You can also read this review and many others on my blog.
L.A Candy by Lauren Conrad (or should I say Nancy Ohlin, because in the acknowledgements it sYou can also read this review and many others on my blog.
L.A Candy by Lauren Conrad (or should I say Nancy Ohlin, because in the acknowledgements it says that "she couldn't have written it without her" and on Nancy Ohlin's website it says "I have collaborated on a bestselling trilogy" and well, that seems a lot like the L.A. Candy trilogy) is an inside look at reality show life in Los Angeles. The main characters are Jane and her best friend Scarlet, but the POV of Trevor, the director of the reality T.V. show, Veronica, the editor of a gossip magazine called - OMG U R SO CREATIVE "Gossip", — and Madison, Jane's rival on the TV show, are also included. Jane is in L.A. to intern for an event planner, and Scarlett is going to U.S.C, but when they are in a club, they get snapped up by the director of a new reality T.V. show on Pop TV — L.A. Candy. As Jane and Scarlett's lives are taken over more and more by the show, Jane begins to wonder...what is reality, and what is reality?
This book is officially the worst book I have ever read. And that is saying a lot, since I also reviewed "Hades" by Alexandra Adornetto. Well, Bethie was a total Mary-Sue, but the description was at least amazing and the characters were pretty vivid. So I picked up this book with the impression that it was going to just be a light, fluffy, entertaining read. I had never heard of Lauren Conrad (I'm not that much of a celebrity buff) so I assumed that the photo on the back was a representation of the main character Jane (since Jane looks, um, exactly like that photo.) But apparently it was actually Lauren Conrad. Strike one for an awful book. Strike Two was that it exactly parallels her life (which I found out after researching Lauren Conrad to find out more about who she was). Strike Three was that Jane was a Mary-Sue (in case you're looking for proof, she scored a 55 on the Universal Mary-Sue Litmus Test at Springhole.net) And Strike Four was the excess of parentheses, the terrible writing, and the fact that she hyphenated playfully. Yes, really. Sorry, L.C., but your book is awful....more
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