"Girls on Film" by Zoey Dean

Rating: 2

Description: Anna, first introduced in "The A-List" is still in Beverly Hills and looking forward to a new internship, but when that falls through, she ends up going to Beverly Hills High along with her teenaged A-list enemies. When she and Sam, one of said enemies, must team up for a school project, neither girl is looking forward to working with the other, though both are interested in the project, a film about the lives of rich and privileged teens. Anna's life is futher complicated by the appearance of her alcoholic sister, Susan, who has been kicked out of her treatment center and her new relationship with BHH's nice guy, Adam while still dealing with her seeming betrayal by Ben, love interest from the previous book. When pretty much every character involved ends up in an elite spa for the filming of Anna and Sam's movie, secrets will be revealed and sparks will fly.

Review: This book is much like the first novel in the series in that it is incredibly unbelievable and unrelateable. This book is even worse than the first book, however, in that the novelty of reading about the lives of rich girls has entirely worn off, and there are no new elements added except for a bit of homosexuality that isn't even developed, but rather set up to be addressed in future books. Anna, who seemed pretty sensible in the first book, seems to lose any smarts she may have had. The plot is underdeveloped and centers almost entirely on this filming project, and it just doesn't work. Most readers that kept with the series after the first book will be turned off by this unsatisfying second installment.