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A review by obsidian_blue
Party Girl by Rachel Hollis
5.0
The main character in this novel, Landon Brinkley, is excited that she landed an internship with Selah Smith, an event planner to the stars. Landon gets to mix with the rich and fabulous while also dealing with a soul killing, puppy kicking boss. Having a surly roommate with a hot brother is also making things interesting in her life.
First off, I want to say that I thought that this entire novel was firing on all cylinders. The characters were flesh and blood people to me. The plot really worked. The love interest was a good one and thankfully though I was initially afraid of some ugly love triangles rearing their ugly heads there was nothing to be concerned about in the end.
I think what really works though is that with the little details and factoids that are sprinkled throughout this novel you can tell that an industry insider wrote this book. I had a lot of fun guessing who might some of the stars be that were referenced in this book.
This novel is being compared to The Devil Wears Prada: A Novel due to it being written as a roman a clef. I think that the main reason why I didn't care for "The Devil Wears Prada" as a novel that much (besides the grammatical errors galore) the main character in that novel was not likable at all to me. Landon was likeable and competent in her job and she killed herself to make sure that she did good work so I felt a vested interest in seeing her succeed. Towards the end I was so dissatisfied with "The Devil Wears Prada" I honestly didn't care what happened to anyone in that book.
With the addition of interesting side characters such as Landon's roommate Max and her co-worker Miko we also get to break things up a bit with their insights into Hollywood and the craziness that is Landon's job. It would be really great if we get some follow-up on those two in any subsequent sequels starring Landon.
First off, I want to say that I thought that this entire novel was firing on all cylinders. The characters were flesh and blood people to me. The plot really worked. The love interest was a good one and thankfully though I was initially afraid of some ugly love triangles rearing their ugly heads there was nothing to be concerned about in the end.
I think what really works though is that with the little details and factoids that are sprinkled throughout this novel you can tell that an industry insider wrote this book. I had a lot of fun guessing who might some of the stars be that were referenced in this book.
This novel is being compared to The Devil Wears Prada: A Novel due to it being written as a roman a clef. I think that the main reason why I didn't care for "The Devil Wears Prada" as a novel that much (besides the grammatical errors galore) the main character in that novel was not likable at all to me. Landon was likeable and competent in her job and she killed herself to make sure that she did good work so I felt a vested interest in seeing her succeed. Towards the end I was so dissatisfied with "The Devil Wears Prada" I honestly didn't care what happened to anyone in that book.
With the addition of interesting side characters such as Landon's roommate Max and her co-worker Miko we also get to break things up a bit with their insights into Hollywood and the craziness that is Landon's job. It would be really great if we get some follow-up on those two in any subsequent sequels starring Landon.