LA Candy by Lauren Conrad

Los Angeles is all about the sweet life: hot clubs, cute guys, designer . . . everything. Nineteen-year-old Jane Roberts can't wait to start living it up. She may be in L.A. for an internship, but Jane plans to play as hard as she works, and has enlisted her BFF Scarlett to join in the fun.
When Jane and Scarlett are approached by a producer who wants them to be on his new series, a "reality version of Sex and the City," they can hardly believe their luck. Their own show? Yes, please!
Soon Jane is TV's hottest star. Fame brings more than she ever imagined possible for a girl from Santa Barbara—free designer clothes, the choicest tables at the most exclusive clubs, invites to Hollywood premieres—and she's lapping up the VIP treatment with her eclectic entourage of new pals. But those same friends who are always up for a wild night are also out for a piece of Jane's spotlight.
In a city filled with people chasing after their dreams, it's not long before Jane wakes up to the reality that everyone wants something from her, and nothing is what it seems to be.
L.A. Candy is a deliciously entertaining novel about what it's like to come of age in Hollywood while starring in a reality TV show, written by a girl who has experienced it all firsthand: Lauren Conrad.

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When I first heard of Lauren Conrad's debut novel, I was not impressed. I assumed it would just be a book retelling what happened to her and I've already watched the shows, I don't need to read it too. But it is so much more than that.

The story is about two best friends moving to LA to shake it up, expand their horizons, and expose themself to change. In the midst of accomplishing all that, they end up becoming the center of a reality tv show, which gives them more than what they were bargaining for.

What I liked about the novel is that it wasn't based off the show, it had fictional characters that go through different experience, it even throws in deceit, manipulation, cheating, and a love triangle. Now I can't wait to get my hands on the second one of the series, Sweet Little Lies.