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Sometimes life gets Messy.
When sixteen-year-old Brooke Berlin catches a taste of fame and her movie-star father's attention, she decides it's time to take her career to the next level--by launching a blog that will position her as a Hollywood "It Girl" who tells it like it is. But between schoolwork, shopping, and spray-tan appointments, she hardly has the time to write it herself...
Enter green-haired outsider Max McCormack, an aspiring author with a terrible after-school job pushing faux meat on the macrobiotic masses. Max loathes the celebrity scene almost as much as she dislikes Brooke, but wooed by an impressive salary, Max reluctantly agrees to play Brooke's ghost-blogger -- and the site takes off. How long will their lie last? Can the girls work together to stay on top, or will the truth come out and ruin everything they've built?
Along with an entourage of fame-hungry starlets, scruffy rocker wannabes, and sushi-scarfing socialites, the case of Heather Cocks and Jessica Morgan's dazzling debut, Spoiled, are back for another adventure in Tinseltown.
Reviews (4)
School Library Journal Review
Gr 9 Up-In this hilarious companion to Spoiled (Little, Brown, 2011), snarky Max McCormack rejoices when her best friend and confidante, Molly Berlin, returns to LA to live with her famous movie-star dad and her half sister, Brooke, celebutante around town. Max is working on her application for NYU's summer writing program, and she has some pretty serious writer's block. And unlike Molly, who has an overflowing bank account, she worries that she won't have the tuition, even though she has a job at Fu'd, the new hip spot that serves fake meat. Luckily, Molly sees an awesome ad on craigslist: an It Girl is looking for a stand-in, official blogographer. Max can't abide It Girls, but she really needs the money. Much to her surprise (and dismay), said girl turns out to be the half sister and, according to Max, a half-wit. Swayed by Brooke's persuasive attitude and salary offer, Max signs on. But the blog takes off and Brooke starts getting accolades for it. And she also cozies up to Max's crush....Will Max call off her Cyrano act for good? This story of hidden identities and love triangles is a fun and fast read. The authors do a great job of incorporating the backstory for those new to Max and Molly's world. Readers will love Max's voice and perspective, and they might even come to love Brooke. All of the characters have well-developed personalities, and teens will want to be along for any future adventures.-Traci Glass, Eugene Public Library, OR (c) Copyright 2012. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
Horn Book Review
In this companion to Spoiled, Brooke, daughter of a movie megastar, hires female classmate Max to be her ghost-blogger; "Open Brooke" is bitingly observant on celeb lifestyle--and wildly successful. But Max can't stay behind the scenes forever, especially once the blog hooks the interest of her crush. With her sass and spunk, Max outshines the other characters in this witty follow-up. (c) Copyright 2012. The Horn Book, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
Kirkus Review
Sisters Brooke (budding Tinseltown diva) and Molly (level-headed Midwesterner) return, along with Brick Berlin, their self-absorbed, dimly sweet megastar dad, in a companion piece to Spoiled (2011), gleefully sending up celebrity blogs and social networking. Molly's friend, budding writer Max McCormack, lives "in a Fendi world on a Forever 21 budget." Brainiac Max and savvy ber-shopper Brooke share little beyond dim views of fashion crimes and cultural misdemeanors. Nevertheless, cash-strapped Max--her mother is the headmistress of a tony private school catering to celebrity spawn; her dad's unemployed--can't resist a high-paying job secretly ghostwriting Brooke's new blog (part career strategy, part bid for parental attention). As blog success brings Brooke a starring role in a drastically re-envisioned Nancy Drew movie, Max increasingly resents her own invisibility--and especially Brooke's rapport with her co-star and major blog fan. Satirizing Hollywood is a time-honored literary pastime, but timely satirical touches keep things fresh, from Brick's latest film, Avalanche! (shot in Florida), to the vegetarian restaurant (Fu'd) where Max reluctantly serves toham and notwurst. For most of the lowlife celebrities skewered, fame will be justly fleeting, but this novel should have a longer shelf life, thanks to a cast of complex characters who offer ample evidence that, F. Scott Fitzgerald notwithstanding, the rich and famous are like you and me. (Fiction. 15 up)]] Copyright Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.
Booklist Review
Acerbic, green-haired junior Max McCormack has never fit in with her rich, wannabe-celebrity classmates, which makes serving them artisanal meat substitutes at restaurant Fu'd all the more odious but she needs the job to afford NYU's summer writing program. That's until supercilious schoolmate Brooke Berlin movie star Brick Berlin's daughter decides a blog is her ticket to stardom, and she offers Max mucho money to ghostwrite it. Incorporating both Max and Brooke's stories and blog entries, this engaging, entertaining follow-up companion to Spoiled (2011) features plenty of snark, style, and Hollywood-centric satire, but also sympathy for the girls as they navigate familiar issues like wanting parental approval and pursuing their dreams.--Rosenfeld, Shelle Copyright 2010 Booklist