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How to Fake it in Hollywood
by Ava Wilder
dark
lighthearted
reflective
fast-paced
I REALLY liked this! I like reading romance novels about celebrities, I think it's really fun and that's what I expected it to be, but I was pleasantly surprised to find it a lot deeper than a typical rom-com.
A not super famous actress gets set up with an A-list actor who hasn't worked in a decade, and they agree to do a PR relationship to boost both of their careers. The fake-dating trope can be annoying but I think it worked really well here because this truly happens all the time in Hollywood so it felt more realistic and less silly, it also didn't have a bunch of annoying miscommunication, they figured out how they really felt pretty early one.
This book features a fair amount of trauma, addiction, and grief but it's handled well. It might have wrapped up a BIT too easily in the end but I liked it enough to be okay with that. I also liked the side characters, there were a lot of them and even though we didn't spend a ton of time with them they felt like very real people and the MCs relationships with them felt super genuine.
I liked reading about the film industry and Hollywood, and it's clear that the author of this book works at least adjacent to the industry because it came across super realistically. I love movies so I enjoyed that aspect of the book as well.
Overall this was a great read that was fairly light but also had some depth to it. Definitely be careful reading if you're triggered by addiction or loss.
A not super famous actress gets set up with an A-list actor who hasn't worked in a decade, and they agree to do a PR relationship to boost both of their careers. The fake-dating trope can be annoying but I think it worked really well here because this truly happens all the time in Hollywood so it felt more realistic and less silly, it also didn't have a bunch of annoying miscommunication, they figured out how they really felt pretty early one.
This book features a fair amount of trauma, addiction, and grief but it's handled well. It might have wrapped up a BIT too easily in the end but I liked it enough to be okay with that. I also liked the side characters, there were a lot of them and even though we didn't spend a ton of time with them they felt like very real people and the MCs relationships with them felt super genuine.
I liked reading about the film industry and Hollywood, and it's clear that the author of this book works at least adjacent to the industry because it came across super realistically. I love movies so I enjoyed that aspect of the book as well.
Overall this was a great read that was fairly light but also had some depth to it. Definitely be careful reading if you're triggered by addiction or loss.
Graphic: Alcoholism, Death, Grief
Moderate: Drug use
Minor: Car accident