@gymgirlreads: 📚𝐁𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐑𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐰📚 𝙱𝚘𝚘𝚔 𝚃𝚒𝚝𝚕𝚎 & 𝙰𝚞𝚝𝚑𝚘𝚛: The Close-Up by @Pip Drysdale 𝙿𝚞𝚋𝚕𝚒𝚜𝚑𝚎𝚛: @Gallery Books 𝙿𝚞𝚋 𝙳𝚊𝚝𝚎: Dec 3, 2024 𝙼𝚢 𝚁𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐:🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 —— Thank you so much @MBC_Books #partner for the physical book & @Simon & Schuster Audio #partner for the gifted audiobook! Billie Fulford Brown rendered the perfect voice for Zoe Ann Weiss! —— The Close-Up is about a struggling English FMC who’s trying really hard to make it big in Hollywood with her second novel but the words just won’t flow, and time is ticking with her agent who’s becoming impatient. Zoe Ann Weiss has a choice to return to England to her boring, predictable life or take a leap of faith in dreamy but expensive Los Angeles where her flower shop job certainly isn’t going to help. An opportunity presents itself when Zoe comes into contact with an old flame, Zach, who is now a rising Hollywood star and their romance rekindles. The words start flowing effortlessly however at a cost. The tabloid picks up some intimate photographs of the two lending a full spotlight on Zoe, who now must defend herself from bad press and also a stalker on her prowl. Zoe soon discovers that Zach is also hiding a thing or two and the only way out would mean no inspiration for a second book. This was a great thriller depicting the struggles of the almost unachievable Hollywood dream and how you gotta “get rich or die trying.” And speaking of deaths, there were enough body counts to keep me turning the pages but that twisted ending had my jaw on the floor. *A moment of silence for that ending* #ifykyk That ending solidified my five stars because the dark-hearted reader in me could see how the author took a bold step with that one. I tandem read the book with the audiobook and Billie was the perfect cast as Zoe. Just perfect! 👌 —— 𝐐𝐎𝐓𝐃: 𝐈𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐝 𝐚 𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐰𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐬𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐥 𝐨𝐫 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐲 𝐨𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟, 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐭 𝐚𝐬 "𝐛𝐚𝐝 𝐩𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐠𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐩𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐭𝐲?"𝐨𝐫 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐝𝐨? I don’t like spotlight on myself so I would shrivel like a raisin on the inside 🤣 . #thecloseup #pipdrysdale #gallerybooks #mbc_books #hollywooddreams #hollywood #losangeles #thriller #thrillertok #thrillerbooks

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chaiteaandbooks
Tiffany :
I would be devastated lol. I’m a people pleaser
2024-12-13 01:57:16
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13bookswithjess :
Awesome 5⭐️read! I’m happy you loved this so much!
2024-12-12 02:55:29
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Welovebigbooksandwecannotlie :
I would be terrified of a nationwide scandal!
2024-12-12 05:56:27
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