Type of Story: Original, I think?

Author: MerleBlackBird

Estimated Story Rating: R

Reads: 147

Votes: 31

Description: Cursed with an alcoholic father, the weight of a failed family, and the constantly watching world, Jade Leeman finds the "teen dream" tastes beyond bitterness. Trapped in celebrity-hood, distrustful of his friends, and in constant fear of his abusive father, the frail thread begins to fray when a nightmare turns to living reality.

"It's like a jail cell...I can see through the bars to what I want...I just can't get there."

Suggested If: you want to read a fic with dark themes (depression, abuse, etc.)

My Review: I really, really liked this story a lot. It's very well written and Jade's pain feels so real. It's easy to emphasize with him and I almost feel like I'm actually in the story with him. The only thing that prevents me from giving the story a full 5/5, though, is that I don't really understand Jade's relationship with the band. All of his band members seem to hate him so why did he choose to form a band with them in the first place? And, if they're really as popular as they say, why isn't Jade's abuse more well-known? I mean, paparazzi can find out about practically anything. Other than that, though, I loved everything else about this story. The chapter lengths were perfect and your grammar and spelling is pretty damn good—though you do tend to mix up your and you're. Overall, I highly recommend this fic! It's extremely underrated.

Rating (0-5): 4.5

Other Notes: not much else to say!