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|date=November 2007
|isbn=978-0099497875
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Crystal, Belle and Tahlia are the girl band ''Lost Angel'' and they fight their way through to the final of ''Band Ambition'' - a TV reality show which is a shameless rip-off of ''The X Factor''. Hard work and talent are not all that's needed to get to the final. Some of the other contestants are sure that Belle is sleeping with Dallas (think Simon Cowell) and the girls suspect they'll lose just so that he can be seen not to favour them. As if that's not bad enough, Tahlia is outed as a single mother and it's feared that the public won't vote for the band because she's setting a bad example.
The strength is in the characters. I really found myself rooting for Crystal and wanting to know what happens to her. She makes enemies - fellow band member, Belle, in particular - but she has good friends too. All the characters are rounded and none seemed like caricatures. I thought that Belle might be turning into the pantomime villain when I felt like booing every time she appeared but even she had her softer, kinder side.
If you're looking for a holiday (or a wet Sunday afternoon) read then you could do worse than this book. It's of better quality than most of the bonkbusters which fly off from airport bookshop shelves at this time of year even though it's not a demanding read.
I'd like to thank the publishers for sending this book to The Bookbag. We also have a review of [[In the Name of Love by Katie Price]].
If some yummy-mummy chick -lit appeals to you as a holiday read we can recommend Lucy Diamond's [[Any Way You Want Me]].
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