Susan Swiderski's Reviews > GAGA

When I sign on as a new follower on a blog, I sometimes joke that I'm the blogger's "newest groupie," although I can't imagine me ever being... or even wanting to be... an honest-to-goodness band groupie. Not even when I was a teenager. Not my thing.

BUT, I certainly enjoyed reading this wonderful book, which I won (Thank you!) through a Goodreads giveaway, about a 45-year-old journalist's one-month stint as a pretend groupie. It helped that Monica looked youthful enough to pass for thirty. It also helped that the juicy assignment came her way right after her husband of twenty years dropped the bombshell that he wanted a divorce. And it reeeeeally helped that the band whose tour she was going undercover to follow was the very one that had once fueled her love-sick teenage dreams. Especially the lead guitarist/ singer. Her heartthrob. After all these years,looking at his picture still made her heart beat a little faster. And NOW, she was going to have the magazine-given opportunity to get to know the band and *HIM* in a more up close and personal way. After all, she's got front row seats for many of the concerts... and backstage VIP passes... not to mention a new hip and sexy wardrobe. Anything could happen! Is it possible for her one-time fantasies to become reality, or is she just too darned old for all that loud rock 'n' roll and those decades-old dreams?

Was the story totally believable? Not entirely. But who cares? It is a fun read. It's as simple as that. I'd give it four and a half stars.