Beautiful People - Wendy Holden

Every so often I go through phases of reading a load of trashy chick lit, and when that happens, I reach for a Wendy Holden. I've read a lot of her novels over the years, usually acquired free from magazines, but I picked up Beautiful People from my local library. Beautiful People was published in 2009, and is Holden's tenth novel. It features several main characters, unusual for Holden as she usually focuses on one central character. Beautiful People does not however feature Holden's recurring character of Champagne D'Vyne - which is no loss in my opinion. Darcy is a serious English actress who suddenly has the chance to star in "the new Star ...  Read the complete review

'Beautiful People' is a bit of a mammoth book - when you first pick it up you will be surprised by its sheer density, coming in at just under 700 pages. It follows the interweaving stories of a number of actors, agents, nannies, MPs and other 'civillians' whose lives may be disparate at the beginning but ultimately converge on a small unfortunate Italian village that just happens to provide the setting for an upciming sci-fi extravaganza. There are a variety of different characters that the reader is introduced to - the young ingenue from acting royalty who has been whisked off to Hollywood, her rival in acting and love - a gross surgically enhanced ...  Read the complete review

Wendy Holden: Beautiful People I bought this book from Sainsbury's a couple of weeks ago, it was two books for £7, which is good value as I bought this book whose RRP is £6.99, and Jane Green's The Beach House, which has the same RRP. Beautiful People is 695 pages long, with 58 chapters, so it's quite a long book and if your not used to reading books and if you don't have much time to read, then don't bother with this book, as it's double the size of a normal novel and if it takes you a long time to read a normal book, then you could find your forgetting what happened at the beginning of the book when your getting towards the end! It is ...  Read the complete review

I have just finished reading this book and really enjoyed it. Although it was a quite thick and long book, I did not feel tempted to stop reading halfway through, mostly because the characters were interesting and I wanted to see how things would unfold for them. The Plot and Characters The book follows several characters. These include: *Darcy Prince - An English theatre actress who is signed up for her big break in the much talked about Galaxia movie even though she is unknown in Hollywood. She is a likeable enough character, especially compared to some of the others. *Belle Murpy - A formerly big Hollywood name who has ...  Read the complete review

Having read and reviewed her last book and rating it as 2.5 out of 5 I didnt expect too much from this. But boy was I wrong! Wendy Holden has exceeded all expectation and written a chunky 600 page plus book full of loveable characters with a great storyline. There are a few characters that you get involved with which makes a refreshing change. There is Darcy the UK actress who "only does plays" and gets the opportunity of a lifetime to star in a US Blockbuster film. Belle the actress whos popularity has faded as quick as she can down a bottle of Champers, Emma the lovely nanny whos only goal is to get a great job in London looking after children and Orlando, ...  Read the complete review