Heather Cocks

Spoiled was a snarky, amusing novel at first, but the second time, my opinion changed.

This novel reminds me The Clique series. Molly, similar to Claire Lyons, moves to a new place where she gets tormented by the fabulous rich girl Brooke. In this case, Molly and Brooke turn out to be half-sisters.

Molly is a bland character. She has no interesting aspects of her personality. Claire does. Claire likes photography, candies, wearing Keds and Gap clothing and overall sensitive girl who desires to be fabulous as Massie. What's fascinating about Molly other than she's the daughter of a movie actor? Nothing. The novel hinted she likes running, but she never tried out for track. Her dull personality was hard to root for no matter how hard the authors tried.

Brooke in the other hand, is sassy, self-conceited, glamorous girl with a dark secret. She has an absent mother, whom she writes every day, but never sends. She wants to become like her father. When Molly arrives, Brooke becomes extremely competitive towards her. All she wants is to make her father proud, especially since she's the director of the school production My Fair Lady.

Other than the sharp-tongued quotes and Argula, Brooke's best friend who is Tyra Bank's doppelganger, Spoiled is another book about Hollywood with no surprising elements.

Read The Clique series by Lisi Harrison. The quotes and characters are more memorable and snarkier.… (plus d'informations)

On my reading list forever and moved to the front with the passing of the Queen. I had no idea that there’s a vague subplot around royal funerals.

Mix of audio and reading - listened to a huge Chuck during a 3 hour solo long run and it was perfect for that.

I could barely remember the original book and was expecting this to be a stand alone about Freddie/Harry but it was really a continuation of Bex and Nick and the early years of their married life. There’s much more plot and intrigue here than expected and o think it’s better for it not being just another romance. I am also a longtime fan of The Fug Girls so I enjoyed seeing them shine through in some of the details like the fake Max & Wax, all the attention to baseball, the bake off, and the occasional mention of blue suits and lame shoes.

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