Review: Celebrity Gossip, Social Media, and Liam....  count me in!
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 12 6, 2012
HDU by India Lee was such an entertaining read and took a unique turn on the whole "dating a celebrity" novels that have been written lately.HDU is about 23 year-old Amanda, who is back home living with her parents after her childhood best friend and roommate stole her boyfriend. After feeling like a complete failure in her small Missouri town, not letting others know the truth about the town's "perfect girl" who is really a backstabbing friend. Amanda is left with nothing but the celebrity blog she helps moderate (I totally think this sounded like the famous OhNoTheyDidn't blog on livejournal's site).Amanda receives a message from the famous heartthrob Liam (I pictured Zac Efron as Liam, whose with me on this?), who needs a favor. Amanda is intrigued and thinks this "favor" could be the ticket to NYC and away from it all. Liam needs to find a normal girl to date for publicity purposes and Amanda is his girl. The two take on New York and the paparazzi and become Liamanda (totally cute). As their "relationship" starts to turn into more, of course drama must be around the corner and everything crumbles apart. The story ends on a high but definitely leaves a lot of questions unanswered with the need to know more. I am so glad Ms. Lee will be writing HDU #2, I think I might go nuts a bit not knowing where Liamanda go next in their relationship.I loved the original story line, yes a book about a normal girl falling in love with a hot celebrity guy isn't original but how the plot came about and the characters made it special. I really liked Amanda and was rooting for her the entire time. I ADORED the bickering and playful flirting between Liam and Amanda throughout their relationship from the very beginning, as if Liam had no effect on her just because he was a celebrity. Their relationship was a long buildup and totally PG. There are no love scenes in this book, it is YA.During Amanda's time in NYC she meets her celebrity crush Dylan (I pictured Rob Pattinson, plus he is British like Dylan). I liked his character a lot at first, I even thought he and Amanda were more compatible but at the end I did not like him for Amanda at all, he had no balls like Liam did. I hated there was not a lot of scenes between Liam and Amanda; I am hoping book 2 will have them together more.I give HDU 4 stars. Can't read what comes next for Liamanda!I am definitely Team Liam!