Blonde Ambition

A-List #3

by Zoey Dean

The third novel in this witty and risqué series takes readers behind the scenes of the intoxicating world of Hollywood glitterati.

Upper East Side blueblood Anna Percy came to L.A. to learn how to have a good time. Then Princeton prince Ben Birnbaum and his amazing disappearing act turned out to be anything but. Anna finally begins to understand that telling true love from true lust us is far more easily said than done.

Genres: Young Adult, Chick Lit, Fiction, Romance, Contemporary, Teen, High School

240 pages, Paperback

First published June 18, 2004

About the author

The author of The A-List series and How to Teach Filthy Rich Girls, which has been renamed and turned into a TV show known as Privileged on the CW in September 2008. Zoey Dean's books are produced by the media packager Alloy Entertainment, which created Gossip Girl, The Clique Series, and The A-List and sold them to Little, Brown and Company.
Zoey is currently working on The Talent series. She is also working on The A-List: Hollywood Royalty.
Zoey Dean divides her time between Beverly Hills, California, and her favorite small islands in the Caribbean.

See also: Cherie Bennett

Reviews

[Aleena · Rating 1 out of 5]

Probably the worst book I have ever had the misfortune of reading.
Amateur writing and cringe-filled dialogues; it was an absolute horror trying to finish this book.

[Shannon · Rating 1 out of 5]

I think this series gets worse as it plods along. I don’t have the words to describe how much I disliked this.

[Marie · Rating 2 out of 5]

This book is ok, nothing special. It's not like most books where you cant take your eyes off it, I couldve left it halfway and never thought of it again. However it is a really short, wuick, fast read. Took me the best part of 40 minuits to finish the thing. Its all about 2 girls who are all snotty and cant tell the difference between love and lust. Its all about the bitchiness of girls, and jealousy. Blah blah blah. Wouldnt recomend to be honest.

[Bethany Kerns · Rating 1 out of 5]

This book sucked

[peyton · Rating 1 out of 5]

this is the most awful shit i’ve ever read

[Dez Chavez · Rating 2 out of 5]

I don't know why I'm enjoying and hating these at the same time so much. It's nice to see Cami have a character moment where she looks out for the 14-year-old stepsister. And how quickly these relationships progress.. It really felt different when I was younger in reading these books for the first time. Whatever, I'm still going to reread these and get through the rest of them cuz it's fun. I like all the cultural throwbacks and I like looking up some of the outfits and seeing if they are still something rich people wear. I remember being at Neiman and Marcus and just people watching and seeing a woman being very antsy and having champagne while trying on shoes. I tried to imagine what it would be like to own a pair of shoes that was over $1,000 and just how ridiculous it all is but also fun.

[Lauren · Rating 3 out of 5]

I’m glad with the way the Author is taking Anna’s character but I still wish she’d end up with Adam. I think Adam’s new love interest is interesting and I’d like to see him get a gf so I’m happy about that. Dee is an annoying character I’m glad she didn’t really get any chapters in this book and I feel the same kinda about Sam. I wouldn’t say I love this series but it’s highly entertaining and these books are super quick reads. Definitely very YA and a lot like Gossip Girl or even a little Pretty Little Liars ish.

[Lauren · Rating 4 out of 5]

I liked seeing the softer side to Cammie in this one, but she's still terrible. Anna certainly hopped around... and I thought she was wishy-washy I'm the previous book. Good lord. The Hermosa Beach thing rang bells but I didn't recall anything that actually happened with it so that was a fun refresher.

[Stefanie Witkowski · Rating 4 out of 5]

Some of the characters changed and some loose ends were tied up.

[Sasha · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5/5

I picked this up at a second hand store not realising it was the 3rd book in series. But I actually enjoyed it, it was very quick and light to read. A well balanced amount of drama. Who knows maybe I'll pick up the rest of the series someday!

[Jessica · Rating 4 out of 5]

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Blonde Ambition is quite possibly one of my favorites installments in the beloved The A-List series. Zoey Dean’s is known for her sharp, fun and fast paced story telling and doesn’t disappoint in this third book of the series.

It shows immediate growth in a few of the characters, Anna for example, and shows great promise for the others. We see a romance bud in an unlikely place and friendships shrink and grow. And of course a signature dash of family and relationship dramas. Zoey Dean is the master of teen friendly drama that levels the field with style, intrigue, sex and the constant battle of general teenage affairs.

It’s Gossip Girl meets a stylish, more laid back California setting with a dash of good ole 90210 drama and a whole lot of sass.

Blonde Ambition is a mix of everything we’ve come to know and love from the series and then some. We see second chances, we see strong friendships and other moments that make you go OMG. Blonde Ambition is The A-List in its prime and it’s something you will read quickly, unable to put it down.

My recommendations to have on the side?

Sunshine, your favorite drink, a killer pair of shoes and shades. It’s a beach read, it’s perfect for the summer and perhaps always will be with its fashionable description, drama and various pop culture references that have long passed.

[Bianca · Rating 1 out of 5]

Well... what an unfortunate conclusion for my 2017 reading challenge! This was a rather dull and pointless read. "Blonde Ambition" is the third instalment of the "A-List" series, and despite not reading parts 1 and 2 before, I don't feel like I missed out on much. I kept asking myself if I had liked this series any better, had I read it at an earlier stage in my life (as I definitely enjoyed reading Gossip Girl, for example). But, considering the flat and for my taste overly fast-moving storyline ( a 17-year-old girl (Anna) interning for an LA production company, falling in and out of love with 3 or more guys and shooting a film for a class project, whilst finding herself in weird competitive fights with one of her classmates (Cammie), and all of this in only 230 pages...?! ) and awfully misogynist wording ("But there was nothing she could do about her fire-hydrant calves and fat ankles." ?! Hellooo, what about all those buzzwords like body positivity???), I really don't think so.

[Jessica · Rating 1 out of 5]

this may be the shortest review ive written so far. Plot:decent. Characters: ok although it seems like for all the talk of anna being all virginal she sure does lust after alot of guys. then one HUUUUUGE problem: i found a second discontinuity. In book one django was from Mississippi, now hes from Louisiana. Seriously who the hell edited these books that they didnt catch crap like that?
Starting to wonder why i liked this series in high school

[Heidi (can’t retire soon enough) · Rating 1 out of 5]

It's official-- I'm out. Can't muster up any interest for any of these spoiled brat teens. Not even interesting anymore. Bye-bye Prada covered, Lexus driving, Jimmy Choo wearing chicks-- those bodice ripping dudes and their Regency ladies are infinitely better reading.

[Aiza Melorins · Rating 1 out of 5]

ive never read a book just because I want to finish them and this book is a record breaker. honestly, this book turned out to be an unimaginative waste of paper and ink.

[Victoria Gomes · Rating 2 out of 5]

entertaining and easy to follow the characters even though I didn't read the first books in the novel. anna and cammie are the main narrators and its fun to see how little the "gossip girl" lifestyle hasn't changed in almost twenty years. the scenes felt a little disconnected, there wasn't really a single plotline over the book (except anna x cammie I guess) so it felt like just a bunch of scenes of rich life throughout the book. the final conflict lasted like two chapters but I feel like it just came out of nowhere which was a little weird and it felt a little rushed. an overall easy and light read

[Sherrill Watson · Rating 2 out of 5]

See Marie's review. A teen, YA, book.

Uber rich Bev Hills High School girls -- again. Love and lust. Yes, it's real, for some of us. Heavy on personal growth, very short on plot. The girls are separating themselves into classes(!) and thinking minimally about college. No boy protagonists. Some boys are being led by the girls. The movie, Hermosa Beach, sounds a little interesting.

Everyone should take some serious classes and stop reading this stuff!!

[Cosima · Rating 4 out of 5]

Das Buch ist okay - die ganze Reihe ist eine Art Gossip Girl West Coast Style. Ich mag aber die Leichtigkeit des Schreibstils und vor allem erkenne ich durch Urlaube so viele Orte wieder. Seichte Literatur für den Abend, ich mags!

[Kayla Vonder Embse · Rating 1 out of 5]

Last book I can read of this series. I read the first one completely unawares that it was a 10-part series, felt compelled to give it a second (and now third) chance of redemption, but I cannot shake the feeling that I am reading the scripts of 90210 and Gossip Girl.

[Ireland · Rating 2 out of 5]

This series is still just okay. I know this is only the third book but Blonde Ambition is definitely my least favorite one so far. I did appreciate the James Dean reference about 3/4 of the way through & Cammie still had little to no character development.

[Danielle · Rating 5 out of 5]

Read this book first by mistake and absolutely loved it. Could easily have been a stand alone book but loved going back and reading the first in the series and rereading this in the correct order. Great romantic drama.

[Willa Brown · Rating 4 out of 5]

oooh this was so juicy, I LOVED it. a few parts of the plot felt too quick (the internship, the ending, the new boy) but I fear that’s just the pace of LA. oh well, I ate this book up in about 3 hours!

[Ginger Rogers · Rating 2 out of 5]

Dnf

[Emma · Rating 4 out of 5]

i love when all the drama starts in the end

[Sara Jordahl · Rating 4 out of 5]

An easy read. It's good enough to read once.

[Claire · Rating 2 out of 5]

lol i've read this multiple times.

[Suzanne AA · Rating 1 out of 5]

Mostly cringe for character development on this one

[Dani Mendonca · Rating 4 out of 5]

a dani de 14 anos tá muito feliz em ter encontrado o resto dos livros da lista vip e agora vai saber tudo que aconteceu com todos os personagens detestáveis 🥰

[Grace · Rating 3 out of 5]

3/5

[Jessica Shaw · Rating 4 out of 5]

Read in middle school and loved it. Was a big fan of gossip girl so wanted more of this vibe back then