My Life Starring Mum -- Chloe Rayban

Hollywood Bliss Winterman is the daughter of super-famous pop-star Kandhi.  She doesn't see much of her ever-on-tour mother until Kandhi suddenly pulls her out of private school and moves her into the plush Royal Trocadero Hotel with the vague explanation that there was some sort of security risk. 

At first, she's upset about leaving her friends and her school, but she's excited about the prospect of spending time with her mother. 

She quickly realizes that life at the Royal Trocadero is Not For Her.  When she needs to talk with her mother, she has to schedule time with Kandhi's PA -- and she's lucky if she gets twenty minutes.  She can't go anywhere without a hulking bodyguard, and when she does go out, she has to wear hideous spandex clothing from Kandhi's teen line.  When Holly asks for a tutor so that she can keep up with her schoolwork, her mother gets her a voice coach and a dance instructor.  That's the first clue that her mother might be making plans for her future without consulting her.

I did a complete 360 on this one.

0 degrees:

Oh, God.  Yet another Hollywood/spoiled rich girl book.  Why even bother?

90 degrees:

Hey, this isn't so bad.  Holly isn't actually spoiled, her life as the daughter of mega-star Kandhi is actually sort of nightmarish.

180 degrees:

Yeah.  I'm liking this.  Holly is smart and funny...

270 degrees:

...and a total doormat.  The secondary characters are mostly two-dimensional.  Also, it's kind of dull -- which is upsetting and surprising, considering the plot possibilities.

360 degrees:

Oh my GOD, it IS a typical Hollywood/rich girl book -- it's just that the rich girl is Holly's MOTHER.  She's AWFUL.

Fans of rich-girl books might (MIGHT) like this, if they don't mind the lack of action and Holly's doormattishness.