I was so happy to see that the sequel to the first book was finally out! I have been looking forward to finding out how things were working out between Cecily and Andrew. I cannot imagine how difficult it would be to sustain a relationship with a pop star who has to be on the road so much and has all kinds of other obligations that would keep him away. And I'm a grown adult. These are teenagers! And to complicate things further, both of them have already been badly burned by jerks in their pasts, making both of them wary of trusting anyone new. It's sad that they already are at this point at the age of 17, but there we go.

I felt like this one dealt a lot more with some of the realistic teenage issues with friends in high school and the constant pull to be popular and follow the crowd, as well as all of those issues with girl friends and their boyfriends and how friendship dynamics can change. And then the whole trust bit within cliques. I do not miss these days!

And then there is the almost fantasy aspect of the story. Cecily is dating her longtime pop singer crush. She is starting to deal with the pressures of being with a celebrity, even though they are trying to keep their relationship on the down-low to avoid the tabloid drama. And of course she wants to get herself going on her own career. How do you know whom to trust?

It's definitely a roller coaster of emotions and I felt like there were a lot of typical teenager reactions to various situations. I wasn't sure which direction the story was going to take and felt like a couple of different endings would have worked out. It definitely kept me engrossed on a lazy evening and I wouldn't mind hearing more about what happens to the characters in the future! I think some of the other ones have their own stories waiting to be told as well.

I received a complimentary copy in exchange for my honest review.

I would like to say thank you to NetGalley, Krysten Lindsay Hager and
Clean Reads for giving me a chance of reading and reviewing this book.

This is book 2 of the Cecily Taylor series. In book 2 Cecily thinks she has it all, good friends a boyfriend that turns out to be her favourite singer and she has a job has a model/actress. Its everything she has ever dreamt about. Everything was going well till her best friend Lila started ignoring her for her boyfriend. With Lily ignoring Cecily, it helps Andrews and Cecily's relationship and connecting even more. Andrew is starting to feel really comfortable in the relationship, he opens up about having anxiety. Cecily didn't think she had anxiety till she was on set of a shoot. The shoot ended up going very well. she impressed everyone on set. Then suddenly things start to escalate even more downwards when Cecily sees a picture of Andrew and another girl online. Will her relationship last?

This book wasn't has good has the first one, to be honest. I enjoyed it but didn't LOVE it like the first one. Cecily was very clingy in this one. But in her situation its kinda understandable. She's young, innocent and sweet its a strange situation for her. She's my favourite character. I like all the details in this book. Makes it feel realistic. I really like that anxiety was talked about. I really like the authors writing and has always the cover is beautiful and portrays Cecily perfectly.

I would recommend this book for the teens and younger adult crowed

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