Review: a fun read but a bit light on drama
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 01 16, 2014
Hollywood Blackmail. Jackie AshendenReview from Jeannie Zelos Book reviews.Another Entangled novel, I thought this sounded fun with the “blackmail” element, but it didn't work as well for me as I hoped. I wasn't expecting a deep, dark novel, but this was really a bit too light and fluffy for me. I thought the blackmail elements would be stronger than the line it was, darker, more evil, more  perversive. It wasn't really blackmail as I expected, more just heavy persuasion. There was lots of happy and fun, but I also needed a bit more sad to balance it and that was lacking :( I love some angst, and just didn't get it. There was a downside part of the romance, but not that much it felt to me, and not enough to make me feel really sad for Lizzie and Ash.I liked Lizzie, understood her fears, she'd worked hard to get where she was, and didn't want to give it up. Ash, he was a Hollywood star but without that awful Star persona that we often see, and having found Lizzie he wasn't letting her go....but was there a mid point where they could meet? Well, the story finds their fears, their good and bad points and makes the reader wonder “what would I do faced with that situation” Me? I really don't know – I'm an unashamed romantic, but we've seen so many people parted by the stress fame brings, so I could understand both points of view.Stars: three and a half, a fun read, but not really one that grabbed me and made me want to keep reading.ARC supplied by Netgalley