Welcome to The A-List, a wickedly funny and risquT paperback original novel that takes readers behind the scenes of the intoxicating world of Hollywood glitterati. Seventeen-year-old Upper East Side blueblood Anna ("pronounced Aaaanah") Percy is on her way to Beverly Hills, California, where she'll live with her estranged dad for the rest of the school year while her mother travels to Europe with a friend. On the plane, Anna drinks too much champagne and gets hit on by record producer Rick Resnick. Luckily Princeton student Ben Birnbaum is there to save her and he invites Anna to famous actor Jackson Sharpe's wedding, where Anna meets the cast of rich and famous characters who are soon to be her classmates at Beverly Hills High. The fast times of Beverly Hill's most beautiful and glamorous people drive the page-turning action of this juicy new novel.
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I thought I might give this book a try since I myself am a born and raised SoCal girl. Maybe it's because I grew up in San Diego and not LA but yeah, this story was not all that. The first couple paragraphs drew me in and peaked my curiosity but after a few pages I felt disappointment setting in. The plot is pretty weak and the characters are the standard vapid, one dimensional types you typically find in easy fluff reads. It's not bad if you're just killing time and need a casual read but I can't imagine wanting to ever read it more than once. I doubt I'll be continuing on with the series.
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