Quick Stats
Age Rating: 12+
Overall: 3.5 stars
Characters: 4/5
Plot: 3/5
Setting: 4/5
Writing: 3/5

I’ve always been a bit iffy on Kasie West, but this being the second book of hers I’ve read and enjoyed in the past… two days… I think I might officially have to call myself a fan.
Fame, Fate and the First Kiss is the companion novel to Love, Life, and the List, and follows Lacey Barnes, the best friend of Abby, the main character from Love, Life, and the List. Fame can be read on it’s own, however it does include some spoilers for Abby’s story.
Here’s the thing: I didn’t like Love, Life, and the List. I think I gave it 3 stars when I read it a couple years ago, but if I were to read it now, I’d probably give it 2. However, I enjoyed Fame a lot, the plot and writing were all around better, and I found the characters involved to me very entertaining and much better developed. It’s ironic, that I liked this book, because in the first book, Lacey was my least favorite character. I found her annoying. But as the protagonist of her own story, I liked her a lot—and I loved Donovan so much.
I picked this book up because I found it at a thrift store while I was reading an ARC of Sunkissed (Kasie West’s upcoming novel, out 5/4 and very good!) and it was $3 for a hardcover, so I was like “why not”. And I’m so glad I did because I liked this book a lot more than I expected to, and I think I’ve maybe—hopefully—decided that the few books of West’s that I didn’t like were flukes and she’s an author I enjoy.
I think this book is definitely worth checking out—even if you weren’t a huge fan of Love, Life, and the List.