Angela Clark can’t believe her luck… she’s an English girl living in New York with a dream job at hip magazine The Look and a sexy boyfriend.
Her latest assignment takes her to Hollywood to interview hot actor and fellow Brit James Jacobs.Thrown in at the deep end she heads west with best friend Jenny dreaming of Rodeo Drive and Malibu beach.
Soon Angela discovers that celebrity life in Hollywood is not all glamour, gloss and sunshine. Despite his lady-killer reputation, the only person who seems genuine is James.
Then a paparazzi snaps them in an uncompromising position and suddenly Angela is thrust into the spotlight for all the wrong reasons…
Can she convince all those close to her – especially her boss and her boyfriend – not to believe everything they read? And will Hollywood ever win Angela’s heart?
Rating: 3 Stars
Okay so I definitely preferred I Heart Hollywood to it's predecessor I Heart New York. However I don't fully understand why the book is called I Heart Hollywood when the main character Angela hates Hollywood.
In some respects the story was a bit samey in the fact that again we don't really see much character development as far as Angela is concerned, and did we really need to start the book with another wedding?
However I preferred the storyline for this book much more. Firstly there were a lot less cringeworthy sex scenes, definitely one benefit of Angela and Alex spending their time apart in this book. As such I didn't feel like such a tool reading it in hospital. Well that was until I realised I was getting funny looks for reading out loud to my bump.
I don't know whether it was just me but I felt that James' big secret was way too obvious. Seriously you'll know exactly what I mean when you pick up the book. But despite that I really did enjoy it. And I loved the grand romantic gestures near the end of the book. And I finally got my punch up that was so definitely missing from the first book.
So in conclusion, if you can get past the merely passable I Heart New York then you'll definitely enjoy I Heart Hollywood.
Would I recommend this book? I would, but I'm not sure that I'd be willing to be spend a lot of money on a copy. I think I'd be more likely to borrow it from the library.
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