Monte Price's Reviews > K-pop Confidential

I really thought that I would love this...

I will say that I do think that the way this book was written, and a little because it was published by Scholastic, that a younger 13/14 demographic that is so often pushed out of YA by adult readers like myself will probably have a better time.

I just felt like I had read this book before, seen it done better, and that Candace as a main character didn't know what she wanted. It was hard to root for her and follow her ups and downs when the narrative seemed to be telling me she wanted one endgame and then her inner monologue was singing a completely different song. While I'm willing to suspend my disbelief a little for books that have a synopsis like this, where fame and fortune and the entertainment industry are at play... it was just asking for a lot.

So for the kid in your life I'm sure they'll enjoy it. Sadly this was a miss and I don't see myself reading the sequel because based on how this ends I don't even understand how we got to the synopsis of that book let alone the actual contents.