Title: Beautiful People
Author: Wendy holden
Publisher: Sourcebooks
Pages: 410
Source: Publisher
Synopsis:
Wendy Holden's Beautiful People is a fun, witty, story about the trial and tribulations of the acting industry. There are those who are famous for their love of acting, and those who are actors because of their love for being famous. Darcy, a young British struggling actress receives a call from a Los Angeles agent wanting to put her in the next big movie. Reluctant at first, her agent convinces her that this is be the best thing for her. Once she has enough money, she will be able to pick and choose the roles she wants. At this point in her life she needs to take what she can get. While she is in Los Angeles, the newspapers turn up with photos of her boyfriend. Her boyfriend, kissing Belle Murphy, Hollywood's size zero starlet. Belle was the hottest star a year ago. After her recent million dollar movie flopped, afraid to be forgotten, she adopts an African baby to gain publicity. However, the paparazzi lost interest quick and now she is stuck with a crying infant. She has a nanny but she refuses to pay her. Belle will do anything to stay in the public's eye. She loves being famous, acting not so much...
Overall Impression:
This book is very hard for me to review. There are many secondary characters, that are all tied together by the end of the book. There are many, many secondary characters and for that reason I had a hard time with my synopsis. The two characters I was mostly interested in was Belle and Darcy. Belle's nanny Emma was also a favourite of mine. Her character has a 'Nanny Diary' feel and I really enjoyed reading her storyline. This is a chunky novel, and I did enjoy it. However, near the end I just wanted it to be over. I wanted to find out what happened to all the characters, and wanted to move on. I think the writing was great, and I will read more from Wendy Holden. British humour is great but the length ruined the book for me.
