Review: Hollywood Is Like High School With Money by Zoey Dean

Last word first: Fun and flirty. Light, summery reading at its best.

Would Joe like this? HA! Ahem, no.

Description: Taylor has always wanted just one thing - to make movies. She just landed her dream job at Metronome Studios in Hollywood, and her goals are almost within reach. OK, it's not really her dream job, but it's a feeder position for her dream job. The only problem is that in order to move up in the world of the beautiful people, Taylor is going to need to channel her inner mean girl. Which she doesn't have. Enter Quinn, the daughter of Taylor's new boss and Queen Bee extraordinaire. With Quinn's guidance, Taylor is hoping she can develop the skills that film school never taught her.

My thoughts: Going into this book, you know it's not going to be deep, life-changing material. What it is is pure fun. Enter the world of beautiful, shiny people in beautiful, shiny clothes. The world of gossip and glamor, name-dropping and novelty. Basicly, it's as close as I ever want to get to living in Hollywood.

There are several moments in this book where you (or at least, I) want to tell Taylor to smarten up and realize that the Mean Girls are, hello! MEAN GIRLS. She backstabbed you in the last chapter, do you really think that she wants to help you now? But other than that, Taylor was a great protagonist. She's nice enough to be likeable, but not so nice as to be cloying.

I read this book in an afternoon- it's fun, light reading that I think is perfect for a little summer escape if your budget doesn't stretch to Cuba.

About Zoey Dean: Zoey Dean is the author of tons of novels, including the A-List series. She divides her time between Beverly Hills, California, and her favorite small islands in the Caribbean. (gleaned from her page on Fantastic Fiction)

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