Book Blitz: Holly Hearts Hollywood by Kenley Conrad with Giveaway #ReadSwoonRepeat
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Summary:
Holly Hearts Hollywood is the first book in
a series.
Seventeen-year-old Holly Hart wants to be a
star. She moves to Los Angeles from the small town of Cedar Junction, only to
hear she’s too fat and ugly to be a famous singer.
But when Shell Shocked Records looks past
Holly’s plus-size and less-than-graceful-personality to offer her a recording
contract, Holly cannot believe her good fortune. On closer inspection, however,
the the record execs want Holly to do all the singing, and a thinner and more
beautiful girl, Lacey, would lip-sync and get all the credit. Holly goes for it
because after all, she wanted to sing.
Contractually bound to secrecy, Holly is
more than happy to sit backstage and write in her journal while Lacey shimmies
in the limelight and basks in the fame. Before she knows it, Holly is friends
with Serena, the pop-star daughter of a music-mogul, flirting with an intern,
and developing a strange half-friendship with Lacey.
When Grayson Frost, the biggest country
star in America, and coincidentally, a former school bully begins dating Lacey,
Holly hopes that he won’t recognize or torment her.
Through a series of embarrassing and weird
events, Holly gets to know Grayson and learns that he is much nicer and more
mature than he was four years ago. Holly is horrified when she starts falling
for him. When Grayson admits he fell for Lacey’s voice, what is a girl to do
when she can’t legally tell the truth at the moment when the truth matters the
most?
From the synopsis alone, I was already confident that I would like this book. The plot really interested me because it's something so very familiar that it's actually quite refreshing. The story is told in a diary/journal type way, and I think that this suited the overall sweet personality of the main character.
I gave this 4 stars just because I didn't like how the story ended. I just want this book to end in a way where everything is resolved and won't leave me frustrated. Don't get me wrong, I like my plot twists and surprises and angst as much as the next reader, but this book that just felt really sweet and romantic had no business having that kind of ending. Even so, that was not a deal breaker and if there is a second book, which I hope there is, I would be glad to read it.
Kenley Conrad did a great job with constructing an emotional connection between the characters and readers.
In conclusion, this book was great! It's cute, light and swoony. What more can I ask, right? I would definitely recommend this to all YA lovers out there!
PURCHASE LINKS:
Holly Hearts Hollywood
by Kenley Conrad
Publication Date: September 2014
Publisher: Swoon Romance
From nine to five, Kenley is a home
insurance agent. At all other hours of the day she is a young adult author,
singer, dancer, cat lady, fangirl, wife, bookworm, and internet enthusiast. Her
favorite pastimes include crying over really good books, riding with her
husband on their motorcycle, and binge-watching seasons of television shows.
When she’s not working or writing, she likes to perform in local community
musical theatre productions.
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