Wednesday, March 11, 2009

Outside Book #2

The moment Cynthia Baltres peed all over an eight thousand dollar Herme's Kelly handbag was the moment that Anna Cabot Percy decided to make Cynthia her best friend. Zoey Dean's The A-List captures teens bringing the glamorous life and drama out on paper.

Money, boys, and drama fill the Los Angles lifestyle. The theme of the book is set as cold yet loving at times. In the first ten pages the book can teach that first impression goes a very long way. Anna Percy meets an older man and from the very beginning knows he is bad news. On this same day, same plane ride, Anna realizes that her knight in shining armour, Ben, may be sitting in the next isle a few seats back in his Princeton tee. Their first impressions leads to love and heartbreak that alters the future that lies ahead for Miss Percy.

As Zoey Dean draws the readers into the book, the characters seem to either fall into the like or dislike category. Many opinions change scene by scene that make you root or boo a character. If reading this book creates a strong feeling towards a character then Zoey Dean has drawn the book around and created a world everyone can fit inside. Even though the setting is not made up,
Dean creates tons of new imagery not possible to see through the imagination.

Anna and Ben have a connection upon their first meeting on the plane, but little does Anna know Ben's ex-girlfriend Cammy has a little something coming for Cammie. Cammie's friends Sam, and Dee enter the scene and set the bar high when meeting Anna for the first time. This book gives Anna her fair share of ups and downs while still keeping hope alive to find true love.

If the question is asked to be on the a-list no one will ever get invited. I enjoyed the juicy drama and rich and famous lifestyle from the first book The A-List. I would consider jumping into the next book to see what happens with the "friends forever" called Girls On Film.

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