Daniella's review posted on Guilty Pleasures Book Reviews 
 4 Stars 
 When the book starts off with the female leads' love interest describing her as having "a gigantic stick up her ass" you know it's going to be a fun read!!! Ah, true love. 
 If I were going to listen to music while reading A Song For Julia, I think the best choices would be the romantic songs. Not the tacky and over-rated repeat offender songs but classy songs because that is what this book is. 
 This story is so beautifully written that some of the best songs of the 60's through the early 90's played in my head while I got to know Julia and Crank (yes, he legally changed his name from a strong Irish name to Crank, but it truly fits him and his personality). 
 Crank is part of an incredible alternative rock band, Morbid Obesity, (with their own fan base), has issues with his Dad (former Boston cop) loves his brother without question (his Aspie brother as he describes him) and has disowned his Mother. The story of his parents and their relationship is an interesting subplot that weaves throughout the book and adds substance to why his family is the way they are. 
 Julia is a beautiful girl who comes from a completely different lifestyle then Crank. These two people are the definition of extremes. Her parents have raised her and her myriad of sisters within the diplomatic corps of the United States, and she has traveled the world. She is in her last year at Harvard but feels lost. She doesn't want to follow the path her parents have assumed she would go down and on top of that, is holding in a secret from her childhood that rocked her family to the core. When lies were believed and cemented in to the family foundation it's hard to be who you really are instead of who everyone thinks you are. This has caused anger and animosity between Julia and her parents. 
 When Julia and Crank get together, he wants her to be with him forever, no matter what the secret is no matter what the cost to him. Julia tries to avoid falling for Crank because of the shield and wall she has built up over her life. You would think this story would be outdated and run through the wringer one too many times with too many books, but with this book it is fresh and new. Charles Sheehan-Miles throws twists into their relationship that you don't assume are going to happen and, thus, they are new and you want to turn pages to see what else is going to happen. 
 This was a fantastic story and one worthy of playing the good romance songs over and over again. 
 Review copy provided for an honest review.