she was never going to put up with that. That is until she met this wild off the wall dude named, Dexter, who played in a rock band. It is a fun story about kids growing up too fast and too disillusioned with life who can't feel love - most of the time she didn't get along with her mother although she always felt like she had to look out for her because her mother was too hippie minded to protect herself which is why she was always falling for some low life that would hurt her and leave her. Remy was way too smart for that and way stronger than her mother would ever be. Then came Dexter. She still fought against allowing him to get too close but life has a funny way of creeping up on you as Alanis Morissette says. Good book. I recommend it to the 12 years and up crowd it is geared to but adults will like this one too.
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