Oh I am scared writing this review. I'd heard so many good things about this book, it was so hyped up for me, and while it was good, it was nothing incredible for me. The glitz and glamour of Old Hollywood didn't make up for the moderately likeable cast of characters. Now, I get that Evelyn is not necessarily meant to be likeable, but I didn't feel much attachment to most of the other characters. Even the ones I did like, like Harry Cameron, I didn't bond to as much as others seemed to. The book was very well written, but it just didn't hit me as hard as I expected.

I think for me, the amount of hype this book received did it no favours. I especially think it was hurt because of how often it was sold as a sapphic love story. While it is true that a sapphic relationship is a key part of the book, it didn't feel like a love story to me. Evelyn and Celia's relationship, while joyful at times, was not one I envied, pressures of Hollywood or no. They were both too hard on each other, and they didn't work to understand the others motivations or compromise. Although this could be chalked up to their lives as Hollywood royalty, it didn't feel like the wonderful love I was expecting.

Finally, I had to question why Taylor Jenkins Reid, a (as far as I can tell) white woman, wrote a book from the POV of not one, but two mixed racial women. Evelyn's Cuban heritage is essentially discarded when she enters Hollywood, and although I understand why, from a white woman in a book that doesn't show Evelyn ever struggling with that identity, it seems like a disingenuous addition. 
Overall, it was a decent book, but did not live up to its hype at all for me.