Candice Jalili
Author of Finding Famous
About the Author
Candice Jalili was born in San Francisco and raised right across the Golden Gate in Marin County. After graduating from Santa Clara University, she decided to move to New York to work for Elite Daily, where she currently holds the title of senior sex and dating writer. Candice's musings on show more relationships can also regularly be found in Cosmopolitan, Tinder Swipe Life, The Cut, Time, and more. She covers pretty much every topic you and your friends discuss over boozy brunch-from why you're still thinking about your ex to the latest celebrity hookup. She's also really, really, really over smart, cool women sacrificing their own sanity in an attempt to "get the guy." show less
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Every time Mona finds fault with Lucas' actions, it's because she's taking it as a personal insult—that he makes her look stupid, that he's hurting her brand, that he's careless of her as an individual. I, as the
The fact that I am told that he's hot and he and Mona have great chemistry—even the fact that he and Mona have things in common, like their dead dads and their controlling and famous moms—is not enough to convince me that Lucas is a worthy romantic prospect. Nor is his protectiveness of her against outside threats...because, hate to break it to you, but that protectiveness only counts if it also protects her from being hurt by Lucas' bad behavior, too.
Kai may not be the right love interest either—famous people can't date non-famous people, yadda, yadda, whatever—but I like him as a person. I find his family and his history and his perspectives interesting. When he's on the page, I'm engaged. Anytime Lucas is on the page, though, I'm bracing for yet more gaslighting and yet more manipulation, not just from him toward Mona, but from the author toward her readers.
I do not buy that Lucas is a good guy. I do not buy that he'll change his behavior because she's the one. Mostly, I just think Mona got stuck with some Max Davenport readalike and doesn't know it yet, and all the reality TV-like hijinks and fun moments with Kai and Mona's family don't make up for the fact that I think she deserves better.
While it has an interesting premise the first half of the book is hard to get through. If you love the kardashians and reality tv this is a book you'll love. Though I find the characters very one dimensional and hard to relate to or understand.
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