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263 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2013
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ReShonda Tate Billingsley
63 books1,481 followersReShonda Tate Billingsley is a general assignment reporter for KRIV-TV, the Fox affiliate in Houston, Texas. She is the author of the nonfiction book Help! I've Turned Into My Mother! and three previous adult novels: My Brother's Keeper, for which she received the prestigious Gold Pen Award for Best New Author from the Black Writer's Alliance and the Nova Lee Nation Award from the Greater Dallas Writing Association; the national bestseller Let the Church Say Amen, chosen for Library Journal's Best of 2004 list for Christian fiction; and I Know I've Been Changed, a Main Selection of the Black Expressions Book Club.
Her previous Christian teen novels are Nothing But Drama and Blessings in Disguise, both available from Pocket Books.
She is also a contributor to the story anthology Have a Little Faith.
Her previous Christian teen novels are Nothing But Drama and Blessings in Disguise, both available from Pocket Books.
She is also a contributor to the story anthology Have a Little Faith.
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February 25, 2017
**I apologize in advance to those of you who are strictly opposed to profanity
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Are you fucking kidding me? She just admitted she's your stalker and that she doesn't like you and you said she looked crazy.......but you didn't see the BUTCHER KNIFE she came to murder you with?
Oh. My. God.
Never has a protagonist pissed me off so much! (Although I'm not sure if I hated the book, the characters, or both. The point being that I suffered and my views may be jaded at this point).
Where is the 0 star rating when you need it?
I could not deal with the excessive shallowness that saturated this book. Absolutely no depth. Just gossip, money, backstabbing bitches, regretful boyfriends, and more money and gossip!
Guys, she talks about herself in the THIRD PERSON because she thinks she so amazing!!! This byotch needs to be slapped down a few hundred platforms. When she went to the police to file a report about her stalker, there were two issues:
a) She was all like My daddy is Miles Morgan! You'd better.....
AND
b)The fucking police did not take her seriously even though she was receiving serious threats!
That is not how police act. It was shallow, ridiculous, unrealistic, messed up and a zillion other shitty things!
And then the whole Brice thing was a pure romantic flub! He's like I made a mistake, Boo. I want you back, Babe!
Meanwhile I'm sitting there:
GTFOH, Brice! You don't get to break up with your girlfriend because you believed a lie her enemy told you about sleeping with two guys at once, then later decide you miss her. NUH-UH!
There was too much modern language that I didn't like. It was so annoying. I didn't get any literary vibes. The verb "trip" or some variation of it was used way too often. And no, it doesn't mean trip. If someone is tripping in this context, that means they're annoyed about or freaking out over something.
I cannot tell you how often it showed up!! I wanted to go back and count but I couldn't because it's an audiobook! It must have been at least 100 usages in a 263 page book!
Throughout the whole book, Idiot Supreme, aka Maya Morgan, was 99.9999% sure her stalker was Sheridan.
The whole time she was like: Sheridansheridansheridansheridansheridansheridansheridansheridansheridansheridansheridansheridansheridansheridansheridansheridansheridansheridansheridansheridansheridansheridansheridansheridansheridansheridansheridansheridansheridansheridansheridan....
Meanwhile I'm sitting there like: First of all, f*ck you. Second of all,
It wasn't hard to figure out who it was. Also why the HELL would trust Maya enough to tell her her deepest secret? Her excuse? "She wanted Maya to be her friend."
You know what, ? I thought you were a "nerd", that you were "smart". You don't tell someone a secret in order to gain their trust. FIRST you gain their trust, THEN you can tell them a secret!
Also this is Maya Morgen we're talking about. The girl who works for a FREAKING GOSSIP SHOW and you just up and hand her the most delicious piece of gossip and not expect her to tell the world about it??????
I might have hated this less if Maya actually learned a lesson by the end of the book, but haha NOPE!!!
By the end, she was exactly the same rich, snobby, egotistical, shallow, self-righteous bitch she always was!!
Peace out.
"That's when I noticed the long butcher's knife in her hand."
.....
Are you fucking kidding me? She just admitted she's your stalker and that she doesn't like you and you said she looked crazy.......but you didn't see the BUTCHER KNIFE she came to murder you with?
Oh. My. God.
Never has a protagonist pissed me off so much! (Although I'm not sure if I hated the book, the characters, or both. The point being that I suffered and my views may be jaded at this point).
Where is the 0 star rating when you need it?
I could not deal with the excessive shallowness that saturated this book. Absolutely no depth. Just gossip, money, backstabbing bitches, regretful boyfriends, and more money and gossip!
Guys, she talks about herself in the THIRD PERSON because she thinks she so amazing!!! This byotch needs to be slapped down a few hundred platforms. When she went to the police to file a report about her stalker, there were two issues:
a) She was all like My daddy is Miles Morgan! You'd better.....
AND
b)The fucking police did not take her seriously even though she was receiving serious threats!
That is not how police act. It was shallow, ridiculous, unrealistic, messed up and a zillion other shitty things!
And then the whole Brice thing was a pure romantic flub! He's like I made a mistake, Boo. I want you back, Babe!
Meanwhile I'm sitting there:
GTFOH, Brice! You don't get to break up with your girlfriend because you believed a lie her enemy told you about sleeping with two guys at once, then later decide you miss her. NUH-UH!
There was too much modern language that I didn't like. It was so annoying. I didn't get any literary vibes. The verb "trip" or some variation of it was used way too often. And no, it doesn't mean trip. If someone is tripping in this context, that means they're annoyed about or freaking out over something.
I cannot tell you how often it showed up!! I wanted to go back and count but I couldn't because it's an audiobook! It must have been at least 100 usages in a 263 page book!
Throughout the whole book, Idiot Supreme, aka Maya Morgan, was 99.9999% sure her stalker was Sheridan.
The whole time she was like: Sheridansheridansheridansheridansheridansheridansheridansheridansheridansheridansheridansheridansheridansheridansheridansheridansheridansheridansheridansheridansheridansheridansheridansheridansheridansheridansheridansheridansheridansheridansheridan....
Meanwhile I'm sitting there like: First of all, f*ck you. Second of all,
It wasn't hard to figure out who it was. Also why the HELL would trust Maya enough to tell her her deepest secret? Her excuse? "She wanted Maya to be her friend."
You know what, ? I thought you were a "nerd", that you were "smart". You don't tell someone a secret in order to gain their trust. FIRST you gain their trust, THEN you can tell them a secret!
Also this is Maya Morgen we're talking about. The girl who works for a FREAKING GOSSIP SHOW and you just up and hand her the most delicious piece of gossip and not expect her to tell the world about it??????
I might have hated this less if Maya actually learned a lesson by the end of the book, but haha NOPE!!!
By the end, she was exactly the same rich, snobby, egotistical, shallow, self-righteous bitch she always was!!
Peace out.
March 24, 2013
i got this book from the publisher in exchanged for an honest review.
i have to start and say that is book reminded me of a tv show that would be aired on disney or even nick. this book is based on the age group of 10 to about young adults. it was a very enjoyable read and was glad that i got the chance to be the first to review it!
it starts off with a group of friends who go to a private high school for rich parents. they also have scholarships students who attend, but all the students who have rich parents dont talk to them except for them to there homework. there group of friends are on a tv show calle "miami divas" Maya is the main character in this story with her 4 friends sheridan,bali, shay,and chenoa. there are fliming there last show for the season and it so happend to be maya's super sweet 17. so, while filming this last show maya is also flilimg for MTV.
maya has it all great friends, a boyfriend who spoils her with everything and a show. this is all about to change! maya gets asks to do her own show. so, of course she said yes and is making triple what she was making before. Maya was shocked when the rest of her friends got fired and they cancelled "miami divas". now all her friends de-friended her because she didn't even flinch to have them start with her on the new show. now to make matters worse mayas first job was to dish the dirt on her now old friends.
yea she got to interview high named celebs and singers, but the produces said it was every other show and what is better than dishing the dirt on her old friends who are still in the spot light. Maya decided since she was dealing with a lot of heat the school with all the drama of her new show that she was going to do it. her ex best friend had stolen her boyfriend and they done everything to rub that in her face.
she got great ratings on her show and couldn't be happier. she even got an assistant to help her with her homework because of all the partys and work she was doing. her assistance name was valerie and she was a scholarship student. she normally wouldn't be friends wit her, but with all the drama she was the only one left that was being nice to her. valerie being excited that she got a new BFF told her one huge secret about her friend sheridan. maya couldnt keep her mouth shut and spilled the beans on national tv about her ex best friends mother.
since then she also exposed the rest of her old friends on a stealing ring. the whole school now refuses to talk to maya and now started calling her a snitch. she still didn't care because she was a star. that is until she got threating text messages, and even greated by some thugs. now maya has to either quite this show or deal with the conseqences of what will come with these thugs. maya knows it is someone from school, but cant figure it out.. will she be able to solve this problem before her career or life is done? will maya finally figure out who her true friends are? or will maya learn whats really important in life!
i have to start and say that is book reminded me of a tv show that would be aired on disney or even nick. this book is based on the age group of 10 to about young adults. it was a very enjoyable read and was glad that i got the chance to be the first to review it!
it starts off with a group of friends who go to a private high school for rich parents. they also have scholarships students who attend, but all the students who have rich parents dont talk to them except for them to there homework. there group of friends are on a tv show calle "miami divas" Maya is the main character in this story with her 4 friends sheridan,bali, shay,and chenoa. there are fliming there last show for the season and it so happend to be maya's super sweet 17. so, while filming this last show maya is also flilimg for MTV.
maya has it all great friends, a boyfriend who spoils her with everything and a show. this is all about to change! maya gets asks to do her own show. so, of course she said yes and is making triple what she was making before. Maya was shocked when the rest of her friends got fired and they cancelled "miami divas". now all her friends de-friended her because she didn't even flinch to have them start with her on the new show. now to make matters worse mayas first job was to dish the dirt on her now old friends.
yea she got to interview high named celebs and singers, but the produces said it was every other show and what is better than dishing the dirt on her old friends who are still in the spot light. Maya decided since she was dealing with a lot of heat the school with all the drama of her new show that she was going to do it. her ex best friend had stolen her boyfriend and they done everything to rub that in her face.
she got great ratings on her show and couldn't be happier. she even got an assistant to help her with her homework because of all the partys and work she was doing. her assistance name was valerie and she was a scholarship student. she normally wouldn't be friends wit her, but with all the drama she was the only one left that was being nice to her. valerie being excited that she got a new BFF told her one huge secret about her friend sheridan. maya couldnt keep her mouth shut and spilled the beans on national tv about her ex best friends mother.
since then she also exposed the rest of her old friends on a stealing ring. the whole school now refuses to talk to maya and now started calling her a snitch. she still didn't care because she was a star. that is until she got threating text messages, and even greated by some thugs. now maya has to either quite this show or deal with the conseqences of what will come with these thugs. maya knows it is someone from school, but cant figure it out.. will she be able to solve this problem before her career or life is done? will maya finally figure out who her true friends are? or will maya learn whats really important in life!
May 21, 2013
Accordingly to Maya Morgan, even Divas have problems. I enjoyed reading this book. I can't wait for the "You Don't Know Me Like That" book.
February 1, 2019
Great book.
It wasn't that bad. I actually liked it. Anybody with friends can relate to it. I love reshonda tate billingsley.
It wasn't that bad. I actually liked it. Anybody with friends can relate to it. I love reshonda tate billingsley.
September 2, 2022
Crazy read.
November 19, 2023
Cute story!
August 16, 2025
4/5⭐️🎧 Maya is a mess! Very entertaining short read.👌🏾
June 2, 2024
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Maya Morgan, and her friends are part of a MTV show called 'Miami Divas'. When all her friends are fired, but she is offered to host her own gossip show, she accepts. Her friends are upset, and turn against her. Her show ends up being a big hit, but she tore her friends down to get there. As she gains popularity, she gains a stalker.
This may be the most irritating main character I have ever read about. She is rude, entitled and so full of herself. I thought by the end of the book, she would have become at least a little more tolerable, but I don't think she learned anything from her experience. The only plus of this story was that it was extremely short, and flew by quickly. It was extremely predictable and who the stalker was insanely obvious.
Maya Morgan, and her friends are part of a MTV show called 'Miami Divas'. When all her friends are fired, but she is offered to host her own gossip show, she accepts. Her friends are upset, and turn against her. Her show ends up being a big hit, but she tore her friends down to get there. As she gains popularity, she gains a stalker.
This may be the most irritating main character I have ever read about. She is rude, entitled and so full of herself. I thought by the end of the book, she would have become at least a little more tolerable, but I don't think she learned anything from her experience. The only plus of this story was that it was extremely short, and flew by quickly. It was extremely predictable and who the stalker was insanely obvious.
August 15, 2019
This was a good read short of 3/4 in where it jumped around awkwardly.Great book to recommend to a reluctant ya reader who loves reality tv.
October 12, 2020
This is a cute teen to young adult book. Thoroughly enjoyed the story. Be careful who you befriend and treat people the way you want to be treated. Happy about the ending though.
February 17, 2014
I was glad that this 'Gossip- Girl &-The-Clique-type' novel had a diverse set of ethnically characters. Its not that hard to include non-white characters in this popular 'upper class rich girl' narrative. Sigh, on the other hand Maya as a character was so dumb and foul that I was incredulous. My word! And not one mention of God by this Christian author?? I guess she is trying to get on that secular tip. What lesson is she trying to teach the teen girls who read her novels? Not one Christian character or any meaningful lesson?? My word!
October 22, 2016
If Gossip Girl and Pretty Little Liars can get a show...so can Rumor Central.
This is Love & Hip Hop and The Wendy Williams Show all mixed together for the teen diva set. There are already dozens of teens on YouTube with their own faux reality shows...but a big network, with an Empire budget could put a series like this on TV, and I think it would be a hit. To read more of this review and watch a booktrailer click here
This is Love & Hip Hop and The Wendy Williams Show all mixed together for the teen diva set. There are already dozens of teens on YouTube with their own faux reality shows...but a big network, with an Empire budget could put a series like this on TV, and I think it would be a hit. To read more of this review and watch a booktrailer click here
April 23, 2013
I surprisingly enjoyed this more than I expected. I enjoyed the change from Maya being the popular diva to the outsider looking in.
It was written very well and the ending was gooooood. I felt like everything was was very real and it showed how people can be easily manipulated into doing things they know is wrong.
I enjoyed the gossip and rumours surrounding this book it was very funny at times and although you wanted to hate Maya, it was impossible.
It was written very well and the ending was gooooood. I felt like everything was was very real and it showed how people can be easily manipulated into doing things they know is wrong.
I enjoyed the gossip and rumours surrounding this book it was very funny at times and although you wanted to hate Maya, it was impossible.
January 7, 2014
This book was not my favorite, but it was a decent, quick and easy read. The book is about wealthy teenagers who have lies that are not very realistic - at least to me. The main character is well known, as she hosts a rumor/ gossip tv show. She becomes entangled in the drug scene where people, including her peers are being hurt because of a new drug.
Naturally there is a happy ending.
Naturally there is a happy ending.
March 27, 2013
I would love to read this book, because who doesn't like a little drama mixed with rumors on radio also mixed with friendships. But this also shows what happens when secrets are spilled. How much are you willing to give up to get what you want?
December 28, 2014
I really enjoyed this book. t was simple and straight to the point. I really enjoy this author's adult books. This was my first try into her teen books, I'm glad I gave it a shot. The ending was predictable, but I expected it to be.
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April 4, 2015It was hard to really believe the way the characters were, simply because I can't identify with POC really being all that gossip/clique like. the main character is just too much. I will continue the series though I have some qualms about it.
April 30, 2013
A very interesting book.
I enjoyed reading it.
I enjoyed reading it.
March 21, 2014
I could see the screen me unraveling. Just a little boring though.
July 11, 2014
Slow start but you get sucked into about fourth chapter.
October 2, 2015
Cute little YA book. No real surprises
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April 20, 2017Cute book
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