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Secrets of the Hollywood Girls Club

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Secrets of the Hollywood Girls Club follows the lives of four friends in Hollywood. Each chapter is told from an alternating viewpoint but their storylines always cross paths. At first I suspected it may be similar to all the other chick lit I had read and in a way it was, but at the same time it was much more fun that I remember other chick lit books being. Maybe because it was set around the movie business which is something I'm really interested in. I also felt the alternating viewpoints was a great strength of keeping the story interesting. I feel chick lit stories told from one perspective always turn into "poor me stories" where the main character is always feeling sorry for herself about something. I didn't feel that so much with this story. I also loved the bit of mystery to the story, it helped me keep reading because I wanted to know what happened. I also enjoyed the characters of Kiki and Boom Boom, some people not directly in the circle of the four main characters. I do feel it would have been best if I had read the first book first (didn't realize there was one until I started reading the book) it would have been nice to get the background on the main characters families and so forth, in the second book they are just mentioned in the background mostly. This was a fun book that I really enjoyed!

Secrets of the Hollywood Girls Club is an extreme eye opener of what the Hollywood scene is all about. Narrator and leading publicist Kiki Dee leads us through the lives of four friends trying to stay on top of their Hollywood game. Actress Celeste Solange is trying desperately to maintain her youthful face, even when it means going under the knife. But the real fact she is trying to hide is her kinky sex tape made with ex husband before it is leaked to the internet and her devoted fans find out she isn't as sweet and innocent as her persona seems- and before her husband and Worldwide Pictures exec Ted Robinoff realizes it exists. Mary Anne Meyers, the naive screenwriter from Minnesota, is attempting to begin a relationship with the delicious actor Holden Humphrey, but him being forced to act opposite is mentally unstable ex-girlfriend is causing cracks in the blossoming relationship. Lydia Albright, producer and new president to Worldwide Pictures knows about Celeste's sex tape and how important it is to keep the secret, ensuring the longevity of Celeste's career and the multimillion dollars her company has invested in the actress. And agent Jessica Caulfield-Fox is trying to help all her friends avoid a scandal, all while trying to juggle her new role as producer/manager/wife/mother.

The four friends stick together, but end up putting all their careers on the line to try to keep the sex tape under wraps. But publicist Kiki Dee has just stumbled upon a very large secret, something so huge, so extreme, that it would throw all of Hollywood into a tailspin. But can she prove it? And can the friends manage to keep their secrets, careers, and personal lives in check throughout the whole ordeal?

Secrets of the Hollywood Girls Club by Maggie Marr will keep anyone on their toes, constantly flipping pages in hopes of uncovering all the dirty secrets the power players of Hollywood keep. If you love the celebrity world, this book is a must for your list!

This is a case of a book with multiple personalities. I started it, expecting a typical chick lit book and what I got was mystery, romance, and tawdry sex, none of which were done well. The book is ostensibly about four Hollywood friends and the secrets they keep for each other. Unfortunately for readers, none of these women are all that sympathetic. I didn't find myself rooting for anyone in this book nor did I care what happened to a single one of them. The secrets kept were tawdry and seemed ridiculous secrets to try to keep in this scandal obsessed age of Hollywood. The "inside look" at the behind-the-scenes workings of Hollywood turned my stomach. I didn't need this, I'd rather live in blissful ignorance of the vast PR machine that is today's stars. Finally, the author's extremely graphic descriptions of sex bordered on indecent and were certainly gratuitous. If there is sex in a book I read, I want it to be hinted at and loving, not fetishist, particularly in what should be a fun, simple beach read. I did not enjoy this book and wouldn't recommend it to anyone.

Maggie Marr's Secrets of the Hollywood Girls Club is a fun read that transports the reader into the world of Hollywood glitz and glamour. For most of us who live far from the red carpet, we curiously glance at supermarket tabloids wondering what juicy tidbits of gossip reflect true life for our beloved stars and spend time talking about entertainment news with our friends. In Secrets of the Hollywood Girls Club, Ms. Marr's characters invite us into a world of sex, designer clothing and face lifts. I enjoyed the author's ability to weave her storyline into the real world of the movie industry. By blending fiction with insider secrets, Ms. Marr keeps her audience guessing what might really go on behind Hollywood doors.

Secrets of the Hollywood Girls Club is the sequel to Maggie Marr's first book, Hollywood Girls Club. It apparently continues on with characters that she developed in the first book. Unfortunately, I haven't read the first book and found that there was a lack of character development in this book. It seemed as if I, the reader, should somehow know the women that the book revolves around.

There is the actress, Celeste (Cici); the writer, Mary Anne; the producer, Jessica; the company president, Lydia; the publicist, Kiki; plus numerous spouses, boyfriends, assistants and other hangers-on. Their lives are consumed with the mostly trivial issues of getting a film into production and hoping for Oscar nominations. Then they find out that an old bit of porno footage that should have been destroyed is being passed around â" threatening the actress's career, the producer's film and the professional integrity of everyone connected with Worldwide Films. The plot then takes on a bit of mystery/thriller quality as the women try to discover who is out to defame them and why.

The book also contains several sexual escapades that weren't as steamy and sexy as they were gratuitous. Part of the failing there, I think, was my lack of connection with the characters â" I had a hard time caring what happened to them. The scenes would have been just as effective without some of the graphic detail.

Despite some of my misgivings about this book, it is a light, fun, and quick read and fans of the first book will probably enjoy it.

Armchair Interviews says: Best if you read Hollywood Girls Club first so you know the characters.

It's Hollywood, California - the land of sunshine, movies, glamor, parties, sex, drugs and plastic surgery. It's also the land of secrets - and when a tidbit of gossip can make or break a career, secrets are being bought and sold as the hottest commodity on the market.

Secrets of the Hollywood Girls Club follows four friends in various Hollywood jobs - Celeste the actress, agent/manager Jessica, Lydia the producer and screenwriter Mary Anne - each with their own professional and personal problems. The girls must band together to help each other out, protect each other's secrets, and make a great movie in the process.

I liked how this book was written with each chapter told about a different character. The way the story lines were woven together shows the talent of writer Maggie Marr. This book is the sequel to Hollywood Girls Club so readers seeking more background information and character development should probably start with that entry, but those looking for a fun friendship story could easily begin here. My only critique is that the ending of the book felt rather rushed. There was a lot of intrigue and mystery built that wrapped up quite rapidly. (Although this complaint could be due to the fact that once ensconced in the characters' stories, I wanted to know more and more about them.) Overall, this was a very entertaining novel!

more or less deja vu - been there, done this. Unfortunately nothing new in there.