Review: Could have been an awesome book
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 01 11, 2013
First, I know I'm in the minority here. I wasn't aware of the content in this book when I bought it as I'm sure the others reviewers did. I always check the reviews before buying an item and I don't recall any of them mentioning the content. Therefore my main purpose is to inform those looking for content.I really liked the overall story of this book and minus the almost constant swear words in the dialogue I enjoyed the authors writing style. However I really don't want to hear all the swearing. It seemed so out of character to hear Amanda and Liam swearing so much. Swearing to me seems characteristic of someone who has no control over themselves (like her friend Ian). Not from someone who you are supposed to be impressed with.I really appreciated that Amanda and Liam didn't have sexual relations while fake dating but regardless there was a lot of sexual dialogue and content. It distracted from the relationship development between them. There was a lot of emphasis on physical attraction and not nearly enough on their characteristics.Probably the most disappointing was that it encouraged the idea that getting drunk to the point of passing out, vomiting, and doing something you would regret later is fun. Also that you need to drink to calm your nerves. Get control of yourselves people! Everyone gets nervous I'm pretty sure that adding alcohol to the mix makes it worse in the end. Why is it fun to not have any idea what you are doing or what you did? 75% of the problems in this book were due to drinking alcohol or doing drugs. The crazy thing is that Liam is supposed to be the play boy but he shows way more reserve than either Amanda or Ian. I really hated the fire scene it seemed so out of character for Amanda. There was not as much of a transition from I hate you (from Amanda to Liam) to I love you as there should have been. It seemed somewhat sudden.I appreciated that Amanda was very loyal and didn't let things go to her head and that the overall message of "being famous just to be famous" is not all its made out to be.Overall I enjoyed the basic story minus the junk  but will never be reading this again and will be returning it. If anyone has any recommendations of a book with a similar story line without the junk I'd love to hear it.