“Where Road Rash crescendos is in its treatment of tumultuous friendships among bandmates, confounding but transfixing first romances, exhilarating tastes of teenage travel freedom, and the passion for pursuing the dream of a future in music. A must-read for young garage-band types.” —Booklist
 
“A road-trip adventure in romance and friendship that is ultimately all about the music. . . . Readers will find their heads nodding and toes tapping as though they were in the crowd.” —Kirkus Reviews
 
“Readers and especially musicians should enjoy debut novelist Parsons’s look at a band on the run.” —Publishers Weekly

"The play of relationships and the plot arc of dreams realized broadens the appeal beyond those with Guitar Hero dreams." --The Bulletin

"For all you readers out there who hold jam sessions with your friends in the garage, Road Rash is for you!" -- Teenreads.com