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Gloss by Marilyn Kaye – review

Rachie:): 'I would fully recommend this book to teenagers looking for an epic, girly read'
  
  


I read this book in less then twenty-four hours. It was fun, entertaining and stayed with you well after the book was finished.

It tells the story of four girls doing an internship at a big fashion magazine, Gloss, in the sixties. All of the girls have dreams, hopes and lots of ambition, and are dying to make their mark on New York.

Sherry is a well brought up goody two shoes, prom queen and pageant princess yet a well-to-do lady from the south. Wanting to live a simple life with her boyfriend yet she is bursting with ideas and her excellent writing and good attitude makes a Gloss girls life a possibility.

Donna is a mysterious character, keeping herself to herself and not making any attempt to make friends with her fellow interns. It's not until a large quantity of the sample closet items go missing and the truth comes out about Donna's past, it becomes clear she is running away from something bigger then the other girls could have imagined.

Allison wants to make a difference to Gloss magazine, changing the influence set by all these celebrities and models; however, she catches onto the life of the music department and she may have second thoughts. On one of her trips to 'the village' she sees a musician in a club playing folk music, and she then travels all around the city to find this musician as she believes he could influence the new generation to get more teens involved with the folk style of music. However, his stubborn attitude makes trying to improve his chances of a better lifestyle far from reality.

Pamela is a carefree flirtatious girl who is only a part of the internship to have fun in the bright city of New York, however, as she mixes with the other girls and her fun, unreal relationship turns into love and her heart gets broken painfully she decides settling down doesn't seem such a bad thing.

All four of the girls turn into surprisingly the best of friends. As they each realise how much they all have changed in a good way and their planned futures take a twist for the better. I would fully recommend this book to teenagers looking for an epic, girly read. My favourite character was Sherry as she was very calm and collected about situations when other girls were panicking. She really tried to please everyone as well as herself which was good because then everyone felt better and the plot thickened as the truth came out about the past.

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