L.A. Candy is a fiction trilogy and I read the first one of the series which was published in 2009. The trilogy is written by Lauren Conrad who is an American television personality, author and fashion designer. She has been in reality shows such as the Hills and Laguna Beach and in my opinion the books were inspired by them. In this book we get to follow the life of Jane Roberts who is the central character and her friends.
At the very beginning of the book two friends, Jane Roberts and Scarlett Harp move to Los Angeles. They need to get out of their comfort zone and do something different with their lives. Jane has an internship in Fiona Chen’s office who is the hottest event designer in Hollywood. Scarlett starts to study in the USC college. The girls are very different. Jane is delicate and fragile and she always thinks before she does something. She is also crazy about decorating and fashion. Scarlett on the other hand is the brave one who always protects Jane from all the bad. Jane seems to believe that there is something good in everyone. Scarlett is the exact opposite from her best friend because she could not care less about fashion and looks. Still somehow she manages to look gorgeous.
The girls are new in the big town and they try to find out what life is like there. They meet a couple of new guys and somehow they end up in a club where they are asked to contact Trevor, appreciated reality show producer, if they would like to star his upcoming reality show. The girls hesitate first but after a few days they call him and let him know that they are in. What could be a better way to make something happen in their life? Jane and Scarlett don’t even know what they are getting into. Soon the whole Los Angeles will know who they are and they want to know every little detail about them.
Everything advances quickly and soon the girls notice that their whole life is being shot. If they for example want to date a guy, it is not going to be a private relationship. The cameras follow them and two other girls to work, to clubs, to restaurants, to school.. It’s like they have no private life. In the end of the book Jane gets to see that it is not always a good thing when you get distracted with Hollywood lifestyle and glamour.
The language used in the book was very easy to read and the storyline was easy to keep up with. I liked the book because even though it was fiction it really could be true. None of the occurrences were over the top. This was only the first part of the series and the end of this book left me the feeling that i really should read the other ones as well. I usually don’t read this kind of books but this was a very positive reading experience.
Like I said in the beginning I think that the books were inspired by the author’s own experiences in reality shows. You could see the similarity in them. Lauren Conrad tells in one interview the following: ’’It also tells of what it was like during The Hills, some stories are basically behind the scenes on The Hills …’’. If you have ever watched the Hills and liked it, you are going to like the book also.