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The One (Chloe Gamble)

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You will either hate Chloe Gamble or you will love her. I came away from reading THE ONE absolutely spellbound by Chloe and eager for more in the follow-up, VIP LOUNGE.

When Chloe's mom catches her dad with another woman, it's all the ammunition Chloe needs to finally convince her mom to get out of the situation, get in the car with her twin brother, and drive all the way to L.A. Chloe grew up in the world of beauty pageants. She knows how to win and give the judges what they want. With $10,000 from her latest win, the three begin a new life in California. L.A. is a long way from Nowhere, Texas.

Chloe doesn't follow the rules. But she insists that her brother, Travis, stay out of trouble. With a bold plan, Chloe takes L.A. by storm. Her first ambitious task is to get both of them enrolled into the best private school, on scholarship. When she's given the cold shoulder, she has Travis pull out his secret weapon, and just like that, they're in.

But Chloe isn't infallible. She makes a serious faux pas when she sneaks into an audition for a hot new show. It isn't until after she's escorted out that she realizes how huge a mistake she's made. But Chloe isn't out of the game. With a few choice connections, she slowly learns the ropes of L.A. and is ready for round two.

Told from different perspectives, the reader gets an inside glimpse of the acting scene in Los Angeles. Peeks into Chloe's agent's manuscript set the story up for further intrigue and mystery in follow-up novels. Emails from Travis to his friends in Texas share the high side of life in California. And the majority of the story is told by Chloe and her determination to be IT and surpass people like the obnoxious Kimber that she meets in her early days after the move.

Reviewed by: Jaglvr

This was a pretty good book. I found it really interesting, and it totally kept me hooked. I'm definately excited for the sequel coming this December. The plot really keeps you hooked as well, though I felt it had its downsides just to the extremes it seemed to go to. The whole story is upon the basis of Chloe wanting to escape her home town of Spurlock, Texas. The fact that they just get in the car, and drive to Hollywood, and with all the stuff she does seemed to set back the book a bit in my opinion. I felt the sections from her agent kind of took away from the book though, and slowed down a bit.

Going into this I wasn't expecting a whole lot. Possibly a page turner, but mostly another small town girl gets famous kind of novel. Though, it was a decent book that shows promise in being a great new trilogy.

First off, I loved the beginning it was mysterious and fully captured my attention, holding it for the first hundred or so pages, but soon after everything just kind of went off pace. It got boring and went too in depth describing the whole Hollywood world, making it hard to get through. Though, towards the end it once again picked up speed and left a cliff hanger, of course.

The characters were interesting, but weren't that three dimensional. I liked how it was told in three point of views with Chloe's as the main narrative, her agent, Nika's Manuscript notes, and Travis's (her twin brother) emails. Since, it let you to get to know the characters well. Chloe was probably my favorite character overall, because I loved her determination to make it in Hollywood no matter what came her way.

Overall, The One was a decent opening to a new trilogy. I look forward to reading the sequel, VIP Lounge, which comes out this December.

Grade: B-

This novel is not only exciting but it also offers a whole new perspective on life in Hollywood. I was unable to put down this enthralling account of Chloe Gamble's rise to fame. Anyone who has ever wanted something can relate to the determined young starlet who is the protagonist of the novel. Read "The One" and find out what it truly takes to be a star.

The One is the story (1st in a series) about Chole Gamble. Chloe Gamble will stop at nothing to be famous. She knows she can do it, she was born for it.
She hates her small Spurlock, Texas home (YAY she's from Texas too!!..wants to leave but w/e haha) there's nothing for her there and why should she stick around anyway when her good for nothing father is out being a man-whore with girls about three years older than her?
Chloe decides she's had enough of her small town so she gets her mom and twin brother Travis out of there and with the help of her pageant winning $10,000 money, she sets out to take the three of them to Hollywood.
Chole has yet to learn the ropes about the workings of Hollywood. She's a fast learner so it's not so bad. But she better land a job soon because now she has the rent to pay, and it's not as if her drunk of a mother is going to be helpful. What happens is, she ends up sneaking into a VERY important place (I won't say where) and it seems as if that's the end of her not-yet-existant career. We know she's going to have a career from Nika's notes (more on this below), so it's only a matter of how she does it. :)
This book was pretty darn interesting. I liked it but it was okay. The ending really left me wanting more so I'm thinking I'll like the next book more than this one especially since the "real" fun will begin in the second. Basically this book is here to introduce us to Chloe Gamble and to tell us how she's going to get to where she is, her super famous status that is.
Believe it or not, I actually learned a lot about the movie/T.V show industry. It's really informative. Some stuff I never even thought about and it's true, it really is. I know that because it makes so much sense, I looked it up (hehe), and Ed Decter worked in that industry. The reader learns so much about how to be an actor/actress so this can serve as the Bible for to-be actors out there. hehe

I really liked the way the story is narrated. You get to read about Chloe's POV by her first hand of course. You also get Travis's POV by the emails he writes to his best friend. BTW I don't know any guy who talks like that, I mean the guy says whatev. What guy says that? Anywho..you get to know some details about Chloe's future and goings on from the manuscript notes her agent, Nika, writes. The last manuscript notes she writes REALLY leaves you wanting more. I'm sooo psyched to know what will happen next in Chloe Gambles life (!!!!).
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