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[whenwerethrough]

Just wanted to take pics of two book series I will love to read one day because I have plans as such 🤍🖤❤️

[magiadosquotes]

Andei tão preocupado com você, ganhei quase três quilos de tanto comer de estresse. Antes eu pensava que os diamantes eram os melhores amigos de uma garota, mas agora percebi que são os carboidratos. Sério, tenho uma baguete francesa em casa usando uma pulseirinha da amizade.

Mentirinhas Inocentes.

[teenageread]

Review: L.A. Candy

Initial Thoughts:

Lauren Conrad took forever to get the plot started, or it could be me just forgetting this novel is the first of the series every page of the way. Conrad started the novel with two best friends who recently moved to LA and got discovered for this new reality show. An interesting enough concept, that just took forever to get going. Pages upon pages would go by before they got the contract, more pages before the first episode aired, and then finally when the girls began getting famous - that was the end of this novel. If shows had filler episodes, then this entire novel was a filler for the actual content of the series, which must be seen at a later date. This novel had so much potential, it just feels like Conrad filled it with enough junk to save all the drama and excitement for the next novel in the series, leaving the opening kind of bland.

Characters 

Where this novel is third-person point of view all the way around, we do follow specific characters around to see their daily interactions, the majority of which is following Jane, followed up by her number two Scarlett. Jane is your goodie, the girl next door, who wants to make it big in LA as an event planner. She is the one excited about LA living, and even more excited to be on the TV show “L.A. Candy” and for her shot at being famous. Scarlette is our go-getting, super smarty, super hottie, who where she can get any guy she wants, typically goes to those who will not challenge her - at least for one night. She is done with the California blondes and LA clubs, and where she is sassy she has a lot of likable qualities, like her loyalty to Jane. Where [in this novel] Jane and Scarlet are still besties, we see their character develop as they grow apart due to the show, with Jane becoming more of a reality star, whereas Scarlet is trying to erase herself for the season. Along with our girls, there are two others to make up the show, Madison and Gaby, however, Gaby does not get the spotlight (or plot lines), at all throughout the novel. Madison is the antagonist as she rivals Jane for the spotlight in the show, however, Jane does not see her that way as Madison hides her true intentions. 

Plot:

Like I said, the plot should be good, if Conrad could have gotten it going faster. Our girls are the prime stars of the hit new TV show “L.A. Candy”, a true reality show that follows four girls around L.A As they work and party; it should have been a fast catchy plot. However, Conrad wrote it slowly, maybe saving the juicy plot points for later on in the series, but from this novel we were halfway done before we even met the producer of the show and got contracts signed. There should have been more fights, more TV being invasive in their lives, and more relationship drama, than leaving it all to the last few pages. Sure Conrad did end off on a high note, with a cliffhanger ending leading to promises of excitement and plot twist in the next novel; but this one was not exciting enough to make that want a need. 

Writing 

Fun and easygoing, but very slow as Conrad filled this novel up with a small time plot and not enough character development to push the novel forward. Plus as a third-person point of view, it was hard to get read where the characters were mentally throughout the novel, as we only got to see their actions without hearing their plot process. 

Conclusion: 

Interesting plot, and likable characters, but slow writing makes this novel drag on. Still, I am excited to see where Conrad takes the girls in this series, as the cliffhanger ending is interesting enough to make you want to pick up the second book and see what is going on to the hit reality star girls, as LA Candy is about to get more wild.

[neonyetireads]

Review Mashup (2) feat. LA Candy, Incarnate, and Hoot

Review Mashup (2) feat. LA Candy, Incarnate, and Hoot

Sometimes after I read books, I don’t have enough to say for a full review post. In order to review every book I read, I’ve decided to start compiling these books into review mashups every so often. For this post, I have the first book in a lighthearted contemporary, a fantasy world, and a children’s book that I revisited!

L.A. Candy by Lauren Conrad (LA Candy #1) – Published: HarperCollins 2009…

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[mycupcakelovesme]

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[sarahbrett2]

Just finished reading "L.A. Candy" this past week on vacation. No judgement please. It was wonderful. Review coming later this week!

[sammehpage]

I wasnt a fan of these books.