#la candy

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. 

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