Rating: 3 stars
Hollywood teen celebrity, Kaitlin Burke is leaving Los Angeles for the summer to star in the hot new teen Broadway play, Meeting of the Minds. However, tonight is the premier of her new feature film Pretty Young Assassins and she’s getting ready for the questions about the unflattering press she received for her antics with bad-girls Lauren Cobb and Ava Hayden.
Kaitlin handles the questions like a pro, until she’s asked what she’s going to do now that the hit show she has been a part of for more than 10 years, Family Affair, is coming to an end—something Kaitlin has been wondering herself.
Kaitlin is excited about moving to NYC for the summer and starring in her first Broadway play, although she’s not happy about being away from her boyfriend, Austin, who will be attending Lacrosse camp in Texas—although she’ll fly back for prom and he’ll come out for her opening night—they’re thinking of this as a test run for when they go off to college next year.
When bad-girls Lauren and Ava crash the Pretty Young Assassins after party and start trouble, Sky and Kaitlin have them thrown out. Lauren and Ava vow to make both girls’ life miserable.
While Kaitlin deals with Lauren and Ava bashing her in the press and on YouTube, her Broadway co-star, Riley is doing everything she can to ruin her Broadway experience. Luckily Kaitlin’s other co-star, the gorgeous Dylan, has her back and cheers her on; but Dylan’s attention is starting to confuse Kaitlin, which is something Austin has been concerned about from the start. As work pressures build and phone calls between Austin and Kaitlin dwindle, Kaitlin is worried that her trip to NYC may cost her everything she cares about.
Although Broadway Lights is the fifth book in the series, it’s perfectly fine to read on its own. The story is entertaining, written in a young, light voice. Kaitlin is a good-girl, with high morals, but seems to lack any real depth. The overall feel is a bit Disney-esque, but not necessarily in a bad way. Kaitlin is a good role model. A girl with her priorities in order and her head on straight—and her healthy appetite round out the hat-trick for a higher life form that may, one day, exist in Hollywood.
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Reading level: Young Adult
Hardcover: 384 pages
Publisher: Poppy; 1 edition (March 3, 2010)
ISBN-13: 978-0316030656