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A review by attytheresa
Hollywood Scandals by Gemma Halliday
5.0
Would this be 5 stars if it weren't a pandemic when all I want to read is undemanding entertaining fluff? I think it actually would be. I literally laughed out loud at parts, thoroughly enjoyed the characters and didn't figure out the murderer or the reason for the murder.
Tina is the gossip columnist for an LA tabloid, and she absolutely loves her job. Tina is also spunky, funny, potty-mouthed (her boss has a Swear Pig on her desk), creative, pint-sized ball of energy with purple hair, a penchant for the color pink anything and rides a pink Honda Rebel motorcyle. I want to be her BFF. Tina lives with her Aunt Sue who is deaf as a post and has a tendency to burn all her cooking efforts and forget to turn off the gas when done. Tina starts getting threatening emails, then Aunt Sue's condo is trashed, and suddenly Tina has a bodyguard named Cal who drives a gas guzzling hummer and shadows her around LA as she tries to figure out who is threatening her while keeping up with her daily column. Along the way we meet Aunt Millie, Aunt Sue's sister, who is blind as a bat (having her pet Aunt Sue's slipper thinking it was a cat was inspired), Cam, who is the tabloid's gifted photographer (often found on baby bump watch on Melrose), Allie a/k/a Barbie, the newest reporter at the tabloid and angling to one up Tina for a by-line or two, and oh, ManInBlack, Tina's cyber penpal crush with whom she exchanges corny knock knock jokes.
There is so much cleverness and humor throughout, that I really thought the author could not trump what she had already accomplished when the final chapters arrive and the entire murder mystery climaxes at and the reason alone for it happening there is a hoot. Oh and the actual ending is ripped straight out of one of my favorite romcoms, and was just perfect, corny but perfect.
If you are looking for fun, escape and some silliness even downright corniness that will make you laugh, this book is for you. It is a funny cozy murder mystery with some flirtation and a hot kiss or two. It's also the first in a series although I believe the other books in the series center on other characters. I just hope the author kept Tina, Cal, Aunt Sue, and Aunt Millie around.
Tina is the gossip columnist for an LA tabloid, and she absolutely loves her job. Tina is also spunky, funny, potty-mouthed (her boss has a Swear Pig on her desk), creative, pint-sized ball of energy with purple hair, a penchant for the color pink anything and rides a pink Honda Rebel motorcyle. I want to be her BFF. Tina lives with her Aunt Sue who is deaf as a post and has a tendency to burn all her cooking efforts and forget to turn off the gas when done. Tina starts getting threatening emails, then Aunt Sue's condo is trashed, and suddenly Tina has a bodyguard named Cal who drives a gas guzzling hummer and shadows her around LA as she tries to figure out who is threatening her while keeping up with her daily column. Along the way we meet Aunt Millie, Aunt Sue's sister, who is blind as a bat (having her pet Aunt Sue's slipper thinking it was a cat was inspired), Cam, who is the tabloid's gifted photographer (often found on baby bump watch on Melrose), Allie a/k/a Barbie, the newest reporter at the tabloid and angling to one up Tina for a by-line or two, and oh, ManInBlack, Tina's cyber penpal crush with whom she exchanges corny knock knock jokes.
There is so much cleverness and humor throughout, that I really thought the author could not trump what she had already accomplished when the final chapters arrive and the entire murder mystery climaxes at
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Disneyland. Yes, DisneylandIf you are looking for fun, escape and some silliness even downright corniness that will make you laugh, this book is for you. It is a funny cozy murder mystery with some flirtation and a hot kiss or two. It's also the first in a series although I believe the other books in the series center on other characters. I just hope the author kept Tina, Cal, Aunt Sue, and Aunt Millie around.