Sweet little lies is a novel written by American author Lauren Conrad and it was first released as a hardcover on february 2010. It is the second of the three-book L.A. Candy series. The trilogy deals with the theme of reality television and what kind of consequences it has. Lauren Conrad has subjective knowledge of this topic, because she has herself been part of the main cast of the reality television series The Hills and Laguna Beach: The Real Orange County. So you can rely on that she knows what she is writing about. Reality television is certainly current topic these days. Almost all of us watch it, but only few of us can really perceive that there is hole another reality behind the scenes.

The main character of the book is Jane, average girl next door. Jane and her life-long best friend Scarlett move together in Los Angeles and land their new reality show, “L.A. Candy”, just weeks after moving into the city. They seems to have all what they ever dreamed about or at least they believe so. When Jane makes one mistake things start falling in part and people get hurt. Jane finds herself at the centre of a huge tabloid scandal and starts spending time with her new ”frenemy” co-star Madison. Madison wants to get as much fame as possible and that is her one and only life goal.  But you should not forget that fame comes with a price. Jane realizes that she doesn’t just have fans, she has enemies as well. But, they always say, keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

In this book there is used a lot of young adults spoken language, slang words and abbreviations. At first it could be a little disturbing, but you get used to it pretty soon. Otherwise the vocabulary of the book is not too challenging, it is pretty much similar than the language in today’s youth television series. Sweet little lies has been translated into Finnish also but what I have heard it is not worth reading. So if you are considering to read this book choose definitely the original one.

Sweet little lies is not mind blowing masterpiece. It is fun entertainment full of luscious drama, like soap opera inside book covers. Because of the great deal of drama I can claim that this book is anything but tiresome. The end of the book draw the starting line for the next book and persuade to read it. Even if Sweet little lies is a part of the trilogy you don’t have  to read the previous book before in oder to keep up with the story. This book is obviously written for teenage girls so I would recommend it to all the girls who enjoy a little drama.