At first I didn't know how I would feel with this book, going in I knew it was a super hyped-up book on booksta, booktwt, and booktok. It's fair to say it does live up to the hype on this one.

Evelyn Hugo is a famous actress known for her sexuality and gaining everything she wanted, but what did she lose to get it in the end is the question. Evelyn in the book never hides that she made mistakes and owns up to them. She's not perfect in any sense of the word and she doesn't want to be seen as perfect either. She just wants the truth of herself to be told, the truth she hid from the world all her life.

Evelyn's difficulties in life can be somewhat relatable outside of the stardom. The book focuses on the seven husbands and her one great love in life. With that she deals with biphobia in a time that wasn't safe for the lgbtq+ community to be seen, so she was never seen as her true self throughout her life until she contacted Monique. Although, I didn't care for Celia in some instances because of the biphobia she thrusts on Evelyn to hurt her, I can respect that Evelyn would be in love with her regardless. Many things are seen in as black or white, and rarely in the grey area. This book is a work of fiction and I know this but it was a great story regardless, especially to see that life and love is sometimes messy in a story like this. I also love how Evelyn helps Monique come into her own as well and the ending did put me through a mini loop.

I definitely recommend this for people who want an imperfect lgbtq+ representation, historical fiction set in Hollywood and the times of big studios in the 50s, a bisexual main character, and an editor style of writing with gossip clips in between.

CW: biphobia, domestic abuse, alcohol abuse, death, cancer, suicide, and divorce