Review: It was like I was living my own rockstar dream through Olivia!
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 02 19, 2014
4 Stars!!Oh Olivia Bloom how I envy you. I knew from the minute I read the synopsis of this book that I would enjoy it and I did! How could I not love this book? It has a swoon worthy rockstar, two witty best friends, a normal girl who gets the guy, and paparazzi. Paparrazzi you say? Why yes I do, I love trash magazines and this book fed my habit.Olivia Bloom left Pittsburgh on a journey to be free. She heads to L.A. on an adventure of a lifetime. I wish I had the guts that Olivia had. After a bad break up she leaves everything in hopes of a new life, and she succeeds. Olivia lives at The Vicente and befriends two great people, Blaire and Parker. Every time the three of them would sit in the courtyard for a glass of wine all I could picture was the courtyard setting from Melrose Place. Please tell me you remember Melrose Place, no? Man I feel old. Olivia lands a one time job thanks to the help of Blaire, where she is dressing the models for a fashion show. She feels completely out of her element and vacates the party as soon as she can. But not without a stop at the restrooms on her way out. That stop would change her life, only she has no clue. Waiting for the restroom to open up she sees Berkeley Dalton, lead singer of Berkeley  & the Brightside, her favorite band. Of course she makes a fool out of herself but that is what I love about Olivia, she is normal. She is not your perfectly beautiful girl who always says the right thing and acts the right way. She reacted the same way I would have; inside she is full on fan-girling all while speaking without thinking. I honestly felt awkward for her.Parker and Blaire decide that Olivia needs a complete overhaul and "Operation Loverly" goes into full effect. Parker and Blaire cracked me up yet they were on top of their game. Olivia soon becomes a polished socialite all while never changing who she really was. She continued to be quirky and normal. I think that is why I connected with the book so much, I could relate to her.Berkeley Dalton, oh my my. I was little worried in the beginning I wasn't going to fall for this lead singer rock star. I was wrong, so wrong. I am glad I didn't fall right away and that I grew to love him. It makes me love him all that much more. He turned out to be everything I originally thought he wasn't. He is sweet, caring, mysterious, and sexy all rolled into one. His lyrics are beautiful and they come from the heart.I loved that Olivia was so infatuated with Berkeley from the beginning. That she was a huge fan of the band and their music had helped her through college and every major event in her life. It was like I was living out my own dream of meeting and dating my favorite rock star. Who hasn't had that dream? Would I want all the paparazzi issues that follow? Absolutely not. Katie does a great job of making this book realistic. It is not over the top and I loved that. I loved just about everything in this book. There is no insta-love in this book, infatuation yes, but no insta-love. Their relationship grows slowly and at times it is growing and we don't even know about it. I loved learning little secretes here and there.I think one of my favorite parts of this book is the tweets. All of the characters tweet, reading them and knowing their thoughts made this book so much better. I laughed so many times throughout this book.The one thing I didn't love was the ending. It seemed a little rushed to me. There was an entire book of build up and then all of a sudden something major happens and it is over. I understand that this is book one in the series but I still felt it was a rushed ending. The epilogue didn't really seem like an epilogue to me, it just seemed like an additional chapter that would have played out next in the book anyway. I am interested in seeing who book two is about. Do we get more Olivia and Berkeley or are Parker and Blaire getting their own books? I stalk goodreads every day to see if Katie has updated and added the second book in the series. As of this posting she hasn't. Katie, are you listening? Yes? Great! GO UPDATE GOODREADS! I NEED to know what the next books are about. I can't wait to read the rest of the books in this series and see what else is in store for the characters I have grown so attached to.