Fame, Fate, and the First Kiss by Kasie West {Review}

Fame, Fate, and the First Kiss by Kasie West

ebook, 384 pages

Published February 5th 2019 by HarperTeen 

 

    

 

Lacey Barnes has dreamt of being in a movie for as long as she can remember. However, while her dream did include working alongside the hottest actor in Hollywood, it didn’t involve having to finish up her senior year of high school at the same time she was getting her big break. Although that is nothing compared to Donavan, the straight-laced student her father hires to tutor her, who is a full-on nightmare.

As Lacey struggles to juggle her burgeoning career, some on-set sabotage, and an off-screen romance with the unlikeliest of leading men, she quickly learns that sometimes the best stories happen when you go off script. 

My Review: 4 Stars

 

The acting world fascinates me and I loved getting a glimpse of the behind-the-scenes of this horror movie. Lacey is a teen actress and her career is finally taking off--hopefully. She has an optimistic personality and the drive to fulfill her dreams, but someone is sabotaging her.

Lacey is a fun character, as she displays a lot of wit, charm, talent, and vulnerability. Her dad is quite overbearing, but as a parent, I get it. You don't want to see your kid become disillusioned with life's dream and you definitely don't want to see him/her hurt. Because of this, Lacey is subtly rebellious, in slightly insignificant ways, but this movie set is forcing her to grow up, and faster than her dad would like. Donavan, her new tutor, is completely opposite from her and I loved watching them both meet in the middle, becoming both less uptight and more serious. 

My emotions were tapped into and my heart pattered at the blossoms of first love. I felt connected and love the mystery floating in the wings and wish that angle would have been explored a little more. My favorite parts were in the off script practices. This one is definitely a sweet story of young love.

Content: mild romance; very mild moments of peril