Sugar and Spice: An L.A. Candy Novel (US Ed) ~ Hardback ~ Lauren Conrad

In the final book of the hit series L.A. Candy, Jane Roberts is a bona fide celebrity - she’s got the VIP treatment, couture clothes, and starlet looks. She also has the tabloid scandals, fake friends, and relentless paparazzi. Having learned a few things from her first season on the air, Jane is trying to surround herself with the people she knows love her for her . . . and take a break from boys - since they’ve been nothing but trouble. But when her high school sweetheart, Caleb, and her unrequited L.A. crush, Braden, show up, both looking cuter and acting sweeter than ever, Jane has a hard time remembering her no-boys rule . . . Just when everything feels out of control, Jane makes a shocking discovery. And what she finds changes everyone’s definition of ‘reality’ forever. In her deliciously entertaining novel, television star Lauren Conrad pulls back the curtain on young Hollywood and shows that sometimes the real drama is behind the scenes. Review for 1st book in series In this flawed but fun novel, 19-year-old Jane Roberts, new to Los Angeles, and her best friend Scarlett are discovered by a producer who wants to cast them in a “reality version of Sex and the City.” Jane (who is, in the producer’s eyes, “fresh, innocent, vulnerable. Perfect”) and Scarlett (“a gorgeous brainiac”) jump at the chance to star in L.A. Candy, alongside two other girls: “spoiled, rich heiress” Madison and “loveable ditz” Gaby. Immediately famous, they enjoy new apartments, designer clothes and easy access to L.A. hot spots. Readers get a behind-the-scenes look at the production of a reality show, including how supposedly spontaneous scenes are set up and shot and reshot, presumably inspired by debut author Conrad’s own experiences on The Hills. Jane, who “no longer thought about an outfit as being complete without a mike under her clothes, taped to her skin,” predictably becomes the breakout star of the show and learns the high price of fame. The climactic cliffhanger ending and lack of resolution hurt the book’s ability to stand on its own, but this guilty pleasure should leave readers eager for more. Ages 14-up. Publishers Weekly About the Author Lauren Conrad was the star of MTV’s #1 show, The Hills. Her first novel, L.A. Candy is a #1 New York Times bestseller. She has been featured on the covers of Cosmopolitan, Rolling Stone, Seventeen and Entertainment Weekly, among others. She lives in Los Angeles.