#BookTour: The Way It Hurts by @pattyblount @SourcebooksFire @Barclay_PR ‏

  There may be two sides to every story, but sometimes there's only one way to set things right...

Music is Elijah's life. His band plays loud and hard, and he'll do anything to get them a big break. He needs that success to help take care of his sister, who has special needs. So he'd rather be practicing when his friends drag him to a musical in the next town...until the lead starts to sing.

Kristen dreams of a career on stage like her grandmother's. She knows she needs an edge to get into a competitive theater program―and being the star in her high school musical isn't going to cut it. The applause and the attention only encourage her to work harder.

Elijah can't take his eyes off of Kristen's performance, and his swooning face is captured on camera and posted with an out-of-context comment. It goes viral. Suddenly, Elijah and Kristen are in a new spotlight as the online backlash spins out of control. And the consequences are bigger than they both could have ever imagined because these threats don't stay online...they follow them into real life.

Patty Blount writes instruction guides by day and novels by night. As the result of a dare, she wrote her first novel. Although it was never published, Penalty Killer was the subject of so many seventh-grade book reports that the school requested a copy of it. Since then, she has become the author of several novels. She lives on Long Island with her family, a fish, and lots of books.

Nicholas Mondelli is an aspiring author, poet, and artist. A hobbyist with his fingers in multiple projects-including writing a biography on his grandfather, the late Italian-American Joe Mondelli-he has been on stage for most of his life and has been singing and playing instruments just as long. The narrator of several audiobooks and children's videos, he currently studies English at the University of Toledo.

I really will have to check out this author's other books if they are anything like this one.  I really enjoyed how she dealt with issues and the interactions of the characters in this one.  It was a very fast read and I am so glad that I got a chance to read it.

This one started out slow but sped up and I couldn't put down.  You won't realize your even at the end until you go to turn the page and there isn't anymore.  The dual POV worked out great and I loved the music details we received.  This is one that I will enjoy again in the future I just know it. I think this one would work for both girl and boy readers.

Just so you know this one deals with autism and a chromosomal disorder 

I shifted in my broken seat, wondering how many more minutes of the hell that was Bear River High School North’s production of Cats I’d have to endure. My fingers itched for my guitar and notepad. Melodies played in my head, begging to be put down on paper, and there were a dozen other things we should have been doing to promote Ride Out so we could get the band some notice. 

The music rose. Beside me, Nick sucked in a breath. I didn’t know Leah. Nick met her at a concert a few months back, and they’d been hanging out whenever they could because, Nick claimed, Leah was the One. 

I hid half a laugh and shook my head. I didn’t get the whole concept of the One, but I’d help Nick get what he wanted. 

Leah raised her face. When she opened her mouth, I sat up a little straighter. Her voice... Jesus, it was astounding. Clear. Strong. Powerful but sweet. I watched and listened, the audience around me fading away. Her voice swelled, and she attacked the high notes without hesitating, making goose bumps jump out of my skin. What was the top note of her range? She glided across the stage; she never struggled or stumbled. The audience waited for the crescendo, and when she reached it, holy God, it was like a...a promise kept. She blew me away. The notes faded out, and the rest of the production was a blur. I had no idea Leah could sing like that and couldn’t take my eyes off— 

My best friend’s girl. Shit. 

The lights came up, and everybody got to their feet, applauding like mad. Nick held up this lame poster board sign he’d made. I used that time to get my hormones under control and put Leah and her amazing voice out of my head. The rest of the cast assembled on the stage for their curtain call, and I locked eyes with one of the actors— the White Cat. She was incredibly hot—a solid body with an impressive rack. Her solo dance was the best part of the show up until Leah’s song. She looked amazing in that white cat suit. So freakin’ hot. 

“Ladies and gentlemen, a moment please.” A teacher walked to the right of the stage and waved her hands. “Thank you all for attending our opening night performance! I am so proud of these kids. They made all their own costumes and designed the set themselves. And tonight, I want to share with you an amazing last-minute change-up to our program. Grizabella, played by Leah Russo, is ill and was unable to sing this evening. Her songs were actually sung by our White Cat, played by Kristen Cartwright.” 

The teacher’s hand swung to my favorite cat, and my jaw dropped. That awesome voice was hers? Whoa. I stuck two fingers in my mouth and let loose with a shrill whistle while the audience roared their approval. The white cat’s eyes met mine, and I started to picture her in different clothes...maybe some black leather, studded bands on her wrists, hair long and wild down her back, strutting across a stage while I shredded the hell out of the guitar. If she could sing Broadway songs without breaking a sweat, what could she do with a hard metal rock track? I wondered—again—what her range was. Could she get low with some Halestorm or full-on mean with a Slipknot metal scream? I should put her in Ride Out right now. I grinned like a maniac because I knew that would really twist BroadwayBaby17 into a knot. 

A brilliant idea struck. I pulled out my phone, snapped a photo of the white cat, and from the band’s Twitter account, posted this: 

Ride_Out: This cat’s HAWT! And damn, can she sing. 

It needed a hashtag. I tapped out “#CatCall.” Oh, this was awesome. My phone buzzed a minute later with a reply from a fan calling himself JJStix88. 

Sweet! Get her to meow. #CatCall

I tapped out another post. 

JJStix88: Make her arch that back! #CatCall 

Ride_Out: Wanna hear her scream! #CatCall 

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