Hollywood Flirt by Alexa AstonMy rating: 1 of 5 stars
DNF at 27%.
The blurb sounded intriguing (okay the cover didn't hurt either) for this but over a quarter of the way in and I already find both main characters boring.
Sydney Revere is the daughter of a big Hollywood producer and an actress dubbed the most beautiful woman in the world. After her mother died of cancer when Sydney was only nine and her brother committed suicide just a year later, Sydney became a bit of a Wild Child until she married a contemporary of her father's in a Vegas wedding. Sadly he died just four months later in a car crash. Sydney then reinvented herself, changed her name, died her hair, went to college, qualified as a lawyer and married a fellow lawyer and New York blue blood. When she finds out her husband has been cheating on her Sydney moves to Boston but soon realises that she's done hiding in the shadows and decides to return to Hollywood and her old appearance.
Dash DeLauria is an up-and-coming actor who wants to break into the big time, and how better than working for the great Monty Revere in his latest new film. A love 'em and leave 'em guy Dash is instantly attracted to Sydney and feels a deeper connection than just a one-night stand. Also, Dash is responsible for caring for his brother Herc who has the mentality of a five year old child.
Years ago I had a YA/NA checklist of irritating traits that characters in nearly every book seemed to have, I know one of them was stupid names, another was having more money than god, being an orphan/having a parent die from cancer/growing up in a home was another. You get the picture. Well this book just fell into the same rinse and repeat formula for me, I didn't warm to either Dash or Sydney, they were both too beautiful, too perfect, too plastic.
Maybe I'm just in a book slump but this didn't work for me and when I could see the first kiss turning into something else I bailed. I could see there was a plot involving the ex-husband stalking Sydney but honestly I didn't care.
I received a free copy of this book from the publisher via NetGalley in return for an honest review.
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