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Hollywood Husbands
Hollywood Husbands are hot…Hollywood Husbands are dynamic…Hollywood Husbands are sexy… Hollywood Husbands are deliciously dangerous!
Jack Python is the hottest Hollywood Husband of all. He rules nighttime T.V. and his controversial talk show burns up the ratings, while the women he encounters melt. With one expensive divorce behind him, and involved in a highly erotic affair with Oscar-winning actress Clarissa Browning, Jack Python has power, charisma, success, and money. But sometimes everything isn’t enough.
Howard Soloman, head of Orpheus Studios, is the man, the Hollywood King. Anything Howard wants, he gets. Including women. The sweet smell of power and Howard’s street-smart style reels them in. Working for billionaire studio owner Zachary Klinger, a man with a whim of iron, Howard has problems enough. And if Howard can’t deliver daytime soap megastar Silver Anderson at Klinger’s command, he may lose his footing at the top of the heap. Though in Hollywood it’s said that when you fall, you fall up — from the top Howard has nowhere to go but down.
Mannon Cable is a superstar. With great looks and a body to match, he is full of self-deprecating charm. Married briefly to gorgeous Whitney Valentine, who left him to become a television superstar, he was hit by the divorce where it really hurts — his giant ego.
Jack Python, Howard Soloman, and Mannon Cable have been competitive friends for years. Yet when Jade Johnson enters their lives, the least-expected one of the self-styled “Three Comers” may have finally met his match. Jade Johnson is a woman of the eighties. Strong, independent, a top New York model, she comes to L.A. for a series of million-dollar TV commercials.
Jade is a dangerously beautiful woman with personal integrity and a mind of her own. The Hollywood game fails to impress her, but slowly, surely, she is sucked in. And, high roller that she is, if she must play, Jade will play to win.
Jack Python is the hottest Hollywood Husband of all. He rules nighttime T.V. and his controversial talk show burns up the ratings, while the women he encounters melt. With one expensive divorce behind him, and involved in a highly erotic affair with Oscar-winning actress Clarissa Browning, Jack Python has power, charisma, success, and money. But sometimes everything isn’t enough.
Howard Soloman, head of Orpheus Studios, is the man, the Hollywood King. Anything Howard wants, he gets. Including women. The sweet smell of power and Howard’s street-smart style reels them in. Working for billionaire studio owner Zachary Klinger, a man with a whim of iron, Howard has problems enough. And if Howard can’t deliver daytime soap megastar Silver Anderson at Klinger’s command, he may lose his footing at the top of the heap. Though in Hollywood it’s said that when you fall, you fall up — from the top Howard has nowhere to go but down.
Mannon Cable is a superstar. With great looks and a body to match, he is full of self-deprecating charm. Married briefly to gorgeous Whitney Valentine, who left him to become a television superstar, he was hit by the divorce where it really hurts — his giant ego.
Jack Python, Howard Soloman, and Mannon Cable have been competitive friends for years. Yet when Jade Johnson enters their lives, the least-expected one of the self-styled “Three Comers” may have finally met his match. Jade Johnson is a woman of the eighties. Strong, independent, a top New York model, she comes to L.A. for a series of million-dollar TV commercials.
Jade is a dangerously beautiful woman with personal integrity and a mind of her own. The Hollywood game fails to impress her, but slowly, surely, she is sucked in. And, high roller that she is, if she must play, Jade will play to win.
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First published January 1, 1986
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About the author
Jackie Collins
227 books2,690 followersThere have been many imitators, but only Jackie Collins can tell you what really goes on in the fastest lane of all. From Beverly Hills bedrooms to a raunchy prowl along the streets of Hollywood; from glittering rock parties and concerts to stretch limos and the mansions of power brokers-Jackie Collins chronicles the real truth from the inside looking out.
Jackie Collins has been called a "raunchy moralist" by the late director Louis Malle and "Hollywood's own Marcel Proust" by Vanity Fair magazine. With over 500 million copies of her books sold in more than forty countries, and with some 30 New York Times bestsellers to her credit, Jackie Collins is one of the world's top-selling novelists. She is known for giving her readers an unrivalled insider's knowledge of Hollywood and the glamorous lives and loves of the rich, famous, and infamous. "I write about real people in disguise," she says. "If anything, my characters are toned down-the truth is much more bizarre."
Jackie Collins died of breast cancer Saturday, September 19, 2015. Jackie Collins, who had kept her illness secret, said recently that she believed in an afterlife, that she had no regrets and that she had emulated Frank Sinatra in that “I did it my way.”
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Jackie Collins has been called a "raunchy moralist" by the late director Louis Malle and "Hollywood's own Marcel Proust" by Vanity Fair magazine. With over 500 million copies of her books sold in more than forty countries, and with some 30 New York Times bestsellers to her credit, Jackie Collins is one of the world's top-selling novelists. She is known for giving her readers an unrivalled insider's knowledge of Hollywood and the glamorous lives and loves of the rich, famous, and infamous. "I write about real people in disguise," she says. "If anything, my characters are toned down-the truth is much more bizarre."
Jackie Collins died of breast cancer Saturday, September 19, 2015. Jackie Collins, who had kept her illness secret, said recently that she believed in an afterlife, that she had no regrets and that she had emulated Frank Sinatra in that “I did it my way.”
Visit Jackie's website: www.jackiecollins.com
Twitter:
www.twitter.com/JackieJCollins
Facebook:
www.facebook.com/jackiecollins and Pinterest:
www.pinterest.com/jackiejcollins
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January 14, 2022
The Hollywood series is back and this time with those sexy husbands. We are introduced to Jack Python and Mannon Cable. Two seriously hot men fixing to be in the middle of two messy divorces. The affairs will fly, money will be lost, and someone will break a nail. Awesome addition to the series!
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October 26, 2019
I have read many of Jackie Collins novels, in fact I am swiftly making my way through all of them. Lately I have had this feeling that I am not enjoying them as much as I previously was. Is this because of me and my tastes are changing? Or could it be some of Collins novels are, dare I say it, just not as good? Well I am going for the latter because I loved Hollywood Husbands, much better than its predecessor Hollywood Wives which was the big hit.
This novel is fantastic, it has all the ingredients of a fantastic Jackie Collins novel. The bad language, the sex, the drugs, the cat fights, the egotistic men, Oh it was delightful to read! And such escapism too! One that Collins does own in her novels is an epic backstory. Every single one of her characters has this elicit, tragic life-story which paves the way for their future. It brings every single one of her characters to life making her character development sublime. You can be sure her characters are not short of drama in their lives. I love tucking into the beginning of one of her books and reading these brilliant flashbacks, usually written in an italic font, they really set the novel off.
We follow in this book three men, Mannon Cable, Hollywood actor supreme, Jack Python Tv Presenter extraordinaire (and my favourite) and finally Howard Soloman film studio powerhouse. I can’t even put into words the story plot, so much happens in this book. It is a whirlwind of action. Collins jumps from character to character in these minuscule chapters keeping the pace going and ensuring there is never a dull moment. One thing I will comment on is the ending. Without giving too much away, this is the most epic ending to a novel I have read so far. It was so far fetched it was genius. Incredible story telling from the great herself! If you want stories of Hollywood this is it.
This novel is fantastic, it has all the ingredients of a fantastic Jackie Collins novel. The bad language, the sex, the drugs, the cat fights, the egotistic men, Oh it was delightful to read! And such escapism too! One that Collins does own in her novels is an epic backstory. Every single one of her characters has this elicit, tragic life-story which paves the way for their future. It brings every single one of her characters to life making her character development sublime. You can be sure her characters are not short of drama in their lives. I love tucking into the beginning of one of her books and reading these brilliant flashbacks, usually written in an italic font, they really set the novel off.
We follow in this book three men, Mannon Cable, Hollywood actor supreme, Jack Python Tv Presenter extraordinaire (and my favourite) and finally Howard Soloman film studio powerhouse. I can’t even put into words the story plot, so much happens in this book. It is a whirlwind of action. Collins jumps from character to character in these minuscule chapters keeping the pace going and ensuring there is never a dull moment. One thing I will comment on is the ending. Without giving too much away, this is the most epic ending to a novel I have read so far. It was so far fetched it was genius. Incredible story telling from the great herself! If you want stories of Hollywood this is it.
January 2, 2023
Lol, this book. Jackie was my favorite writer as a kid. This book had a character who had to sleep with a working class woman to really get it up. He could not get it up with anyone else except his secretary. This book and The Carpetbaggers. How the fuck do some American novels make it into the psyches of third world wannabes like me? Who decides what is the popular culture that needs to be exported to countries like India? How the fuck does some sexy American novels impact brown people? It is not analyzed enough. I am sure the CIA is involved.
May 9, 2010
I don't know how anyone can say this book is "terribly written" when it is so TIGHT. Speaking of tight, if anyone today wrote a book with the term "baby pussy" tossed around so frequently, I'm sure they'd be lynched.
The only thing I can think to complain about is how embarrassing it is to read her attempts at slanging things up, especially the handful of times she "oony'd" words (I can't remember what they were, but something like "a real blockbusteroony" or "she's a real freakaroony". These books are everything a bestseller should be and I love the way she wrote about cock and pussy so casually. Maybe not as good as Hollywood Wives, but I might just think that because Wives was the first Jackie Collins I read. I would have given it a four star rating except I felt like I needed to balance out the people giving it one and two stars. I don't see anything on the grocery store bookshelves that holds a CANDLE to Jackie Collins' entertainment value (though I know some of her more recent books SUCK).
The only thing I can think to complain about is how embarrassing it is to read her attempts at slanging things up, especially the handful of times she "oony'd" words (I can't remember what they were, but something like "a real blockbusteroony" or "she's a real freakaroony". These books are everything a bestseller should be and I love the way she wrote about cock and pussy so casually. Maybe not as good as Hollywood Wives, but I might just think that because Wives was the first Jackie Collins I read. I would have given it a four star rating except I felt like I needed to balance out the people giving it one and two stars. I don't see anything on the grocery store bookshelves that holds a CANDLE to Jackie Collins' entertainment value (though I know some of her more recent books SUCK).
July 19, 2020
Trashy fun that was even better than Hollywood Wives.
June 7, 2015
A true masterpiece of its genre. Collins serves up the most colorful cast of characters you can hope to find, and sets them into hijinks that never stop for more than 500 pages. There's a mysteriously aloof and mirthless movie star, a charismatic television host and his sister desperately striving to stay on top, a coke-addicted studio head who can never rest to enjoy his prestige and money, a teenage waif of a rock star, a billionaire studio head who always gets what he wants - it goes on and on. In Collins' patented jump cut style (she writes rather in the way Robert Altmann or Quentin Tarantino direct) she shifts points of view all through the book, sometimes letting one scene take up less than a page. But the characters are distinct - moreso than in the predecessor Hollywood Wives - and their various entanglements are not hard to follow. Collins strikes me as one of the most underrated writers of our time, possibly because she is, or at one time was, the most popular writer of our time. She deserves more literary recognition, though, still going strong in her mid-seventies, I don't think she gives a damn whether or not she gets it. A writer with a reputation for wild, over-the-top characters and situations, she is in fact one of the most controlled, carefully schematic novelists who ever lived, and Hollywood Husbands shows her at the peak of her considerable powers.
November 29, 2021
This was very interesting.
December 5, 2015
This was fabulous! A roller coaster ride of fun, sex, entertainment and murder. Never guessed it would end how it did. Shocking! ;)
March 17, 2018
Limunada... zaopuštanje mozga. OK, priznajem, bio sam, zaista zainteresovan da saznam ko je ta tajanstvena šibicama (jer kuće, ljude i sve ostalo pali šibicama), ali ništa dalje od toga. Radnja se odvija oko sasvim drugih likova, sasvim drugih događaja, nekako imam osećaj da je ceo taj deo oko tajanstvene porođajne, ubačen čisto onako, da bi u knjizi postojala neka misterija.
A i ja sam očekivao triler neki, kad ono Džeki Kolins...
U svakom slučaju, tri zvezdice za dopala mi se. Ko voli knjige ovog tipa, verovatno će se oduševiti.
A i ja sam očekivao triler neki, kad ono Džeki Kolins...
U svakom slučaju, tri zvezdice za dopala mi se. Ko voli knjige ovog tipa, verovatno će se oduševiti.
June 4, 2021
Hollywood Husbands, Jackie Collins’ sort of follow-up sequel to Hollywood Wives, isn’t as good as
Hollywood Wives
but it’s just as trashy—and truth be told, that’s all I really want from a Jackie Collins’ novel.
Hollywood Husbands follows the exploits of three best friends who all became Hollywood successes:
• Jack Phyton—famous talk show host and notorious womanizer. Jack is dating revered Oscar winning actress Clarissa Browning. Clarissa is hinting at marriage but, in the meantime, has no problem with sleeping with her male co-stars for the sake of “reality”.
Also, Jack is secretly the brother of Silver Anderson— former Broadway child star and current daytime soap opera superstar. Silver is estranged from her aspiring popstar daughter, Heaven, who is under the care of Silver and Jack’s father in the Valley.
• Mannon Cable—famous movie star and ex-husband of up-and-coming starlet, Whitney Valentine-Cable. Mannon is re-married to Melanie-Shanna but is still in love with Whitney and is determined to win her back.
• Howard Solomon—head of Orpheus Movie Studios who’s hiding a massive cocaine habit. Howard has the hots for Whitney and is willing to jeopardize his friendship with Mannon, and even offer up movie roles to Whitney, in order to get her in bed.
Then there’s the peripheral characters like:
• Jade Johnson—the stunning model on the run from a dead-end relationship who captures Jack Python’s heart.
• Wes Money—bartender and drug dealer who begins a torrid affair with Silver Anderson after saving her from an adoring mob of fans.
• And Zachary K. Klinger—owner of Orpheus Studios who always gets what he wants and what he wants is Silver Anderson.
Driving the plot (what little there is) is the prologue that establishes both a funeral and a wedding will occur by the end of the novel, and the sporadic flashbacks to a mystery woman with an abusive past and her pyromaniac means of revenge.
Hollywood Husbands doesn’t have a tight narrative like Hollywood Wives. As a result, there are numerous plot holes (What happened to the dog?), pointless characters (I’m looking at you, Unity) and unnecessary situations (Wes’ trip to the strip club) added as filler.
Most of the action occurs at parties or in bedrooms and, in typical Collins’ fashion, her gay characters never fare well (but kudos to her for including gay characters at all, I guess). Plus, her portrayal of minority characters—in this case Russian and Black people, are cringey and blatantly stereotypical.
Also, Collins is pretty half-assed with her attempts at veiling her real-life inspirations. It’s kind of obvious Jack Python is Johnny Carson. Mannon Cable is Burt Reynolds. Clarissa Browning is Sally Field (who actually dated both Carson and Reynolds). Heaven is Madonna, and Heaven’s love interest Penn Sullivan is so obvious I won’t even name him.
With that said, this is another quick and trashy Collins’ read that is simultaneously problematic and a lot of fun. I’ve found as I’m re-reading the trashy novels of my youth that it’s best not to view them through the lens of today’s society. They’re a crazy time capsule of a long-gone era. Recommended if you’re a fan but not the best place to start if you’re new to Jackie Collins.
Hollywood Husbands follows the exploits of three best friends who all became Hollywood successes:
• Jack Phyton—famous talk show host and notorious womanizer. Jack is dating revered Oscar winning actress Clarissa Browning. Clarissa is hinting at marriage but, in the meantime, has no problem with sleeping with her male co-stars for the sake of “reality”.
Also, Jack is secretly the brother of Silver Anderson— former Broadway child star and current daytime soap opera superstar. Silver is estranged from her aspiring popstar daughter, Heaven, who is under the care of Silver and Jack’s father in the Valley.
• Mannon Cable—famous movie star and ex-husband of up-and-coming starlet, Whitney Valentine-Cable. Mannon is re-married to Melanie-Shanna but is still in love with Whitney and is determined to win her back.
• Howard Solomon—head of Orpheus Movie Studios who’s hiding a massive cocaine habit. Howard has the hots for Whitney and is willing to jeopardize his friendship with Mannon, and even offer up movie roles to Whitney, in order to get her in bed.
Then there’s the peripheral characters like:
• Jade Johnson—the stunning model on the run from a dead-end relationship who captures Jack Python’s heart.
• Wes Money—bartender and drug dealer who begins a torrid affair with Silver Anderson after saving her from an adoring mob of fans.
• And Zachary K. Klinger—owner of Orpheus Studios who always gets what he wants and what he wants is Silver Anderson.
Driving the plot (what little there is) is the prologue that establishes both a funeral and a wedding will occur by the end of the novel, and the sporadic flashbacks to a mystery woman with an abusive past and her pyromaniac means of revenge.
Hollywood Husbands doesn’t have a tight narrative like Hollywood Wives. As a result, there are numerous plot holes (What happened to the dog?), pointless characters (I’m looking at you, Unity) and unnecessary situations (Wes’ trip to the strip club) added as filler.
Most of the action occurs at parties or in bedrooms and, in typical Collins’ fashion, her gay characters never fare well (but kudos to her for including gay characters at all, I guess). Plus, her portrayal of minority characters—in this case Russian and Black people, are cringey and blatantly stereotypical.
Also, Collins is pretty half-assed with her attempts at veiling her real-life inspirations. It’s kind of obvious Jack Python is Johnny Carson. Mannon Cable is Burt Reynolds. Clarissa Browning is Sally Field (who actually dated both Carson and Reynolds). Heaven is Madonna, and Heaven’s love interest Penn Sullivan is so obvious I won’t even name him.
With that said, this is another quick and trashy Collins’ read that is simultaneously problematic and a lot of fun. I’ve found as I’m re-reading the trashy novels of my youth that it’s best not to view them through the lens of today’s society. They’re a crazy time capsule of a long-gone era. Recommended if you’re a fan but not the best place to start if you’re new to Jackie Collins.
October 20, 2014
I always love a Jackie Collins book and this didn't disappoint. Hollywood Husbands has a fast-moving plot which centres on a large cast of characters with fantastic names. I mean, where else would you find the names: Jack Python, Wes Money, Mannon Cable, Whitney Valentine, Silver Anderson? I was swept up in each character's story. Collins' Hollywood is depicted as a world with it's own rules. It is filled with power, money, betrayals, greed, jealousies, glamour, sex (not as much as you might think) and romance. I loved how Jack Python rescued Jade from her wedding! Very dramatic and romantic. Overall, a fabulously fun romp of a read.
August 9, 2024
So many characters, sleazy pointless plots . Guess I got bored and didn’t bond enough with a single character to care about learning more.
August 27, 2023
В наши дни може и да има автори, които пишат като Джаки Колинс, но аз не съм попадала на тях. Колинс е кралицата на холивудските книжни сюжети и съм убедена, че и двеста години да минат от смъртта й, никой няма да я детронира. Тя самата е една неособено успешна холивудска актриса, преди да се отдаде на това, което очевидно умее зашеметяващо, а именно да пише. За съжаление, вече не е сред нас.
И също за съжаление, никога няма да се върнат осемдесетте години в Холивуд – времена на русите секс бомби, пороците (докато все още обществото не ги е отхвърлило), стремежът към слава, за която си готов да продадеш душата си. Днес си на върха, а утре си в канавката. Даа, особено много ми хареса да чета за онези влиятелни мъже с божествени комплекси и адски много пари, както и за амбициозните жени, които владеят света в сянка. Всеки търгува с каквото има – било то тяло, талант, влияние, пари и т.н.
Героите на Колинс винаги са толкова ярки и отличителни. Психологията в образите е впечатляваща и няма начин да объркаш един образ с друг, всеки е толкова категоричен. Е, разбира се, имат и нещо общо помежду си – всички искат влияние, пари и секс. (че той кой не го иска 😏)
Порочно е, извратено е, но и пристрастяващо. Освен това винаги има едно нещо, което побеждава всичко, абсолютно всичко и това е любовта! Джаки Колинс никога не забравя да ни го припомни. Точно заради това последната прочетена страница оставя толкова много позитивизъм, въпреки целият разврат, който ни бомбардира през останалите 600!
5/5 с цяло сърце! Прочетете, ако искате истинска холивудска история.
И също за съжаление, никога няма да се върнат осемдесетте години в Холивуд – времена на русите секс бомби, пороците (докато все още обществото не ги е отхвърлило), стремежът към слава, за която си готов да продадеш душата си. Днес си на върха, а утре си в канавката. Даа, особено много ми хареса да чета за онези влиятелни мъже с божествени комплекси и адски много пари, както и за амбициозните жени, които владеят света в сянка. Всеки търгува с каквото има – било то тяло, талант, влияние, пари и т.н.
Героите на Колинс винаги са толкова ярки и отличителни. Психологията в образите е впечатляваща и няма начин да объркаш един образ с друг, всеки е толкова категоричен. Е, разбира се, имат и нещо общо помежду си – всички искат влияние, пари и секс. (че той кой не го иска 😏)
Порочно е, извратено е, но и пристрастяващо. Освен това винаги има едно нещо, което побеждава всичко, абсолютно всичко и това е любовта! Джаки Колинс никога не забравя да ни го припомни. Точно заради това последната прочетена страница оставя толкова много позитивизъм, въпреки целият разврат, който ни бомбардира през останалите 600!
5/5 с цяло сърце! Прочетете, ако искате истинска холивудска история.
April 8, 2018
Entertaining and ... well, sorta unbelievable. I read this and Hollywood Wives together at the same time. A couple hours on one and then the same on the other. And it's almost as if the spouses don't really go together. Of course, I can remember my mother reading all the True Confession magazines about what was going on in Hollywood back in the fifties and sixties. Still, they are a fun pair of reads.
December 6, 2025
loved it
March 15, 2021
A reread for me. I thought the characters were pretty immature and annoying. I still enjoyed it
July 5, 2018
Hollywood Husbands, what a Fantastic Read !
Jackie Collins at her best, she is a legend.
Why did it take me so long to read this book, it is one of her best, but l may say that to all her books.
Hollywood Husbands is definitely a page turner, it was very hard to put down, sex drugs, murder, affairs, jam packed of everything that Jackie Collins is at her best, it is superb writing.
Loved all the characters, each character, all had a reason to stand out.
The storyline was irresistible, unpredictable, l did not know how the story was going to end.
This read is a ten out of ten. No flaws, just great excellent entertainment.
Jackie Collins your Number ONE fan.
We miss you 😘 !
Jackie Collins at her best, she is a legend.
Why did it take me so long to read this book, it is one of her best, but l may say that to all her books.
Hollywood Husbands is definitely a page turner, it was very hard to put down, sex drugs, murder, affairs, jam packed of everything that Jackie Collins is at her best, it is superb writing.
Loved all the characters, each character, all had a reason to stand out.
The storyline was irresistible, unpredictable, l did not know how the story was going to end.
This read is a ten out of ten. No flaws, just great excellent entertainment.
Jackie Collins your Number ONE fan.
We miss you 😘 !
February 24, 2019
Re-read February 2019.
March 3, 2016
woow an happy ending for all that deserved it..second chances family reunion.. finding love when least expected.tragedies changing people's lives great experience..
August 1, 2017
What a glorious, glittery, star-studded, backstabbing action-packed Technicolor FAAAAAAART.
July 23, 2017
A loose story following the lives of various Hollywood personalities, some famous, some not. The thread running through is the gradually revealed story of 'the girl,' who suffers Catherine Cookson type injustices and has a habit of setting fires as a way of dealing with her problems.
So, when I first read this, as a callow youth many years ago, I sort of liked most of the characters, not so now. And why, because almost all of them are in love with the idea of slutting around. Even Jack Python, who JC portrays as some sort of hero, actually celebrates the double standard that Ms Collins actually doesn't like. And the supposed heroine, Jade Johnson, falls prey to the Rafaella syndrome (read Rock Star) of being just a little bit thick.
My favourite characters then, and now, remain Silver Anderson and Wes Money, the only two who really love each other and who stick to their morals.
But forget all that, just read the page and enjoy the fast paced, humourous way Jackie Collins tells the story, and work out for yourself who you like an don't like.
So, when I first read this, as a callow youth many years ago, I sort of liked most of the characters, not so now. And why, because almost all of them are in love with the idea of slutting around. Even Jack Python, who JC portrays as some sort of hero, actually celebrates the double standard that Ms Collins actually doesn't like. And the supposed heroine, Jade Johnson, falls prey to the Rafaella syndrome (read Rock Star) of being just a little bit thick.
My favourite characters then, and now, remain Silver Anderson and Wes Money, the only two who really love each other and who stick to their morals.
But forget all that, just read the page and enjoy the fast paced, humourous way Jackie Collins tells the story, and work out for yourself who you like an don't like.
November 22, 2021
This book has sat in a drawer in my house for at least 15 years if not longer. Not even sure where it came from- whether I inherited it from my mother or a charity shop. I am currently on an absolute mission to finally blitz through all the books languishing in the various drawers in my house so out this one came.
I'm not sure that I've ever read a Jackie Collins book before but from what I've heard of her I expected a proper bonkbuster. There were many sex scenes in this but most only lasted a few lines- not the bonking I'd imagined! Instead this turned out to be about a large group of very hideous celebrities who treat those around them appallingly and quite frequently wife swap. Most of the time I couldn't even remember who the characters were or who they were married to. It was hard to tell if I was supposed to like any of these horrible people. The only part I really liked was trying to figure out who the flashbacks were about (I guessed right).
I'm not sure that I've ever read a Jackie Collins book before but from what I've heard of her I expected a proper bonkbuster. There were many sex scenes in this but most only lasted a few lines- not the bonking I'd imagined! Instead this turned out to be about a large group of very hideous celebrities who treat those around them appallingly and quite frequently wife swap. Most of the time I couldn't even remember who the characters were or who they were married to. It was hard to tell if I was supposed to like any of these horrible people. The only part I really liked was trying to figure out who the flashbacks were about (I guessed right).
December 18, 2024
I have mixed feelings about this book. It kept me intrigued and I loved reading a book written in the 80s! You can feel the cultural differences almost immediately lol and I was able to appreciate them without judging too much, although some things were a bit shocking to read at times. Like anything relating to being gay, Black, fat etc. On the other hand it was really hard to keep track of all the characters at some points, there were genuinely so many to remember. I also felt really let down with the ending. I was expecting to find out SOOO MUCH more and still have so many questions???? Ugh. Hate that. I also thought the 3 past killers would have been revealed as some of the present characters but nope. There could’ve been so much more tying in from past to present so I’m disappointed about that. It was a fun read but can’t give it more than 3.5 stars because of how many random plot ends there were with no explanation.
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March 6, 2025
I just reread my old English edition of this book, and I just can’t decide if I love it as much or a bit less, now that I’m growing up. Is that weird? I’ll always love Lucky Santangelo, but is Hollywood Husbands too old for modern times? I think it maybe doesn’t age that well.
I’m not saying that I don’t like it, Jackie Collins was a genius, an amazing woman and writer. But how many characters are there in that book? I lost count. A month later, I can’t remember half of it. I hated half of them! But that’s the point, isn’t it? Hollywood isn’t a nice place, although we all love that weather. It’s drugs, sex and movies, baby!
I love Jack Python, and Jade Johnson, and the poor character with a very dark past that build up throughout all the book. I love being in Hollywood, in the movie industry, and I love Collins’s sexy and dangerous tone to it. And that’s enough for me.
I’m not saying that I don’t like it, Jackie Collins was a genius, an amazing woman and writer. But how many characters are there in that book? I lost count. A month later, I can’t remember half of it. I hated half of them! But that’s the point, isn’t it? Hollywood isn’t a nice place, although we all love that weather. It’s drugs, sex and movies, baby!
I love Jack Python, and Jade Johnson, and the poor character with a very dark past that build up throughout all the book. I love being in Hollywood, in the movie industry, and I love Collins’s sexy and dangerous tone to it. And that’s enough for me.
October 25, 2021
I absolutely loved this book. Like other people, I understand why some critics aren’t a fan of her writing style while others love it. But I’m a FAN!! I’m beginning to feel like I know the characters and am following along on another episode of Real Housewives. Today in Beverly Hills Andy Cohen had lunch with Lisa Vanderpump … kind of storylines and that’s perfect for my taste. The murder mysteries keep me on my toes too. I can’t wait to know which character it is!! So, next up is Hollywood Wives the New Generation because why stop when I’m on a roll. For me this one was maybe even a 4.5 star and my favorite so far.
December 13, 2017
This is the second book I’ve read by Jackie Collins and I absolutely love her style. She switches seamlessly from character to character, giving the reader a little glimpse of their backstory and how they think each time. All the characters intersect with their own ambitions and storylines creating a great story to read. Questions are answered just as you’re thinking them with a pace that makes you want to keep reading. I will read all of the “hollywood” books. Even though this is a series, all the books can be read as a stand alone book. She’s just that good.
April 16, 2019
I love love love Jackie Collins! She is my go to writer when I want to read a fun, light book. However, this book I felt was probably her worst. I found that the book was mainly written about the characters that weren’t supposed to be the main focus, and it was again focussed on the women. I just don’t think she can write a book about men as the main lead. I still love her, and am glad I read it, but wouldn’t read it again.
December 27, 2019
Umm...4.5?
I really love it.
The twist wasn't that surprising....but all those cast of characters, they're amazing!
I had really hard time reading this book, especially the last 50 pages..because I was so afraid something is gonna happen to someone. I had to put down for like, every 5 mins? (Lol)
Jack Python and Wes Money! Omg!
Those two!! Frickin love them!
Silver and Wes, and JJ couple all the way!!!
Ohh..and the ending recap style is just great!
I really love it.
The twist wasn't that surprising....but all those cast of characters, they're amazing!
I had really hard time reading this book, especially the last 50 pages..because I was so afraid something is gonna happen to someone. I had to put down for like, every 5 mins? (Lol)
Jack Python and Wes Money! Omg!
Those two!! Frickin love them!
Silver and Wes, and JJ couple all the way!!!
Ohh..and the ending recap style is just great!
February 25, 2021
"Am I not punishing them enough??" she'd raise an eyebrow.
"You're not!" I'd say shortly.
"But... I've already been as hard as I can on them..." a protest.
"They deserve...more."
"More?" a frown.
"Yes, they deserve more punishment, those characters of yours," would be my reply.
Though author Jackie Collins isn't there to grace this conversation, I have no doubt this applies to the book. None at all. Big-time it does.
It takes a while before this whole cast is gathered- but we're all the while engaged in the storyline. One thing I noticed straight away is the colloquial tone of all the narrative. It's one of those novels where so much is to be said, so much to be happening, and all of it so nicely to be done, that there is little space for the writer herself to declare anything. Typical authorial statements like "The weather was..." or "XYZ felt like this, and why shouldn't she?- because..." or "Such was the state in which he found himself..." barely make an appearance. Little are the instances where character penetration, or thoughtful doses of dialogue are exchanged. It is a thoughtless world, really. But not direct. Everything's indiscreet. So within two seconds we enter a character's immediate line of thought or exit it and watch him doing an abominable act while he justifies it all in his mind; but never does the author let go of her reins. All narration is character-driven or action-propelled, or thought-fuelled; that's the most important thing of all.
Some of the first few pages read like an expose- which I suppose it is, only indiscreetly, again- bit for the rest of the novel you don't get that feeling. You swish through the words like a formula One car. Show-don't-tell exercised to a pitch that nears perfection, nothing ever is a frontal attack.
Oh,- and of course, there's the constantly hovering two-page interlude of a young, sexually harassed girl, who goes on to win an Oscar and get famous- but only, we don't guess her identity until the very climax. That's an exquisitely well-knit array of thrills. I couldn't have asked for any better myself. For a lifestyle set in the '80s, I find it startlingly modern, and...racy. Apart from the slightly Darwinian dig at the back-cover ("...only the fittest will make it to the climax."), there's nothing either amiss or regrettable in this book.
"You're not!" I'd say shortly.
"But... I've already been as hard as I can on them..." a protest.
"They deserve...more."
"More?" a frown.
"Yes, they deserve more punishment, those characters of yours," would be my reply.
Though author Jackie Collins isn't there to grace this conversation, I have no doubt this applies to the book. None at all. Big-time it does.
Opening with a proverbial star trio in Hollywood- Jack (an actor), Howard (an agent), and Mannon (another actor)- all three of whom are as efficient at rolling in the hay as they are at their jobs, we meet quite a trail of characters in a short span of time. And their histories too. There's a newly arrived model, Jade Johnson, who's NOT set to rock the stages or anything at all- but her glamour does it. Long-time actress and queen of one-night-stands Silver Anderson is also happy to be back as the numero uno of Hollywood industry- and shameless as a hussy. In the meantime, third-rate barman Wes Money keeps getting bored, hungover, oversexed, aimless, and scraping for money. His only asset- his quick tongue and his ready body- get him to immeasurable heights. How all these get intertwined and engulfed by a thousand-dollar parties and multiple affairs is the book. This is the plot.
It takes a while before this whole cast is gathered- but we're all the while engaged in the storyline. One thing I noticed straight away is the colloquial tone of all the narrative. It's one of those novels where so much is to be said, so much to be happening, and all of it so nicely to be done, that there is little space for the writer herself to declare anything. Typical authorial statements like "The weather was..." or "XYZ felt like this, and why shouldn't she?- because..." or "Such was the state in which he found himself..." barely make an appearance. Little are the instances where character penetration, or thoughtful doses of dialogue are exchanged. It is a thoughtless world, really. But not direct. Everything's indiscreet. So within two seconds we enter a character's immediate line of thought or exit it and watch him doing an abominable act while he justifies it all in his mind; but never does the author let go of her reins. All narration is character-driven or action-propelled, or thought-fuelled; that's the most important thing of all.
From the very outset, there's this big dividing line between star, actor, and model. The latter aren't supposed to be good at movies, the middle can be models and actresses at the same time, but- everybody doesn't get to be a star. Hookers, - a relatively impressive slang for prostitutes- keep flitting through every two pages, gays and lesbians feature every so often, booze is served omnipresently, faithfulness goes for a toss the minute any partner's back is turned, dinner parties tumble through the pages like rain in July, and lastly- everybody's eyes are pointed only one way, to the stuff beneath one's clothes (and underclothes, to be precise). Jackie Collins could have easily got off with a suitable subtitle saying, 'The Erotic Lives of Hollywood and its Underbelly'. Bottom line:- this indulges in all that's real, but misses nothing that's not happening.
Some of the first few pages read like an expose- which I suppose it is, only indiscreetly, again- bit for the rest of the novel you don't get that feeling. You swish through the words like a formula One car. Show-don't-tell exercised to a pitch that nears perfection, nothing ever is a frontal attack.
But eventually I return to the point. Nobody is spared. Everybody's involved in whoring, cocaine, stripping, money, and parties- and all the way down to the serious-looking neighbour who plays classical music out loud. Some characters deserved less, but got way more than they should; and others didn't actually deserve good or bad, but were handed the lot of the bad. This isn't fair! Poetic justice is one thing, and adherence to realism- seeing that it's a Hollywood drama as it exists- is another. I could've bet that some characters would get the axe, by the time a perilous climax is reached. But they make it.
Oh,- and of course, there's the constantly hovering two-page interlude of a young, sexually harassed girl, who goes on to win an Oscar and get famous- but only, we don't guess her identity until the very climax. That's an exquisitely well-knit array of thrills. I couldn't have asked for any better myself. For a lifestyle set in the '80s, I find it startlingly modern, and...racy. Apart from the slightly Darwinian dig at the back-cover ("...only the fittest will make it to the climax."), there's nothing either amiss or regrettable in this book.
September 27, 2018
Just Jackie
Know one does a book like Jackie Collins,her work has amazed me for years,but Hollywood Husbands just did me in.This book had me so nervous I didn't know what to do.Every character in the book was great but I only wanted two people to get together and guess what Jackie made my dreams come true.I love You Jackie,may you continue to soar.
Know one does a book like Jackie Collins,her work has amazed me for years,but Hollywood Husbands just did me in.This book had me so nervous I didn't know what to do.Every character in the book was great but I only wanted two people to get together and guess what Jackie made my dreams come true.I love You Jackie,may you continue to soar.
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