Dark side of fame

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Let’s Pretend has been a really eye-opening read portraying the dark side ready lurking behind the outward persona of those in the public eye.

This is definitely acts as a reminder too that you can never know what truly goes on in a relationship unless you are in it; contrary to what the press would have you read!
Never entrust everything you read!

This story is told from the perspective of former childstar Lily Thane, now a somewhat struggling actress in her early thirties.
Lily’s old stage-school friend from many moons, Adam Harker is on the brink to huge success, but to keep up appearances needs a ‘trusted’ life companion.
After a couple of ‘unexpected’ encounters, Adam asks Lily to partake in a fauxmance with him. But not long after signing his NDA and a six month contract, Adam’s dark side starts to surface and things turn toxic!

Lily was for me really interesting character, it’s crazy to think just how much one person will put up with in the hopes it will further their career. I find it shocking that Adam felt like he had to hide his true self for fear of how he would be perceived in his acting world.
It’s awful to think real people out there, actors, singers, sportsman in the eye who think this is still the only option available to them! Many never do come out for fear.

Within the first few chapters (and as detailed in the synopsis) we learn that Lily finds Adam’s lifeless body in a swimming pool, it’s not clear how this came to be.

I liked having this in the back of my mind as I was reading and Part One of the book shows the build up to that fateful day, whilst Part Two explores the months after
the reasons you expect, this book had a bit of everything moments of glamour, death, heartbreak, stalking, drugs, suspicious behaviour, homosexuality, backstabbing, divorce?

How you look the choices you make in life can direct your future, people who seem to have it all really happy, on top of the world behind closed doors living in sin.

The back characters full names seemed a bit rip offy and unoriginal to me but I liked Lily.

I haven’t read a Laura Vaughn book before so she was new to me. But I like the cover.