The Hurricane Blonde

It took me a minute to really get into this one but overall it's a pretty decent read about toxic secrets and how Hollywood (and society at large) loves a dead girl and lets talented men get away with things because we can't seem to confront talented people also being terrible people.

I think the novel would have benefited from being a little shorter.

3.5 rounded up.

Wow! This really shows the dark side of Hollywood. Everyone is selfish and ambitious, but some are also violent and heartless. It was hard to know who to blame when everyone was so flawed. This was just the thriller I was wanting to read.

This mystery thriller was neither mysterious nor thrilling. I feel like Halley Sutton would have been better off writing this as a family drama beacause it seems the social commentary on Hollywood was her main priority. I may have enjoyed this had she come at this idea from a different angle, but by attempting to make this a thriller she massively missed the mark.

Trigger warnings for: sexual abuse of minors and eating disorders