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A-List: Hollywood Royalty #3
City of Angels
The curtain is closing on Beverly Hills' reigning high schoolers, and no farewell in the City of Angels is complete without an A-list soiree. The stage is set, the cameras are rolling, but will the cast get its Hollywood ending?
245 pages, Paperback
First published February 18, 2010
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Zoey Dean
56 books408 followersThe 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
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
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April 17, 2010
SPOILER ALERT: This review does NOT contain any detailed spoilers for THIS SPECIFIC BOOK, however it DOES contain some spoilers for the Hollywood Royalty series and the A-List series. I'll let you decide if you want to read on.
I don't know why I took so long to review this book, or even to read it -- oh no wait, yes I do! It's because I didn't want The A-List to end! Sadly yes, this is the final book in the Hollywood Royalty series. I wish it had gone for at least four; as I'll inevitably describe more below, the third act of this book felt really rushed, and in general the action could have sustained at least four books. More broadly though, in thinking back over how well I liked this series, I have to ask myself why did it fail? (I mean, beyond not having vampires in it, which is apparently some kind of YA series requirement at this point.) But I mean really -- not being handicapped by having the jaw-droppingly boring Anna Percy and Ben (ugh I never can remember his last name! Is it Brigham? No wait it's Birnbaum) as the central plot, this series should have gone on for ten books, unlike the original A-List which put together probably realistically had about three books' worth of genuinely enjoyable material in it.
So what went wrong here, other than being launched after Twilight sunk its teeth into the neck of popular YA series? Honestly, it's hard to say. Amelie Adams is a genuinely interesting and likeable character. Even if her sweet and clear-eyed nature is a bit unrealistic if you've ever met anyone who worked as a child actor, her character and plot seems like just the kind of thing that would interest a younger reader. Her plot also does the best job of incorporating elements from reality (e.g. real celebrities, movies) to actually make it more interesting and believable.
Same goes for Jojo. She's completely likeable and down-to-earth, and her reactions to the Hollyweird lifestyle and difficulties in finding her footing ring true. There's a little bit much of the "she's so amazing and doesn't know it" happening (a la Reed in the Private books), but it's not overblown, particularly since she does have unpleasant and/or embarrassing things happen to her. The way she deals with the consequences totally works for me, particularly in how she deals with boys but also in how she handles her step-sister.
The other main characters work a bit less for me. Jake Porter-Goldsmith comes closer, but much of he and his friend's bro-mance with the popular crowd was a bit too wish-fulfillment-y for me. The second Ash Gilmour had broken up with Myla and it was clear he wasn't going to date Jojo, I could have cared less about his character. It's possible had the series gone on longer he would have redeemed himself, but in this book he could have not existed and it wouldn't have changed my opinion of it at all -- he just didn't need to be there, and I kind of felt myself hurrying along his chapters. In my opinion Ash and Jake's best plot is their shared one of having been childhood friends and now having this awkward relationship. This played out really nicely in the second book, and it would have been good to see that developed further.
In the end though, I feel like this series' biggest downfall is Myla Everhart. I want to like her, I really do. I mean let's face it -- bitchy characters are often funny characters. I think the problem here is that this was one bitch with no soul. Much of what made the original A-List series readable came from the characters of Sam and Cammie, both of whom were mega-bitches, but both of whom were also funny, likable, and actually showed a lot of roundedness and vulnerability over the course of the series (even if some of the plots, like the mystery of Cammie's mom's death, were a bit hokey and over-the-top). They were bitches a reader could really care about, because there was enough going on that most could find some way of identifying with them. They had issues galore -- family issues, body issues, trust issues -- and so were more than just a bundle of catty comments and black AmEx cards.
Myla on the other hand is completely unrelatable. Her total lack of self-awareness through the first two books and quite frankly most of the third make her really difficult to like, though I'm sure people who can relate strongly to being really gorgeous, having most people be totally afraid of you, the pitfalls of being adopted by the superrich and super-famous, and being a bit of a sociopath can totally relate. She seemed like maybe she was heading in a different direction at the end of the second book, but no. And by the time her character does start warming up here, it's too little, too late. It's so rushed that the only way to find it believable is to picture the scene in the cartoon version of How the Grinch Stole Christmas where they show the Grinch's heart growing three sizes in about three seconds. And to the Grinch's credit, he'd actually had a life-changing experience.
On the whole however, I feel like this series' high points outnumbered its weak points, and I don't feel like having one unpleasant female character should have been enough to do it in. (I only count Myla here 'cause let's face it, there's not one Alloy series that does a really good job with male characters, I guess because they're trying to give tw/teens boys they want to read about as opposed to realistic ones; though I will say on the whole Jacob PG in this series probably wins for most realistic. I know it's weird, but actually what I found most charming about him was his relationship with his family and with Ash, not with any of the girls.)
So who's to blame? I'm gonna go with vampires. Though I saw at the end of this book an ad for a new Hollywood celebri-spawn series penned (at least ostensibly) by a woman who I think is Regis' daughter (as in Regis and Kathy Lee/Kelly). I have fuzzy memories of having to call her for something wayyyy back when I was first starting out in the mag business; our EIC had gone on R&K and so somehow that led to us giving her freelance work. That's all I remember though and honestly I'm not 100% sure it's the same gal. It would make sense if it was her though, like "hey I'm the daughter of someone famous, writing about characters who are famous people's daughters." So maybe Alloy hasn't given up yet on series about riches 'n' bitches. Let's just hope this new crop is any good.
I don't know why I took so long to review this book, or even to read it -- oh no wait, yes I do! It's because I didn't want The A-List to end! Sadly yes, this is the final book in the Hollywood Royalty series. I wish it had gone for at least four; as I'll inevitably describe more below, the third act of this book felt really rushed, and in general the action could have sustained at least four books. More broadly though, in thinking back over how well I liked this series, I have to ask myself why did it fail? (I mean, beyond not having vampires in it, which is apparently some kind of YA series requirement at this point.) But I mean really -- not being handicapped by having the jaw-droppingly boring Anna Percy and Ben (ugh I never can remember his last name! Is it Brigham? No wait it's Birnbaum) as the central plot, this series should have gone on for ten books, unlike the original A-List which put together probably realistically had about three books' worth of genuinely enjoyable material in it.
So what went wrong here, other than being launched after Twilight sunk its teeth into the neck of popular YA series? Honestly, it's hard to say. Amelie Adams is a genuinely interesting and likeable character. Even if her sweet and clear-eyed nature is a bit unrealistic if you've ever met anyone who worked as a child actor, her character and plot seems like just the kind of thing that would interest a younger reader. Her plot also does the best job of incorporating elements from reality (e.g. real celebrities, movies) to actually make it more interesting and believable.
Same goes for Jojo. She's completely likeable and down-to-earth, and her reactions to the Hollyweird lifestyle and difficulties in finding her footing ring true. There's a little bit much of the "she's so amazing and doesn't know it" happening (a la Reed in the Private books), but it's not overblown, particularly since she does have unpleasant and/or embarrassing things happen to her. The way she deals with the consequences totally works for me, particularly in how she deals with boys but also in how she handles her step-sister.
The other main characters work a bit less for me. Jake Porter-Goldsmith comes closer, but much of he and his friend's bro-mance with the popular crowd was a bit too wish-fulfillment-y for me. The second Ash Gilmour had broken up with Myla and it was clear he wasn't going to date Jojo, I could have cared less about his character. It's possible had the series gone on longer he would have redeemed himself, but in this book he could have not existed and it wouldn't have changed my opinion of it at all -- he just didn't need to be there, and I kind of felt myself hurrying along his chapters. In my opinion Ash and Jake's best plot is their shared one of having been childhood friends and now having this awkward relationship. This played out really nicely in the second book, and it would have been good to see that developed further.
In the end though, I feel like this series' biggest downfall is Myla Everhart. I want to like her, I really do. I mean let's face it -- bitchy characters are often funny characters. I think the problem here is that this was one bitch with no soul. Much of what made the original A-List series readable came from the characters of Sam and Cammie, both of whom were mega-bitches, but both of whom were also funny, likable, and actually showed a lot of roundedness and vulnerability over the course of the series (even if some of the plots, like the mystery of Cammie's mom's death, were a bit hokey and over-the-top). They were bitches a reader could really care about, because there was enough going on that most could find some way of identifying with them. They had issues galore -- family issues, body issues, trust issues -- and so were more than just a bundle of catty comments and black AmEx cards.
Myla on the other hand is completely unrelatable. Her total lack of self-awareness through the first two books and quite frankly most of the third make her really difficult to like, though I'm sure people who can relate strongly to being really gorgeous, having most people be totally afraid of you, the pitfalls of being adopted by the superrich and super-famous, and being a bit of a sociopath can totally relate. She seemed like maybe she was heading in a different direction at the end of the second book, but no. And by the time her character does start warming up here, it's too little, too late. It's so rushed that the only way to find it believable is to picture the scene in the cartoon version of How the Grinch Stole Christmas where they show the Grinch's heart growing three sizes in about three seconds. And to the Grinch's credit, he'd actually had a life-changing experience.
On the whole however, I feel like this series' high points outnumbered its weak points, and I don't feel like having one unpleasant female character should have been enough to do it in. (I only count Myla here 'cause let's face it, there's not one Alloy series that does a really good job with male characters, I guess because they're trying to give tw/teens boys they want to read about as opposed to realistic ones; though I will say on the whole Jacob PG in this series probably wins for most realistic. I know it's weird, but actually what I found most charming about him was his relationship with his family and with Ash, not with any of the girls.)
So who's to blame? I'm gonna go with vampires. Though I saw at the end of this book an ad for a new Hollywood celebri-spawn series penned (at least ostensibly) by a woman who I think is Regis' daughter (as in Regis and Kathy Lee/Kelly). I have fuzzy memories of having to call her for something wayyyy back when I was first starting out in the mag business; our EIC had gone on R&K and so somehow that led to us giving her freelance work. That's all I remember though and honestly I'm not 100% sure it's the same gal. It would make sense if it was her though, like "hey I'm the daughter of someone famous, writing about characters who are famous people's daughters." So maybe Alloy hasn't given up yet on series about riches 'n' bitches. Let's just hope this new crop is any good.
January 13, 2011
Grade: B
This was the final book in The A-List: Hollywood Royalty series. Although these books are pure fluff, I was satisfied with the conclusions for all the characters. I might even miss a few of these characters, since Myla, Jojo, and Amelie started to grow on me by this third book.
After reading a lot of Zoey Dean novels, I realized that the biggest problem I had with the books was all of the brandname dropping!! Sometimes I felt like I was reading a shopping catalog instead of a book. Seriously, characters would apply their 'Benefit Coralista blush' and put on their 'J Brand jeans.' While I actually do quite enjoy both of these products, and I love detail, I think it is a bit much to include specific products in just about every paragraph. They're materialistic, they're rich, I get it. I wonder if the writers behind Zoey Dean's pen name got paid a little extra to drop in these not so subtle bits of advertising?
Besides that, I have to say this novel was my favorite of the series. I definitely saw a maturity growth within Myla, JoJo, and Amelie, and it was fun to read about the rich and famous, however far off from reality this series may be. I love how the main family is a parody of Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt's family with their constant adoption of children from different countries, and I like that the series had some spunk and drama.
It's not going to win any awards, but I would recommend this series for those looking for a light beach read during the summertime!
This was the final book in The A-List: Hollywood Royalty series. Although these books are pure fluff, I was satisfied with the conclusions for all the characters. I might even miss a few of these characters, since Myla, Jojo, and Amelie started to grow on me by this third book.
After reading a lot of Zoey Dean novels, I realized that the biggest problem I had with the books was all of the brandname dropping!! Sometimes I felt like I was reading a shopping catalog instead of a book. Seriously, characters would apply their 'Benefit Coralista blush' and put on their 'J Brand jeans.' While I actually do quite enjoy both of these products, and I love detail, I think it is a bit much to include specific products in just about every paragraph. They're materialistic, they're rich, I get it. I wonder if the writers behind Zoey Dean's pen name got paid a little extra to drop in these not so subtle bits of advertising?
Besides that, I have to say this novel was my favorite of the series. I definitely saw a maturity growth within Myla, JoJo, and Amelie, and it was fun to read about the rich and famous, however far off from reality this series may be. I love how the main family is a parody of Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt's family with their constant adoption of children from different countries, and I like that the series had some spunk and drama.
It's not going to win any awards, but I would recommend this series for those looking for a light beach read during the summertime!
June 8, 2010
So I guess this is the last book in this A-list spinoff, which is really a shame. The original series lasted 10 books, which was about 8 books too long. However this spinoff was infinitely better, and gets axed after 3 books. Well, what are ya gonna do... At least we got a nice ending.
April 30, 2010
13 books later, looks like this series ends. each book made me enjoy this a little more. i plan to read more from this author, whoever they are. i like the idea of zooming into a timeperiod to connect to characters better. reminds me a bit of kevin smith movies.
April 23, 2010
Best book ever. Why did they end this series? What happened to Danny?
August 22, 2012
I really, really didn't want this series to end.. so if there's a way Ms Dean could make a 4th and/or 5th... THANK YOU MA'AM! It just sort of ended, abruptly.. like.. whathappensnext?
January 6, 2023
hm, this is honestly maybe a 2-2.5 for me. i loved the a-list series and was hoping that hollywood royalty would be an extension of that, but it was a major letdown. i hated most of the characters, and their decisions were awful. at least when cammie or sam were being mean in the first series, there was a reason behind it and they were still very human so you could empathize with them. when the characters in this series were being mean, it made me feel horrible the entire time.
CHARACTERS:
MYLA - girl, you're too beautiful to be such a bitch. i understood why she hated jojo in the first book, but then it made no sense for them to fight again in the second book after they already had their arc, it was like what was the point? myla is confusing because i understand her frustrations in life, but she's RUTHLESS to other people and there's really no moments of empathy until the last ten pages of this book. and then when i think the author wanted me to be mad at her, i just felt bad (like when she was taken advantage of by danny like excuse me she's just a child). i really wanted to like her but...
JOJO - this bitch istg. she was so annoying through most of the book i just did not care about her. the pity party was RIDICULOUS and she was just not fleshed out enough as a character. i just finished the book a few hours ago and i forget like everything about her personality.
JAKE - asshole city, population one. i hate that he got a happy ending because through most of the book he was pretty mean. i do understand that he got swept up into the hollywood scene but then he kind of just stayed douchey (dating two girls? give me a break). i don't understand how jojo forgave him.
AMELIE - the only character i actually liked consistently. she reminded me a lot of the ex-acts from disney and stuff and i really felt for her. her character arc was actually done correctly and it made sense to me why and when she was mean.
ASH - the blandest character. you could have taken him out of the second and third book and nothing would have changed i swear.
COUPLES:
ash + myla = the entire reason they broke up was so ridiculous and i wish we had gotten more time of them being together 'cause it was hyped so much and then all the sudden it's like lol jk they broke up in the first 20 pages. like? imo they should have broken up at the end of the first book so we could have seen their relationship deteriorate. also, i wanted them together again in the end but whatever.
jojo + jake = jojo deserved better. jake needs some time to be by himself. i also don't believe for a second that he never liked amelie, just the 'image' of her...*rolls eyes*
daisy + ash = wtf kinda blip was that the entire daisy storyline was so confusing i was LOST.
RANDOM:
1. i didn't like how the author insinuated that danny and myla's hookup was her fault like she is sixteen he is TWENTY he is gross and deserved to lose his job
2. i wish myla had come clean to her parents about danny because it felt weird for her to just have this huge realization and character arc and then just let jojo take the fall for her
3. from the first chapter of hollywood royalty i thought the author was going to integrate the original a-listers into this book more but it was like a tease then never brought up again like the most interesting parts of these three books were when they brought up sam and parker for like one second lmao
overall, just read the a-list series and don't bother with this one. i'm glad i read it just so i can cross it off my list and complete the series but it was so unnecessary.
CHARACTERS:
MYLA - girl, you're too beautiful to be such a bitch. i understood why she hated jojo in the first book, but then it made no sense for them to fight again in the second book after they already had their arc, it was like what was the point? myla is confusing because i understand her frustrations in life, but she's RUTHLESS to other people and there's really no moments of empathy until the last ten pages of this book. and then when i think the author wanted me to be mad at her, i just felt bad (like when she was taken advantage of by danny like excuse me she's just a child). i really wanted to like her but...
JOJO - this bitch istg. she was so annoying through most of the book i just did not care about her. the pity party was RIDICULOUS and she was just not fleshed out enough as a character. i just finished the book a few hours ago and i forget like everything about her personality.
JAKE - asshole city, population one. i hate that he got a happy ending because through most of the book he was pretty mean. i do understand that he got swept up into the hollywood scene but then he kind of just stayed douchey (dating two girls? give me a break). i don't understand how jojo forgave him.
AMELIE - the only character i actually liked consistently. she reminded me a lot of the ex-acts from disney and stuff and i really felt for her. her character arc was actually done correctly and it made sense to me why and when she was mean.
ASH - the blandest character. you could have taken him out of the second and third book and nothing would have changed i swear.
COUPLES:
ash + myla = the entire reason they broke up was so ridiculous and i wish we had gotten more time of them being together 'cause it was hyped so much and then all the sudden it's like lol jk they broke up in the first 20 pages. like? imo they should have broken up at the end of the first book so we could have seen their relationship deteriorate. also, i wanted them together again in the end but whatever.
jojo + jake = jojo deserved better. jake needs some time to be by himself. i also don't believe for a second that he never liked amelie, just the 'image' of her...*rolls eyes*
daisy + ash = wtf kinda blip was that the entire daisy storyline was so confusing i was LOST.
RANDOM:
1. i didn't like how the author insinuated that danny and myla's hookup was her fault like she is sixteen he is TWENTY he is gross and deserved to lose his job
2. i wish myla had come clean to her parents about danny because it felt weird for her to just have this huge realization and character arc and then just let jojo take the fall for her
3. from the first chapter of hollywood royalty i thought the author was going to integrate the original a-listers into this book more but it was like a tease then never brought up again like the most interesting parts of these three books were when they brought up sam and parker for like one second lmao
overall, just read the a-list series and don't bother with this one. i'm glad i read it just so i can cross it off my list and complete the series but it was so unnecessary.
December 22, 2020
just reread this after n years: the whole thing could’ve gone in a hundred other MUCH BETTER ways
December 14, 2025
as cheesy as this book series is i can never give it less than 3 stars like its just SO FUN and Jake and jojo are everything to me
January 12, 2019
So sad for the series to end. Wanting more books in the series, but it's unlikely.
Myla and Ash should have gotten together!!!
Myla and Ash should have gotten together!!!
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
July 13, 2012
Okay, so it's been a while since I've read the first two books in the series, but I have to say that the third book definitely picked up where the others left off and everything came flooding back to me. I've always been a fan of Zoey Dean but this series fell a little short of the others.
I liked it on one hand because it was sort of like a satire of Hollywood celebrities and their kids as well as the whole teen race, but then again it was a little cliche and predictable. When it came out that Myla and Jojo's celebrity parents "BarBar" were adopting yet another child from a developing country my mind immediately went to Angelina and Brad. However the whole situation was made comical because BarBar was actually in a silent competition with Brangelina in the adoption of kids. More satire was how Hollywood kids got to get away with and do anything and how most of their parents are divorced and that the kids have huge designer wardrobes and have parties where drugs and drink are in abundance while their parents are no where to be found or "Filming a movie"
However predictable it was, I liked how at the end all the strings and parts came together in a very great ending. The Princess-y and spoiled Myla came back down to earth and realized everything wasn't about her, The already down to earth Jojo got the guy she wanted and her tattered relationship with her adopted sister was on the mend and the child star Amelie realized that a normal teen life isn't like those that you see in the movies.
It makes me sad that this is the last book in the Hollywood Royalty Series.
I liked it on one hand because it was sort of like a satire of Hollywood celebrities and their kids as well as the whole teen race, but then again it was a little cliche and predictable. When it came out that Myla and Jojo's celebrity parents "BarBar" were adopting yet another child from a developing country my mind immediately went to Angelina and Brad. However the whole situation was made comical because BarBar was actually in a silent competition with Brangelina in the adoption of kids. More satire was how Hollywood kids got to get away with and do anything and how most of their parents are divorced and that the kids have huge designer wardrobes and have parties where drugs and drink are in abundance while their parents are no where to be found or "Filming a movie"
However predictable it was, I liked how at the end all the strings and parts came together in a very great ending. The Princess-y and spoiled Myla came back down to earth and realized everything wasn't about her, The already down to earth Jojo got the guy she wanted and her tattered relationship with her adopted sister was on the mend and the child star Amelie realized that a normal teen life isn't like those that you see in the movies.
It makes me sad that this is the last book in the Hollywood Royalty Series.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
May 25, 2013
Hmm...I wasn't really finished with the second, but I looked at my Borders shelf and it was filled with vampire-esque books, which I don't enjoy it at all. So I grabbed it off the shelf and decided to read it.
Zoey Dean isn't my favorite author, mainly because her writing is clunky and hard to read sometimes. She describes everything like it was meant for a movie-script instead of a YA novel. Although, I do like learning some of the new words here and there.
The book was okay in terms of characters, and plot. I'm not really liking this book as much as the original series. Amelie is okay, she reminds me of Miley Cyrus thought--because they're both child stars--and popular because of their television shows. Jojo was average, I couldn't really relate to her that much. She came off as a hey-I'm-a-nerd-too-and-I-play-video-games-and-read-comic-books cliche that I see sometimes on the G4 Channel where they have those models as hosts or whatever.
The other character Jacob were okay but Ash was useless, I didn't care for him. Myla was boring to read! Shockingly, She's the mean girl and she's just not interesting like Cammie, or Sam in the original A-List. She came off as ditzy, annoying and just plain bland. I didn't like her at all.
This series was fun for me, a lot better than the A-List sometimes. I really did like Myla in the beginning with Ash, she seemed sweet. Anyways, I hoped maybe we'll get another series?
Zoey Dean isn't my favorite author, mainly because her writing is clunky and hard to read sometimes. She describes everything like it was meant for a movie-script instead of a YA novel. Although, I do like learning some of the new words here and there.
The book was okay in terms of characters, and plot. I'm not really liking this book as much as the original series. Amelie is okay, she reminds me of Miley Cyrus thought--because they're both child stars--and popular because of their television shows. Jojo was average, I couldn't really relate to her that much. She came off as a hey-I'm-a-nerd-too-and-I-play-video-games-and-read-comic-books cliche that I see sometimes on the G4 Channel where they have those models as hosts or whatever.
The other character Jacob were okay but Ash was useless, I didn't care for him. Myla was boring to read! Shockingly, She's the mean girl and she's just not interesting like Cammie, or Sam in the original A-List. She came off as ditzy, annoying and just plain bland. I didn't like her at all.
This series was fun for me, a lot better than the A-List sometimes. I really did like Myla in the beginning with Ash, she seemed sweet. Anyways, I hoped maybe we'll get another series?
November 29, 2014
Are all stories set in L.A. basically the same?
Let's see... label dropping? Check. Every character being described as attractive in some way? Check. Endless clothing descriptions? Check. Formless, directionless plots you follow just to see where the heck they'll meander off to? Check.
This trilogy reminded me uncannily of another book about regular girls who somehow become reality-TV stars. Basically, it's a soap opera on paper: meh characters that aren't as engaging as they are frustrating, engineered drama, no clear plot direction and no real ending at the end of the book, in an attempt to make you go running for the next one -- your next fix, if you will.
So it's the perfect thing to read when you're putting off a huge paper due on Monday. If you're actually looking for an interesting book, or a well-plotted book, or even a cute fuzzy-feelings romance book, you'll want to find something else. If you, too, are unwisely procrastinating... well, go ahead. Who am I to stop you?
Let's see... label dropping? Check. Every character being described as attractive in some way? Check. Endless clothing descriptions? Check. Formless, directionless plots you follow just to see where the heck they'll meander off to? Check.
This trilogy reminded me uncannily of another book about regular girls who somehow become reality-TV stars. Basically, it's a soap opera on paper: meh characters that aren't as engaging as they are frustrating, engineered drama, no clear plot direction and no real ending at the end of the book, in an attempt to make you go running for the next one -- your next fix, if you will.
So it's the perfect thing to read when you're putting off a huge paper due on Monday. If you're actually looking for an interesting book, or a well-plotted book, or even a cute fuzzy-feelings romance book, you'll want to find something else. If you, too, are unwisely procrastinating... well, go ahead. Who am I to stop you?
January 10, 2015
This book sealed the deal, after all those problems and the A-list series all to lead up to this. And omg I loved it! The sparks flew the drama was definitely there! I'm still wondering if Myla gets with Danny which I absolutely hope she does! They're super cute together! Everyone learned a lesson and had there happily ever after! I'm sad it's over but I'm glad it ended this way !
August 5, 2010
This last book in the A-List series was a welcome ending. However it was a boring one, I felt as if it was extremly slow, and Zoey Dean didn't really wrap anything up in the series she left loose ends. It was only ok
March 7, 2013
In the final book in this series, all the pieces start to come together (in a cheesy way) and JoJo and her family come together and "live happily ever after"...not the most realistic ending, but considering the series is set in Hollywood, the whole storyline was not meant to be realistic!
June 12, 2010
It started off kind of slow, but the ending was cute.
August 20, 2011
Zoey Dean has done it again. I've never been more pleased with an author. This book is just as good as all her others and the end of it was worth the suspense. Pick up a copy! You'll love it!
August 20, 2011
it's okay. i liked it better than the last one she wrote
May 11, 2013
Just when I started getting into this series it ends. I would have looked forward to reading more about this cast of characters!
July 27, 2010
Uhhh, what happened to Danny & myla?!
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