Under the Dusty Moon by Suzanne Sutherland is a heartfelt coming-of-age story about identity, family, and finding your own voice. Victoria, the daughter of a rock star, struggles to step out from her mother’s shadow while navigating friendships and first love. Thoughtful and relatable, it’s perfect for fans of authentic YA stories.

4 years ago, this might have been a book I was interested in but I tried reading it now but not my kinda book so I DNF it.

I unfortunately was not able to read this book before the archive date. Someday I hope to read and review it for my blog. I will give a 5 star review on here so that I don't mess with it's rating.

Requested, but I was not able to review this in a timely manner. I do not foresee having time to review it in the future. My apologies.

DNF. Started to feel aimless early on and I didn't have the patience to push through, even if it was short.

The thing I liked most about this book was the main character, Victoria. She's not the typical 16 year old, and she's flawed and she messes up at life. I loved that she was not perfect, and put together and responsible. I felt like this book was true to who the 16 year old girl is supposed to be. It's messy, and it's fun, and sometimes we do the wrong things for the right reasons. It was really easy to relate to her, and understand her. I felt that the author did an amazing job bringing this character to life.

The book itself was completely enjoyable, I really liked the style that the author used, it flowed nicely, and had some really interesting undertones to the over all plot. The plot, while way out of the box, was brought to life and made to be believable. That's a very hard thing to do in a YA novel, in my opinion. Victoria's mom is way over the top, and they don't live the normal life, like most of us do. I really liked the semblance of a relationship they had, and the realness of it as well. The author did a great job moving the plot along without overindulging in description and information. I feel like she had a great balance in dialogue as well. Very enjoyable read.

Goodreads Synopsis:
She's with the band, whether she likes it or not.

Victoria Mahler is the sixteen-year-old only daughter of rocker Micky Wayne, whose band, Dusty Moon, took the world by storm when Micky was just a teenager. The band broke up under mysterious circumstances, but, after years spent off the road being a mom, Micky’s solo career is finally starting to take off.

When an offer to tour Japan falls into her mom’s lap, Vic is left to spend the summer under the care of her distant grandmother, and without her built-in best friend. Fortunately, a boy with a secret geek side and a group of feminist game-makers save the season, and Vic starts to see herself as her own person, out from under her mother’s shadow.

But when Micky finally comes home — with a poorly chosen boyfriend in tow — all bets are off. Will Vic be able to maintain her newfound sense of self amidst the building thunder of Micky’s second chance at stardom? And through it all, will Micky still really be her best friend?

My Review:
I received a copy of this book from Netgalley in exchange for a review.

Micky Wayne is a from the semi famous band called Dusty Moon, before they broke up that is, and she's trying to get back into music. Victoria is her daughter, and the main point of view character in this book. Although a little embarrassed by how open her mother is about her feelings in her songs, she's proud of er. She has a friend named Lucy who likes video games, and a crush on a boy. She has a pretty normal life, and she isn't recognized at all, really.

Honestly I felt a little old to be reading this even though Victoria was seventeen by the end of the book, and that's not that much younger than I am. I'm not sure what I expected from this book, but this wasn't it. I like the cover and the description sounded intriguing, that's why I requested it, but the book just didn't do it for me, and was filled with cringey things like the quote her crush wrote at school for example, "Never stop believing in your winged dreams of tomorrow. Forever and ever, ape men." and even the part here she was talking about begging her mom to tell her about hen she lost her virginity. Are people really like that?

I tried to really get into this book, but found myself thinking more than once, where is this going? Where's the hook? Some of the fights with her mom were vicious and it hurt to read them. I feel like this book was mostly teen drama and that's not my favourite. Victoria seemed ungrateful and unforgiving. I understand why she only had one friend, because I wouldn't want to be around someone like that if she were real.

I really wanted to like this book but in the end nothing really stood out about it for me. Not ever book is going to be my favourite though. The characters got everything they wanted in the end, and that's it.

Here's a link for amazon where you can buy the book, and also the authors twitter handle in case you have any questions.

https://www.amazon.ca/Under-Dusty-Moon-Suzanne-Sutherland-ebook/dp/B00UBXH3JM/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1503797738&sr=8-1&keywords=Under+the+dusty+moon

https://twitter.com/sutherlandsuz

Thanks for reading! Check out this review and more at my blog.
Radioactivebookreviews.wordpress.com

Victoria’s mom is famous rock star Micky Wayne. When her mom’s solo career takes off and she finds herself on tour in Japan, Victoria is left under the supervision of her grandmother. Victoria doesn’t really get along with her grandmother, and soon she finds herself growing apart from her BFF, all the while falling for a guy named Shaun.