I hate Evelyn, but I think I like her very much.

I did not expect to give this book 5 stars. I was looking for a casual read. I wanted a break from my other books. What I received was an incredibly touching, beautiful and sad love story.

I judged The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo incorrectly. Much the same way Monique peels back the layers of Evelyn's life and understands motives and heartache, so did I. This story was extremely well written and it threw several emotional curveballs I hadn't experienced in other books from Taylor Jenkins Reid.

Being wanted meant having to satisfy. At least, that was my view of it back then.

"You loved having a movie star on your arm. You loved getting to be the one who slept in my bed. That's not love. That's possession."

"I have no idea what you're talking about", he said.

"Of course you don't", I said. "Because you don't know the difference between the two."

This book explores sexuality and sex, passion and love, the obsession of celebrity culture, journalistic integrity, understanding who your genuine self is and the challenges in being able to truly be that person. Yeah, there's a lot in here and Taylor Jenkins Reid executed all of these threads wonderfully.

The quickie Vegas elopement with singer Mick Riva.

Again, insert the "Leo pointing at the TV" meme because now that I'm aware of the universe Taylor Jenkins Reid has created it's very rewarding to see characters and events casually show up in one book and be explained in another.