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    Fame, Fate, and the First Kiss
    Fame, Fate, and the First Kiss
    Fame, Fate, and the First Kiss
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    Fame, Fate, and the First Kiss

    Written by Kasie West

    Narrated by Caitlin Kelly

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    Fan favorite author Kasie West delivers an effervescent story about chasing your dreams and following your heart, perfect for fans of Jenny Han and Huntley Fitzpatrick.

    Lacey Barnes has dreamed of being an actress for as long as she can remember. So when she gets the opportunity to star in a movie alongside one of Hollywood’s hottest actors, she doesn’t hesitate to accept the part.

    But Lacey quickly learns that life in the spotlight isn’t as picture perfect as she imagined. She’s having trouble bonding with her costars, her father has hired the definition of a choir boy, Donavan Lake, to tutor her, and somewhere along the way she’s lost her acting mojo. And just when it seems like things couldn’t get any worse, it looks like someone on set is deliberately trying to sabotage her.

    As Lacey’s world spins out of control, it feels like the only person she can count on—whether it’s helping her try to unravel the mystery of who is out to get her or snap her out of her acting funk—is Donavan. But what she doesn’t count on is this straight-laced boy becoming another distraction.

    With her entire future riding on this movie, Lacey knows she can’t afford to get sidetracked by a crush. But for the first time in her life Lacey wonders if it’s true that the best stories really do happen when you go off script.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHarperCollins
    Release dateFeb 5, 2019
    ISBN9780062885685
    Author

    Kasie West

    Kasie West lives with her family in central California, where the heat tries to kill her with its 115-degree stretches. She graduated from Fresno State University with a BA degree that has nothing to do with writing. Visit her online at www.kasiewest.com.

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    • 5/5
      Clean, positive. Enjoyed reading this story of talent, believing in oneself, letting go and friendships.
    • 5/5
      Adorable, fun and kind of predictable. That last one sounds negativ, but Kasie West somehow makes it a positive. I liked the way she used the movie aspect in the story. I feel like it might have been better if I read the book using a physical book, but I enjoyed it regardless.
    • 3/5
      I like the fluffy predictability of West's books. They're comforting, in that I always know what I'm going to get. This one is no different. Always a quick read with zero surprises.
    • 5/5
      Cute, clean, well done, and satisfying. Great narrator. Not overly predictable or cheesy.
    • 2/5
      It was ok. I feel like I either really love Kasie West books or they fall really flat for me. I just couldn't get in to this storyline to really care what happened. I think the mystery aspect of the story could have been really good but instead was lacking and just fizzled out. There was nothing special or even real appealing about Donavan. It was very stand offish which made it difficult to see why Lacey developed feelings for him at all. I think I actually liked the secondary characters of Amanda and Grant more than Lacey and Donavan.
    • 4/5
      Lacey gets her big break... A movie starting alongside a big name actor. But she struggles with living full-time with her father who has been a weekend dad. And someone is sabatoging the film and somewhere along the way she began to fall for Donovan, her tutor. I liked that the book didn't try to solve all Lacey's problems and that she was able to find some room for relationships alongside her ambition.