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[[It Got Worse|It gets worse]] when Audrey gets a chance to go back stage at a concert with a favourite band of hers, where a short fling with a famous singer ends badly. Now the media is twisting the events to paint her as the next Britney Spears, and her phone/personal email flood with nasty accusations from the general public. Things continue to snowball from there as Audrey grapples to hold on to her friends and finally get the tabloid writers away from her and her family.

The novel is written as though it were her factual recount of the events that led to her fame. The narration is [[~~Firstperson~~ Smartass|laid back, easy going, generally quite humorous]], and littered with all sorts of pop culture and new media references.

The novel is written as though it were her factual recount of the events that led to her fame. The narration is [[First-Person Smartass|laid back, easy going, generally quite humorous]], and littered with all sorts of pop culture and new media references.

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=== Audrey, Wait! contains examples of: ===

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** Jonah, for that matter, is also not a bad boy, but he and Victoria are getting along swimmingly.

* [[Apologetic Attacker]]: Audrey describes her experience with Taekwondo as ending poorly both because she gets giggle fits when she has to be serious (which happens a lot in martial arts) and because her mom was always apologising to the attack dummies.

* [[Arson Murder and Jaywalking]]: Audrey's reasons for breaking up with Evan can be summarised as "He smokes too much pot, he's always 'practicing' or 'gigging, and he says 'gigging'".

* [[Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking]]: Audrey's reasons for breaking up with Evan can be summarised as "He smokes too much pot, he's always 'practicing' or 'gigging, and he says 'gigging'".

* [[Attention Whore]]: What everybody ''perceives'' Audrey to be, though she definitely subverts the trope in the {{spoiler|[[Crowning Moment of Awesome|finale where she goes off script on live TV and spills the beans on what actually happened.]] }}

** Then there's Sharon, who is constantly inserting herself in Audrey's way wherever she can for a shot at soaking up some of her fame.

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* [[Fifteen Minutes of Fame]]: This could safely be renamed “15 Minutes of Fame: The Novel”. It's hinted that Evan, the songwriter of "Audrey, Wait!" may not actually stick at 15 minutes since he's genuinely passionate about performing, but Audrey herself definitely embodies this trope (especially considering she didn't ''do'' anything).

* [[The First Cut Is the Deepest]]: Probably not helped by the fact that her [[Break Up Song]] is world renown.

* [[~~Firstperson~~ Smartass]]: Used to entertaining effect.

* [[First-Person Smartass]]: Used to entertaining effect.

* [[The Friend Nobody Likes]] / [[Cloudcuckoolander]]: Tizzy. Subverted in that ''Tizzy'' is the one to comfort Audrey when she's feeling completely alone by giving her a late Christmas gift, {{spoiler|but [[Zig Zagging Trope|zig zagged]] when the gift turns out to be a shirt that says "I liked you better before you sold out" causing Audrey to burst into tears.}} Anyone's guess as to whether Tizzy intended for that or not.

* [[Garage Band]]: It’s described that most people in her school are in a band of some kind, though [[~~Sturgeons~~ Law|most of them are crap.]]

* [[Garage Band]]: It’s described that most people in her school are in a band of some kind, though [[Sturgeon's Law|most of them are crap.]]

* [[Give Geeks a Chance]]: Both James and Jonah are described as dorks in the books, {{spoiler|yet they’re the successful romantic leads.}}

* [[Grass Is Greener]]: Not with countries, but lifestyles. Victoria is somewhat jealous of Audrey's unsolicited fame and Audrey is jealous of Victoria's anonymity.