In Over Head Head: Lights, Camera, Anxiety (The Cecily Taylor Series #2)
by Krysten Lindsay Hager
Genre: YA Contemporary Fiction
Release Date: September 3rd 2019
Clean Reads Publishing
Summary:
Cecily feels like she has it all: great best friends, the beginnings of a career as a model/actress, and she’s dating her favorite singer, Andrew Holiday. Then Cecily’s best friend Lila begins to ditch her every time Lila’s boyfriend calls. Cecily feels lost, but she and Andrew begin connecting more and she’s never been in a relationship where she felt so understood. Andrew even begins to confide in her about his anxiety. Soon Cecily experiences her own anxiety on a magazine photo shoot, but she manages to impress the magazine staff. Just when it seems like all her dreams are coming true, everything comes crashing down when a photo of Andrew with another girl appears online. He swears nothing happened, but Cecily is crushed. She feels like she’s lost two of the people closest to her. Was her perfect relationship real or was she in over her head?
Can Dreams Come True? (The Cecily Taylor Series #1)
Summary:
Cecily has always had a huge crush on singer Andrew Holiday and she wants to be an actress, so she tags along when her friend auditions for his new video. However, the director isn’t looking for an actress, but rather the girl next door—and so is Andrew. Cecily gets a part in the video and all of Andrew’s attention on the set. Her friend begins to see red and Cecily’s boyfriend is seeing green—as in major jealousy. A misunderstanding leaves Cecily and her boyfriend on the outs and Andrew hopes to pick up the pieces as he’s looking for someone more stable in his life than the models he’s dated. Soon Cecily begins to realize Andrew understands her more than her small-town boyfriend—but can her perfect love match really be her favorite rock star?
Excerpt:
models right now and I mentioned how awesome you were in the video and they
agreed. We started talking and they wondered if you’d want to come to New York
and do a shoot for the magazine. What do you think?” he asked.
enough for that and everyone would write in to let them know that just like
they all felt the need to voice that opinion in the online video comments.
so we could see each other. My manager said he’d talk to your parents and work
out the details. You’d be working just to get exposure, so the contract would
be about rights and not money—is that cool? It’s a great way to get your name
out there and stuff for your book.”
to decide whether or not they want to hire you for modeling jobs.”
book? Did this magazine actually want me? It sounded too good to be true—going
to New York to model and be in a magazine while visiting my pop star boyfriend.
Was this my life?
work. He wants to help this magazine out, too. You want to do it though,
right?”
and to be famous and adored. The reality side of me was an anxious mess just
thinking about flying out there though.
sure,” I said hoping I sounded convincing.
manager give them a call.”
was having an out of body experience as I recited my mom’s cell phone number to
him.
In Over Her Head: Lights, Camera, Anxiety by Krysten Lindsay Hager
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
I was sent a copy of this book in exchange for my honest review. I was not financially compensated, and all opinions are 100 percent mine.
First of all, I did not read the first book in the series, but I am well aware of Krysten Lindsay Hager (although this is the first book of hers that I am officially reviewing). When it comes to Young Adult books, this is the author to choose. There is NOTHING inappropriate in this book of hers, and I believe that teenage girls searching for “chick lit” that appeals to their age will find these stories fun and relatable. Clean young adult books are often hard to come by, but this author has done it and done it well!
I could tell I was missing a few details since I didn’t read the first book in the series, but I did not mark the book down for this at all. Regardless, the author does a fantastic job of “catching the readers up” on this story of Cecily (who is a charming young girl). Krysten’s writing style is readable and light, and that correlates perfectly with this genre.
I gave the book a 4.5 rating because I felt it was strong, fun and witty. The characters tackled the deep issues of relationships, and everything was basically upbeat. But for my romances–young adult or otherwise–I merely prefer even more “meat,” so to speak. Cecily’s personality and antics were sometimes a bit much for me (and they would have been in my teenage years as well), but that is the only minor criticism I have.
A huge compliment I will pass along to Krysten is this. I am not in a relationship of any kind (nor do I desire to be), but her writing evoked unbidden memories that were sweet and made me feel a bit wistful and nostalgic. It’s not every author of any genre who can cause me to pause and dwell on those memories I hadn’t considered for quite some time. This demonstrates to me that Krysten has a definite flair for telling romantic tales in a style that resonates with the heart and soul of the readers. Well done!
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11 Comments
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This sounds like a good book and will look forward to reading and posting a few reviews! Good luck on the tour hope you get a lot of readers!
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This would be perfect for my niece.
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Sounds good
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I really enjoyed the excerpt. Thanks for sharing these terrific books!
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Krysten Lindsay Hager is one of my favorite authors. I enjoy her books so much. Some of her books, I have read repeatedly.
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Beautiful book.. Thank you!
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Ah, the trials and tribulations of young adulthood. The book sounds great. Thank you for the review and excerpt.
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Sounds like a great book.
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Thank you for the review, the book sounds great!
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Wow, Ruth! sounds like a very interesting story as far as I have understood from the summary. I am definitely going to read the book and find out more about Cecily. Very interesting book Kristen. Thumbs up.
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Thank you so much for reading and reviewing the book! I enjoy reading all your reviews and I was so happy to see you liked it.
