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The Rock Star's Daughter (Treadwell Academy #1)

by Caitlyn Duffy (Goodreads Author)

3.46 of 5 stars 3.46 · rating details · 2,514 ratings · 298 reviews

At the age of 15, Taylor Beauforte has only met her father twice in person. After all, he is the lead singer of a world-famous rock band, constantly on the cover of music magazines and giving interviews on MTV. He pays for Taylor to attend the Treadwell Academy, a prestigious boarding school in Massachusetts, and provides her mother with monthly checks to cover her basic n...more At the age of 15, Taylor Beauforte has only met her father twice in person. After all, he is the lead singer of a world-famous rock band, constantly on the cover of music magazines and giving interviews on MTV. He pays for Taylor to attend the Treadwell Academy, a prestigious boarding school in Massachusetts, and provides her mother with monthly checks to cover her basic needs, but has never made much of an effort to play an active part in Taylor’s life. Taylor's mom Dawn is the only family she has ever really known, and because of Dawn's hard-partying Hollywood lifestyle, studious Taylor is happiest on the other side of the country in Massachusetts with her nose buried in a book.
When Taylor 's mom unexpectedly dies the summer before Taylor starts her junior year, she receives a crash course in fame. She has no choice but to join her father and his new family on their summer concert tour before she has even had a chance to mourn the loss of her mother. Life as the daughter of a rock star seems like it would be enviable, but Taylor can't figure her dad out. He seems like a supportive authority figure (even if he's kind of a fashion tragedy) , but she is collecting a growing pile of evidence that he's a liar and a cheat. Her stepmother, Jill, can’t seem to decide if she wants to treat Taylor like a girlfriend or a nuisance. Having had no time to grieve and say goodbye to her childhood before being thrust into the limelight, Taylor is suddenly finding herself in situations she could have never imagined before this summer.
With no one else to turn to, Taylor falls head over heels in love with Jake, the teenage son of one of the band's touring groupies. Taylor has growing concerns about Jake's background and the suspicious relationship between his mom and her own father, but is desperate for something real in her life onto which she can build a future. When Jake offers Taylor an opportunity to join him on a whirlwind adventure and leave her problems with her father far behind, Taylor has to decide – should she carve out her own way in the world, or try to repair the relationship she has with her only living parent?
Over the course of the summer with the band, Taylor learns the depths of her own strength, the difficulty of overcoming loss, and that the definition of family means much more than shared bloodlines.(less)

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Published July 2011

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Jun 30, 2012 Sofia Demaris rated it 2 of 5 stars

There is definitely something up with me lately; for some reason I keep downloading these YA romance novel's though I know that the Y in this case doesn't apply to me. So here I am again writing a review which I hope will be honest and helpful while feeling slightly uncomfortable doing it (mainly because of that pesky Y!)

The Rock Star's daughter has a lot going for it, it starts of with a good premise, 15 year old girl loses her mother and has to reach out to her absentee father to take care of...more There is definitely something up with me lately; for some reason I keep downloading these YA romance novel's though I know that the Y in this case doesn't apply to me. So here I am again writing a review which I hope will be honest and helpful while feeling slightly uncomfortable doing it (mainly because of that pesky Y!)

The Rock Star's daughter has a lot going for it, it starts of with a good premise, 15 year old girl loses her mother and has to reach out to her absentee father to take care of her. The exploration of this kind of situation is interesting; new rules, new family dynamics, feelings of guilty (if I have too good a time does that mean I no longer remember or love my dead mother) and alienation. The author tackles all these themes pretty well, she steers away from the stereotype that step-mothers are all witches and in this case tries to show the other side and the struggle/fears a stepmother faces when presented with another woman's child. She presents all of these dynamics in an entertaining way. Taylor Beauforte has lots of witty,sassy dialogue and is amusing. It's enough. All the some parts of this book is enough. Why then does the author have to spoil it all by inserting the prerequisite "boyfriend"? This character Jake is neither use or ornament; and I mean this literally, he doesn't forward the plot in anyway, he doesn't really impact any of the characters including Taylor's! A third of the way through the book Taylor gets grounded for four week (in other words for the length of the rest of the book) so she doesn't even SEE Jake! Its almost as if when this book was submitted someone in the publisher's marketing department said "nope if we're selling it to the Y(pesky!)A audience we have to have a boy in it", and so Caitlyn Duffy dutifully went off and inserted him. I think as such this kind of thinking sells this audience short, I think that this book would have worked better if Duffy had concentrated on the issues in the foreground of the story, the dynamics of trying to connect with a parent who for all intents and purposes is a stranger, and called it a day. The whole "romance" element of this book was a total waste of space (pages used to portray it could have been better used exploring further interactions between Taylor and her dad) the character of Jake was a totally waste of time and when you get to the end of the book, and you discover the fate of Taylor's and Jake's relationship you'll see that Ms Duffy clearly agrees with me.(less)

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Mar 26, 2013 Tom rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: fiction, ya-general, series

Fifteen year-old Taylor Beauforte is having a typical summer. Her fast-living mom is throwing embarrassing parties, and Taylor is working part-time making smoothies, and hanging out with her best friend Allison.

A month later, her entire life has been turned upside down. Taylor's mom dies suddenly during one of her wild parties. Just as Taylor begins to wonder what will become of her, she finds out her dad is coming to pick her up. Her dad--whom she's seen twice in her life--is Chase Atwood, lead...more

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Mar 04, 2013 Megan rated it 3 of 5 stars

It started out strong, but then just kind of went... flat. I feel like Duffy spent a lot of time thinking up her characters, giving them back stories, trying to think of how they would act... all that stuff an author should do. But then once the story started nobody grew or changed, and they all sort of floated around doing nothing.

Like, the 5 year old half sister for example. I realize this is a YA novel so the readership doesn't want giant plot points about her, but she's presented as a force...more It started out strong, but then just kind of went... flat. I feel like Duffy spent a lot of time thinking up her characters, giving them back stories, trying to think of how they would act... all that stuff an author should do. But then once the story started nobody grew or changed, and they all sort of floated around doing nothing.

Like, the 5 year old half sister for example. I realize this is a YA novel so the readership doesn't want giant plot points about her, but she's presented as a force to be reckoned with: her allergist travels with the family, she goes out to fancy restaurants, hangs out at rock shows late into the night (really?), the flat screen TV on the tour bus plays Dora the Explorer, she has tutors to teach her French and Spanish. Coming from a more modest childhood and suddenly seeing everything she missed (for better or worse) could have moved the main character forward: it also could have been a funny farcical sub-plot about spoiled Hollywood kids. But she doesn't seem to have a nanny (one is mentioned once, never to be seen again), the entourage is never mentioned again, and she only has a handful of lines, all perfectly non-descript. Why bother even having her as a character? If Duffy just wanted her to exist, why not have her back in Jersey with a nanny? That's more realistic anyway, I'd think.

The romance was contrived and unrealistic, but other reviewers have talked about that. It's also not exactly fascinating to read about a character being grounded in a hotel for a month. I thought we were getting somewhere when she started her shopping spree... but then it ended after two simple items.

I thought it was a germ of a good book, and Duffy has a real sense of how people act. The revelations at the end about the protagonist's parents' relationship were unexpected while being realistic: a difficult feat for an author to pull off. But it should have been longer, with more character development, more of the minor plot points expanded, and more action.(less)

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Feb 05, 2013 Brandi Salazar rated it 3 of 5 stars

Taylor's father is a famous rock star, and she has no clue who he is. Sure, she has seen him all over magazine covers and just about everyone she knows and has met loves his music, but as his daughter, she can count how many times they have met on one hand. All Taylor has is her mother, who suffers from addiction and isn't going to win any mother of the year awards anytime soon. Making the best of a bad situation, Taylor attends private school and focuses on her music, only coming home for the s...more Taylor's father is a famous rock star, and she has no clue who he is. Sure, she has seen him all over magazine covers and just about everyone she knows and has met loves his music, but as his daughter, she can count how many times they have met on one hand. All Taylor has is her mother, who suffers from addiction and isn't going to win any mother of the year awards anytime soon. Making the best of a bad situation, Taylor attends private school and focuses on her music, only coming home for the summer to reconnect with the life she really doesn't mind leaving behind. Then one day, all of that changes when her mom dies.

Suddenly, Taylor finds herself in the custody of the father she has never known with a mother who seems to resent her and a little sister who commands all the attention. With nowhere to go and no one to turn to, Taylor shrinks in on herself as she joins her new family on a summer-long tour across the country. Forced to deal with her father's fame and being tossed into the spotlight, Taylor hardly has time to grieve let alone get used to her new life. Along the way, she meets Jake, whose mother is a groupie, and learns love and heartache for the first time.

I liked this story. It wasn't great and it wasn't bad. It just was. Using the roller coaster example, the drama here was slow moving with small twists and turns and shallow peeks. It was pretty steady from start to finish.

I had high hopes when she met Jake. I was prepared for this whirlwind love affair that would inevitably crash and burn by tour end, but like the rest of the story, it never really went anywhere. I found it a little unbelievable that Taylor had fallen in love with the boy when they only had sporadic and sparse encounters over the weeks. As a teenager, I will say her love was probably more along the lines of infatuation and a love of the IDEA of him, which is pretty normal, but still. Where was the gut wrenching impact of first love?

I also found myself questioning Taylor's life goals often. She goes into this claiming how her love in life is playing the violin. By summer's end she is looking forward to a very difficult performance, but if she knocks it out of the park, she could get into very prestigious colleges. Naturally, her mother's death puts a wrench in her plans, but she practically forgot about music altogether. Plus, I didn't really see her crying herself to sleep each night and suffering from bouts of severe depression along the way, so I don't but that she wasn't able to focus on her studies like she should have been had it been that important to her. To me, it seemed like a side story that was forgotten about and severely underdeveloped.

By the end, I felt like everything had fallen a little flat. Granted, I did like how the author wrapped up some of the details, making them come full circle. The love I was looking for, and I think everyone was secretly hoping for, was hinted at, but that's about it. I really think a little more could have been said to make the ending a little happier and a lot more satisfying, but all in all it was okay. I would recommend this read for a lazy day as something to pass the time, but don't expect any teen angst or anything beyond a G rating. (less)

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Feb 04, 2013 Anna rated it 5 of 5 stars

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I think that Caitlin Duffy does a great job conveying realistic feelings of guilt and strife and the aftermath of losing a parent. It seemed it seemed so legit and real. I also feel like she did a good job with the character of Jill (the stepmother) as well as the troubled character of Taylor's father.

After all, after losing her mother, Taylor has no one but her father to turn to besides her maternal grandparents. I was sad to read that Jake is just using her, but the pres...more

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Jan 17, 2013 Natalie rated it 2 of 5 stars

Shelves: chick-lit, could-be-better, roadtrip, summer-flings, ya

Like everyone else on this page, I read this book after scouring iTunes' free selections and coming across it. I automatically assumed it would be entirely drudge, but hey, I was kind of desperate.
Surprisingly, Rock Star's Daughter was not the worst thing I'd ever read, though by no means it was the best. In fact, Lucky Fools was leagues worse and I actually paid good money for it.

Gleaned from essentially the title, you can guess that literary unknown Caitlyn Duffy's premiere novel is centered...more Like everyone else on this page, I read this book after scouring iTunes' free selections and coming across it. I automatically assumed it would be entirely drudge, but hey, I was kind of desperate.
Surprisingly, Rock Star's Daughter was not the worst thing I'd ever read, though by no means it was the best. In fact, Lucky Fools was leagues worse and I actually paid good money for it.

Gleaned from essentially the title, you can guess that literary unknown Caitlyn Duffy's premiere novel is centered on Taylor Beauforte, love child of rock star Chase Atwood of Pound (something I grew to liken to James Hetfield of Metallica) and washed up Holly-wannabe Dawn Beauforte, who dies on the third page of an alcohol overdose.
Despite her valley-girl narration with infusions of unrealistically adult speech, Taylor is played up as the ultimate normal girl with a taste of "bookworm," despite the fact that she reads only when forced to and plays violin sparsely. Her emotions are an ever-changing roller coaster, inconsistent and often repetitive, much like the plot. A subplot of the story is her unlikely relationship with a t-shirt salesman named Jake she meets three times and spends the rest of the time obsessing over.

Duffy isn't a horrible writer, but she needs much improvement. She rarely "shows", but "tells" her story from top to bottom, and there is no character development. Her characters are basically in the same place they were when the story began, this unsureness of the future and petty hopes and dreams of a small-town "average" girl despite her lifestyle, school and family.

The story is pretty stereotypical as far as the natural assumptions of celebrity life, loneliness and constant paparazzi, difficulty of touring, I felt that it became flat and unoriginal fast. Duffy didn't really have her own take on the common plot, which is why Rock Star's Daughter became bland.
I felt like I was waiting a long time for a climax that never happened; the supposed climax was anti-climactic, and ended up being more than a touch preachy.
Not bad for a freebie, but certainly not awards-season fare. (less)

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Jan 04, 2013 Pauline rated it 3 of 5 stars

The Rockstar’s Daughter Book Review
Have you ever wondered what it would be like to be a Rock star’s daughter? Is it all just fame and riches? Find out in “The Rock star’s Daughter” written by Caitlyn Duffy. It is about fifteen year-old Taylor whose parents are divorced. She lived with her mom in L.A., in a house her dad pays rent for. Taylor has hardly ever seen her father, Chase Atwood, who sings the lead in Pound (a rock band). Her mom was an alcoholic with a problem until she drinks a bit t...more

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Dec 22, 2012 Diana Hockley rated it 5 of 5 stars

"I don't remember much about the first three weeks of the summer my mom died."

What an brilliant opening line!

Caitlyn Duffy's superbly crafted novel tells the story of Taylor, the fifteen year old daughter of a sadly unfulfilled mother and a famous rock singer. Forced to early maturity by her mother's lifestyle, Taylor reluctantly joins her father, her stepmother and half-sister on tour after her mother's death and learns that all is not what it seems.

I have read few young adult novels (being a 6...more

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Dec 11, 2012 Brandy Dorsch rated it 4 of 5 stars

Taylor Beauforte is your typical 15 year old for the most part. The difference is she attends a boarding school in Massachusettes paid for by her rock star dad, who she never sees. Growing up in California is never easy but having a party girl for a mom and a rarely seen dad, makes it a necessary to grow up fast. Taylor is your typical bookworm, who justs wants a normal family. With her mom, Dawn’s constant drinking and partying it seems like a fairytale she will never see. When her mom dies at...more

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Dec 01, 2012 Lyn rated it 3 of 5 stars

i liked this book. it is about a fifteen year old girl who's life changed within a blink of a eye. her mother just pasted away and now she has to be with her dad and her step mother and sister that she never met before. not to mention that her dad is a very popular rock star in a popular rock band called pound. along the way she has a hard time trying to get a long and figure out her dad and she has a little bit of a hard time getting along with her step mother, she also has to get use to the fa...more

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Nov 04, 2012 Claire Carey rated it 4 of 5 stars

I wanted to read this book when i cam across it in the free books section of Amazon Kindle, because despite how think of my daughter still being a little girl, she is growing up. It won't be long before she's out of the Jacqueline Wilson books and into something more grown up, and this seems to fit the romance type book for a teenage girl.
When i was a teenager it was sweet valley high books, but like it or not the world has moved on and children nowadays are growing up more quickly.

Anyway, I en...more

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Sep 12, 2012 Amanda rated it 2 of 5 stars

Shelves: 2012, a-young-adult, g-romance-chick-lit

This book had a great premise, that just fell really really flat.

I won't go over the synopsis of the book, you can read that for yourself. What you do see is the struggle of a girl who is learning to cope with a very new and different lifestyle after the death of the one person she could rely on (and I mean rely on very loosely) to be there for her.

The main character was really well done, very complex, and I enjoyed her story. So, the 2 star rating and what that is all about.

I'm not sure why th...more

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Sep 07, 2012 Kimberly Tardy rated it 2 of 5 stars

Shelves: fiction

It took me a while to finish reading this book. I started then stop but once I got into it , it was okay. It's pretty must about a young lady who lived with her mother in the beginning but was more of a mom to her mom then her mom was to her. Then here mothers accidentally drowns in the pool while throwing a party so her father who is a famous rock star comes to get custody of her. Bringing her into a world of paparazzi, interviews, and shopping at expensive shops and staying at the best hotels...more

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Sep 07, 2012 Stephanie rated it 4 of 5 stars

Actual Rating: 4.25 stars

I picked up this book because it was a recommendation on my Kindle, and it was free, so I thought "what the hey, let's give it a shot." I'm really glad I did. I was surprised by how much I really enjoyed this book.

The Rock Star's Daughter follows Taylor Beauforte (Atwood)as she navigates a semi-hectic life where she is more of the adult and her mother is more of the teenager in the relationship. Her dad is a famous rock star, a fact that she tries not to acknowledge bec...more

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Jun 09, 2012 -k The Lady Critic added it

Shelves: e-book

Ok, so this book was free for me through Amazon and the iBook store so I was able to read it on my iPod - which surprisingly wasn't bad (first book to do so with).

I went into reading this with few expectations and was blown away by the story and the characters.

I liked Taylor and enjoyed reading as she went through all these horrible life experiences while discovering who she is and who she can trust. I also liked the look into the "rock scene". Granted, I'm sure that it was vastly exaggerated a...more

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Jun 04, 2012 Joe Flood rated it 3 of 5 stars

As an author myself, I was really curious as to how "adult" young adult fiction could be these days. The answer - a lot! Though the book is aimed at teens, it deals with the loss of a parent, implied sex and drug use, family breakup and more. But it's also a breezy, entertaining read, the type of book you could read over an afternoon. Taylor Beauforte is a 15 year old forced to grow up way too fast after the death of her party girl mother. And she has to do so while on the road with her rock sta...more

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Jun 01, 2012 Olivia M rated it 5 of 5 stars

This interesting book is about a teenage girl named Taylor. In this book Taylor’s mom was a party animal that suddenly died at one of her party’s when she drug overdosed and then passed out in the pool. The only person that Taylor had was her mother and now that she was dead she had no choice but to live with her rock star father and his family. “And that’s when my new life began.”(Duffy,16) Her dad’s family consisted of her rock star father, her stepmom, and her little half-sister. When Taylor...more This interesting book is about a teenage girl named Taylor. In this book Taylor’s mom was a party animal that suddenly died at one of her party’s when she drug overdosed and then passed out in the pool. The only person that Taylor had was her mother and now that she was dead she had no choice but to live with her rock star father and his family. “And that’s when my new life began.”(Duffy,16) Her dad’s family consisted of her rock star father, her stepmom, and her little half-sister. When Taylor goes to live with her new family she has to leave everything that she had before behind including all of her friends, her school, and everything that had meaning to her. Will Taylor be able to handle her new family? Living and touring with her rock star father? Will she be able to handle living with a sibling that she has never met?
I thought that this book was a very good book and I would read it again. I thought that this was a great book for any female to read. This book really showed you how you should appreciate what you have and to be thankful that you have it. The author did a great job writing this book. Once I read the first chapter of this book I was hooked and just wanted to find out what was going to happen and how Taylor was going to handle it. “Since I did not know my father personally very well, I never could have know prior to our very short, very serious chat on that fateful morning that my father is a very emotional man.” (Duffy,17) From reading this book I learned that you want to try to be close to the people in you family and if you do have a parent that you do not talk to a lot or do not live with you should talk to them and get to know them a lot better so if something bad happens it will not be as awkward.
On a scale of one to five one being the worst, I would give this book a five. I would give this book a five because I found this book very interesting and different. I found this book interesting because it was just different from other books that I read in a way and it kept me interested. I found this book different because most books are not about a teenage girl not wanting to live with a rock star father. Overall, this book was a great book a I would probably read it again if I had to. (less)

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Jun 25, 2012 Sarah (TotalTeenFiction) rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: e-book, young-adult, on-the-blog, freebies, own, started-series-trilogy

Full review here: http://totalteenfiction.blogspot.co.u...

So I got this book after browsing the Apple iBook store on the lookout for freebies. This was available for free so I got it, scanned the first few pages and suddenly I was hooked! I couldn't stop reading.

This story is about Taylor who, after losing her mum, is forced to spent the summer with her rock star father. He's never been present in her life - only supporting her by sending money to her mum and paying for her boarding school fees,...more

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May 04, 2012 Nicki Syler rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: ya-i-would-give-to-a-younger-sister, i-like-your-main-character

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. Now this is what I call a great free sample! Caitlyn Duffy, you have just earned yourself a fan.

Let's start with the main character, Taylor. I really liked her. She mature for her age but not too mature. I believed that she was a 15 year old going through a major change in her life. And I felt all of her anxiety, worry, annoyance and puppy love. I also really liked the supporting characters of the book. I felt that Taylor's Dad, Chase was well written.

The best parts:

1. Taylor's relationship with...more

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Nov 30, 2012 Ria Lize rated it 3 of 5 stars

It's rare for me these days to just pick up a book and get into it so fast. That's not to say that I Iiked this book, just that if you're looking for YA stuff easy to get swept up in, go for it. Personally, I will probAbly not pick up YA for some time. I need to recover from all the teen angst.

Perhaps it's because I 'm reading the wrong books, but YA books and I don't go along very well. See, we have a love-hate relationship. Sometimes it treats me well, sometimes it doesn't. More often than not...more It's rare for me these days to just pick up a book and get into it so fast. That's not to say that I Iiked this book, just that if you're looking for YA stuff easy to get swept up in, go for it. Personally, I will probAbly not pick up YA for some time. I need to recover from all the teen angst.

Perhaps it's because I 'm reading the wrong books, but YA books and I don't go along very well. See, we have a love-hate relationship. Sometimes it treats me well, sometimes it doesn't. More often than not, it doesn't.

This is one of those times.

The Rockstar's Daughter was such an easy read, but it was a pain wading through the story. If you are looking for romance you will be sorely disappointed. This is more about personal growth, getting stronger by experiencing all hardships blah blah blah. (Wait, what hardships?)

Taylor, I initially liked, but my opinion changed midway. She appears to be the invisible girl who no one notices, but everyone thinks is pretty but she of course disagrees, and oh, she's never had a boyfriend, only been kissed once aNd of course, it wasn't really a proper kiss. No one seems to understand her and the high life isn't apparently all that.

This book was drama after drama. I was glad it ended the way it did, but getting there was painful.

I don't know exactly why, but I had high hopes for this book, mostly because the premise sounded good. To be fair, it started off great, but it plummeted the moment the touring started. I was as bored as Taylor, and that's probably a good thing that I empathised with her, but all the 'it's not fair no one notices me' and all the loneliness she has because poor her, no one understands her was angsty, and it was just terrible. She acted like a brat to prove to people she wasn't invisible.

Taylor does not make smart decisions, but she does learn toward the end. That doesn't make the choices she did okay, but it is good to know that after all those choices, she has the sense not to repeat them.

I hated the romance aspect of this book. It didn't exactly promise me romance, but I thought it was gonna be a a fairly huge chunk of it. It's hard to talk about it without being spoilery, but I'll just say there wasn't any real, meaningful romantic stuff in this. I mean, it felt as if all what happened during the tour a waste. And then the romance at the end felt forced, more like an afterthought. You really expect me to think the guy's been thinking about her all this time? I liked where the romance was going to towards the end, though. I just wish Taylor hadn't wasted her time with you-know-who.

I did get through this book so it's engaging enough, but I felt frustrated with all the assumptions she made. She runs away to be with a guy she hardly knows. Then she becomes best friends with her step mother at some point. That, I didn't buy.

Would I recommend this book? To YA lovers, sure. Not to romance readers, though. If you're an avid reader of both, plot-wise it's okay, but personally it didn't really keep the romance-reader in me happy.
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Apr 27, 2012 GW rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: kindle

Got this on my kindle for free, and not bad! I felt that the ending was a bit rushed though, and it has a quick writing style. It's very enjoyable, and probably a nice summer read! For 15 years old - Taylor seems a lot mature and doesn't sound like one at all. I wouldn't really call this story realistic, and it's not really relate able that much, but there are some parts.

Also, the relationship with Taylor and Jake? To be honest, (view spoiler)...more

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Apr 10, 2012 Sarah O rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: ya-chick-lit

So I don't normally read debut novels until someone tells me about them or until I have the chance to see how they rate on sites like this one or library sites, but I took a chance with "The Rock Star's Daughter." I am very glad that I did take a chance because this turned out to be one of the best books that I have read in the last couple of years. It looks at the life of celebrities and how they aren't as glamorous as they may seem to the common folks. It looks at how to deal with the loss of...more

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Feb 21, 2013 Adrianne James rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: for-review, indie-author

The description given on Amazon tells you the whole plot. So I knew going in what was going to happen. What I didn’t expect was how the story of a girl thrust into the limelight and gaining fame and fortune could actually relate to just about anyone whose life took an unexpected sharp turn. Taylor had to learn how to adjust to a new family (that she wasn’t sure even wanted her) and a new lifestyle (that she wasn’t sure she even wanted) all while grieving the loss of her mother and unfortunately...more

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Jun 30, 2012 Catherine rated it 4 of 5 stars

I was hesitant to download this book after reading some reviews, but I figured what the heck it's free. I'm glad I did.

Taylor is definitely mature for her age. Maybe it's to make up for the selfish, immature behavior of her mother... Regardless, she is a self-proclaimed nerd/bookworm and is fairly shy. That said, I think given the circumstances (premise) of this book, she grows a lot. Although she is put in situations where others her age probably would have caved completely, in the end, she rea...more

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Jun 01, 2012 Victoria rated it 2 of 5 stars

Shelves: read-in-2012

This book started out ok.

Then it sorta went down hill...
We meet Jake who I pretty much wanted to punch in the face the whole time.
Then we meet Bijoux and Betsey who were just annoying.
My favorite characters in the book were Jill and Kelsey. The rest of them were kinda like Jake and Bijoux and Taylor...just annoying.
I keep on hoping that Taylor is going to become smarter but she really doesn't...
Until...
Taylor finally figures out that Jake is several-words-that-I'm-not-gonna-say-right-now and s...more

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May 06, 2012 Tzippy rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: young-adult, families, setting-us-california, setting-us-new-jersey, setting-us-midwest, setting-us-south, setting-us-west-coast, reviewed, indie-or-self-published, warning-girl-hate, put-another-dime-in-the-jukebox

I have to preface this by saying that this book was free on Kindle, and that before reading it, I wouldn't have gotten it if it weren't free, and even after reading it I still probably wouldn't spend money on it...but despite all that, it was a pretty good book and I liked it. Also, in most cases, whether or not a book is free doesn't/shouldn't impact my decision on whether to read it, since even a free book that is a waste of time is still a waste of time. In this case, however, I do recommend...more I have to preface this by saying that this book was free on Kindle, and that before reading it, I wouldn't have gotten it if it weren't free, and even after reading it I still probably wouldn't spend money on it...but despite all that, it was a pretty good book and I liked it. Also, in most cases, whether or not a book is free doesn't/shouldn't impact my decision on whether to read it, since even a free book that is a waste of time is still a waste of time. In this case, however, I do recommend it for people who like YA fiction, since it's free, but I wouldn't say it's worth spending money (or, at least not more than $3) on this book.

In one sentence: Taylor Beauforte's mother has just died suddenly (from partying too hard), and since she's a minor, she has to leave her home in LA to spend the summer with her famous rock-star father, whom she doesn't really know, on tour across the US.

One of my favorite things about this book is the way Taylor's relationship with her mother is portrayed. Dawn (Taylor's mother) is not what most people would characterize as a great mother, and we learn even more unflattering things about her as the book progresses, but on the other hand, she stuck with it and she was always there for Taylor. Taylor is allowed by the narrative to genuinely grieve for her mom despite all of her imperfections. The book doesn't really judge Dawn as a mother--she certainly has flaws, and she had flaws as a daughter and as a girlfriend as well, but she's not made out to be some kind of monster. This is true of Taylor's father as well, and of most of the characters in the novel.

The things that bothered me in the story were touched on in other reviews:

1) This book uses the word "slut" a lot. It's not unrealistic for a 15-year-old, but it doesn't send a good message. At no point does Taylor ever stop and think to herself that maybe it's not the best idea to use this label, especially for people she doesn't even know.

2) The romance angle(view spoiler)(less)

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Nov 02, 2012 Melissa rated it 3 of 5 stars

Started out beautifully.... a coming of age story of a girl, Taylor, who was forced to live with her world-famous rock-star dad the summer her mom died. She learns more about who her mom truly was as a person and why her grandparents never got in touch. She discovers the kind of person her father is while touring with him and his band. She stumbles on love and discerns infatuation. She finds friendship and belonging in unexpected people. She decides on what's right or wrong with relatively littl...more

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Oct 25, 2012 Gail Jones rated it 4 of 5 stars

Book Review: The Rock Star’s Daughter by Caitlyn Duffy

When Taylor’s mum dies and she is taken into the custody of her rock star father her world is completely tipped. All her friends and everything she knows is left behind as she goes on tour with her father, step mum and younger half sister.

Confronted with loads of rules no one explains and a virtual prisoner in her expensive but claustrophobic hotel rule Taylor just longs to return home, until she meets Jake.

Jake is great looking and has a sim...more

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Feb 15, 2012 Erin Danzer rated it 4 of 5 stars

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Mar 31, 2013 Kristen rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: e-books, series-treadwell-academy

This book follows a fifteen year old girl, Taylor on a roller coaster of a summer. She looses here mother tragically at an at-home party and is uprooted to live with her father and step-mother. For the first time she spends time travelling on tour with her father's rock band, Pound and learns many things about the other half of her family. She also meets a teenage boy on tour, Jake and falls hard for him. However, she is suspicious that her father is sleeping around on her stepmother, Jill with...more

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