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    Spoiled

    Written by Heather Cocks and Jessica Morgan

    Narrated by Kathleen McInerney

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    Sixteen-year-old Molly Dix has just discovered that her biological father is Brick Berlin, world-famous movie star and red-carpet regular. Intrigued (and a little terrified) by her Hollywood lineage, Molly moves to Los Angeles and plunges headfirst into the deep of Beverly Hills celebrity life. Just as Molly thinks her life couldn't get any stranger, she meets Brooke Berlin, her gorgeous, spoiled half sister, who welcomes Molly to la-la land with a smothering dose "sisterly love"...but in this town, nothing is ever what it seems.



    Set against a world of Redbull-fuelled stylists, tiny tanned girls, popped-collar guys, and Blackberry-wielding publicists, Spoiled is a sparkling debut from the writers behind the viciously funny celebrity blog GoFugYourself.com





    Heather Cocks is a die-hard sports fan, a Leo, an ex-reporter, a Notre Dame grad, a dual citizen of the U.S. and U.K., a sandwich enthusiast, and a former producer for America's Next Top Model. Jessica Morgan is a Southern California native and UCLA alumna who has produced reality shows ranging from Growing Up Gotti to the docu-series 30 Days. She collects shoes, books, and unpaid parking tickets. Both ladies live in Los Angeles and watch almost everything on the CW.



    Together, Heather and Jessica skewer celebrity fashion crimes on their popular blog, Go Fug Yourself, which draws millions of monthly readers and made Entertainment Weekly's Must List. Their dispatches from the front rows are routinely the most-read pieces on New York magazine's Web site during Fashion Week. This is their first novel for young adults.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHachette Audio
    Release dateMay 1, 2012
    ISBN9781611135091
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    Spoiled
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    Heather Cocks

    Heather Cocks and Jessica Morgan are the creators of the Internet's wittiest celebrity fashion blog, Go Fug Yourself. They are the authors of two novels, SPOILED and MESSY, and have written for VanityFair.com, Grazia UK and other publications.

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    • 4/5
      Just reread this one as an audiobook. Really great fun -- a perfect platform for the Fug Girls to move toward, combining their witty fashion commentary with the sort of YA novels they love to write about. I can see this as the first entry in a Sweet Valley High for the new generation.
    • 4/5
      I received an Advance Reader's Copy of this book from the publisher in exchange for an honest review.Spoiled by Heather Cocks and Jessica MorganFrom the back of the book:"Sixteen year old Molly Dix loves her ordinary life in suburban Indiana. When her single mother passes away, she's shocked to discover that her biological father is Brick Berlin, world-famous movie star and red-carpet regular.Equally intrigued and terrified by her Hollywood lineage, Molly moves to Southern California and plunges headfirst into the deep end of Beverly Hills celebrity life. Just as Molly thinks her new life and family couldn't get any stranger, she meets Brooke Berlin, her gorgeous, spoiled half sister, who welcomes Molly to la-la land with a healthy dose of passive-aggressive "sisterly" love."I wasn't sure I would enjoy this book. I enjoy most teen/young adult novels, but I wasn't sure how much I would enjoy a story about Paris Hilton wannabes. I'm glad to say that I was pleasantly surprised. This was an emotionally tough read - all the animosity, one mom's death, and the other mom's complete lack of care for her daughter - all made this a challenging read, but one that I truly enjoyed.What I liked about the book: It was very well written, with great pacing and good plotting. It was a real page turner. I liked both sisters, even Brooke, who on the surface, seems nothing more than a spoiled brat. However, Cocks and Morgan have created characters with great depth (well, maybe not Shelby) making it easy for the reader to care about them. The ending was enjoyable as well. Yes, it's a happy 30 minute sitcom happy ending, but it felt right.Some reviewers have complained that there are too many mentions of Molly's dead mom. Considering it has only just been months since she died and taking into account how close Molly was with her mom, it makes sense for her mom's death to be a dominant theme.What I didn't like about the book: The parents. Brick Berlin is such a self centered airhead with no clue about what to do with teenage daughters. Perhaps that's a realistic portrayal of Hollywood parents, but it still bothered me. As a parent I was embarrassed for him. Brooke's mother, whom the reader never meets, is another bad example. Though to be honest, it is Brooker's reaction to being abandoned by her mother and neglected by her father that give depth to her character.Readers who enjoy Hollywood tabloid like stories or enjoyed the movie "Mean Girls" will enjoy this book. It's a good summer beach read.
    • 4/5
      Don't want to say to much since it's not out until the summer but imagine a cross between the fun of Clueless and the lux and Gossip Girl. Lots of fun.
    • 3/5
      Really, this was perfectly adequate, snarky YA and sort of what you'd expect from the girls in charge of the Go Fug Yourself blog. It was snippy, bitchy and funny - sort of a mean girls on steroid (or protein bars, if that's more your thing) but by the last third of the book, something went terribly wrong. The characters became, well, characters instead of sterotypes, and it all came crashing down to a perfectly normal happy ending. What? Where did all that surreal snark go? The first two third were a lot of fun, but the ending lost me. I don't see myself picking up the sequel - ah, who am I kidding, I'll probably pick up the sequel. But we'd better get more of the genius IQ Tyra Banks lookalike Aragula. I'll bet *she's* got an interesting story to tell.
    • 4/5
      I honestly wasn't sure I was going to like this book -- even while I was reading it. And then, suddenly, I realized that not I only did I like it but i was having a great time reading it. Spoiled is totally unrealistic, it's like one of those teen movies that everyone hates to admit they love -- except this book is a hundred thousand times better and more awesome. I loved the progression of the relationship between Molly and Brooke. I like how Molly doesn't play the 'my mother died of cancer' card more than she has to. I like that things are hard and complicated and nothing comes easy (or ends up being how it's supposed to be). I cannot wait for the next book -- and there had better be one!
    • 3/5
      This is a fun read with a few nuggets of wisdom included via Laurel, Molly's mom. It's a peek into the world we can't look away from - Hollywood. Brick is a nice, self-centered actor turned producer/director who deposited his sperm into two women at nearly the same time. Both women found they had buns in the oven. One married Brick then went off to "find herself" and has been MIA for the past 4 years while the other returned to Indiana to raise the child in her own humble roots. Then she died.So Molly arrives at Brick's house and Brooke is none too happy. Brooke is the instigator of this war but is, by no means, one dimensional. Brooke is struggling with her own issues of abandonment, rejection, and perfection. Until she figures it all out, she's just going to play the high school games of running her half sister out of town.Meanwhile, Molly learns a few tricks, herself. She aligns herself with Shelby, the one you don't want to befriend because her daddy owns the gossip magazine and she's always looking to get the goods. What you tell her is not necessarily what will be published. She's practicing her craft very young.Brick is far too self-absorbed to do much but show up on occasion and drive a wedge deeper between the girls by playing up the Daddy-Dearest card to Molly while Brooke is fuming and hurt by her continual quest for approval.It's a cute story with humor and exaggerated Hollywood style. The authors are well versed in the fashion world along with Hollywood lifestyle. Personally, the only shoes I understood were Converse. Nothing else computed. I'm worse than Indiana.There were a few loose threads that I either need to be wrapped up by my own imagination or another book will follow to continue the story. The ending is enough to stand on its own.
    • 4/5
      Fun and light book. A little predictable, but I still enjoyed it.
    • 5/5
      Love, love, love! Mean Girls meets Bring It On meets Devil Wears Prada meets every awesome 80s teen movie. Can't wait for the sequel!
    • 4/5
      Characters: Molly is your average American teenage girl who gets thrown into the world of Hollywood after the death of her mother. She is looking for a fresh start and that is not really what she ends up getting. It is hard for her to leave her old friends, especially her boyfriend and best friend of many years, behind and she avoids dealing with the death of her mother. She is a really sweet girl that does not always make the best decisions and makes some mistakes knowing full-well that she is making them. Brooke, the only child (until Molly) of movie star Brick Berlin, has a hard time adjusting to having a sister. She does not want to share her already M.I.A. father with a complete stranger. Brooke spends most of the book trying to get Brick to notice her because he always seems to be off working or talking on the phone. She wants everyone to see her as a strong person who doesn’t need anyone, but the truth is that she’s lonely and wants her mother back. They were both endearing and different. Plot: This was a cute, fun read but it also had depth to it. It really showed what celebrities and their kids face everyday because of tabloids and paparazzi chasing them everywhere they go. There were also sibling issues mixed in once the two girls were brought together. Brooke was jealous of Molly and all of the attention she was getting from her new father and the paparazzi and decided to make her life hell. This part of the story has been done before, but it was the other elements and characters that made it different. There are also a lot of misunderstandings which cause twists and turns that, while interesting, aren’t that unpredictable. The ending hinted at a sequel which I’m looking forward to reading as well. Cover: I actually really like this cover. It’s girly, really cute and suits the book well. Since my copy is an ARC the cover isn’t final, but I hope that on the finished version, they make the lipstick and the nail polish gel-y so that it kinda pops out. (If that makes any sense...lol)Overall Impression: Fans of The Clique and The A-List will definitely enjoy this book because it has elements of the two and is sort of in between both. I would recommend this to eighth grade - tenth grade girls though.
    • 4/5
        Spoiled by Heather Cocks and Jessica Morgan is a perfect portrayal of a rich, smug California girl, Brooke and the humble girl from Indiana, Molly. Their lives were perfectly fine until Molly’s mother dies and Molly, as well as Brooke, finds out Molly’s dad is world famous superstar, Brick Berlin. Brooke is far from happy that Molly will be coming to live with her and her father, while stealing, not only the spotlight from her father but the paparazzi as well! This is just the beginning of when Molly and Brooke’s lives take a dramatic turn. This book contains everything for the teenage girl, from drama and rumors to mean girls and cat-fights. Spoiled is the perfect, easy summer read! In Spoiled, two girls with what seems to be nothing in common, have to not only live together but share a room and ride together to school with each other every morning! From the beginning it is clear they do not care for each other. Brook and Molly are constantly at each other’s throats. Only until they unwillingly open up to each other they find out they have more in common than just their DNA. Right from the start you will either be, team Brooke or team Molly. It seems as if go with the easy choice, Molly of course, she’s sweet and innocent! Even though I sympathy for Molly’s loss, I also understand where Brooke is coming from. She feels betrayed by her own father, for willfully letting this practically unknown girl into their house and seemingly already loving her more. I do think it is uncalled for some of the things Brooke does to although, I can see her point of view. The authors do a wonderful job of not persuading the reader to like one girl better, as I see in many other stories. These two women, Jessica Morgan and Heather Cocks do a wonderful job writing this book together. It can be hard to write a joint book, but they clearly pulled it off! When I first saw there were two authors I was skeptical. Other books I have read with two authors have not turned out as well. You could tell when one author wrote one chapter and the other author the next. In this book both the authors writing style blended perfectly to create a great, dimensional book! Overall I rate this book a 4/5 stars. While I thought it had very well developed characters and a good plot, it kind of dragged on. I thought it could have ended a couple chapters earlier and would have been just fine. In all this book was very good and was one of my go-to summer reads!
    • 4/5
      Brooke Berlin is pretty, popular, rich and the daughter of the super-famous action hero Brick Berlin. She’s about to have her big sixteenth birthday party. Paparazzi will be there to cover the event, and she’s finally going to make her way into the spotlight. Her plans are all turned upside down when a girl named Shelby, Brooke’s nemesis, breaks the news via her father’s rag-mag, that Brick has a love-child. To make matters worse, the girl’s mother just passed away and it was her dying wish that she meet the father she never knew she had.Molly Dix isn’t prepared for the Hollywood life. Growing up in small-town Indiana, she’s been sheltered, and her only brush with celebrities and paparazzi is what she’s seen on TV. When she gets to L.A. she is excited and nervous. She has a chance for a new life with her father and a sister she never knew she had. Brooke, however, isn’t as excited about this new creature from the mid-west that has invaded her house and poisoned the air with bad fashion and (gasp!) bangs. Just a few chapters in, the gloves are off as the sisters grapple, gossip and one up each other. But, when Shelby rears her ugly head and spreads some vicious rumors of her own, Brooke and Molly have no choice but to work with each other, or face having their reputations ruined for good.Heather Cocks and Jessica Morgan bring the same humor from their fashion blog (gofugyourself.com) to this witty, slam-dunk tale of a fish-out-of-water, and the unsuspecting ally she finds in someone she thought would be her worst enemy. The story is part Clueless, part Mean Girls with a splash of Pygmalion thrown in. The writing is quick, witty and at times, laugh-out-loud funny. The celeb-sightings (and jabs) are plentiful, and I loved how they meshed real Hollywood with their own stories and characters. This book is light and funny, and though it’s hard for me to empathize with spoiled rich brats, the characters have enough depth to them to make them likable.
    • 4/5
      “People stopped talking and stared, brows furrowed, like they were at the zoo and Molly was an exotic animal they’d never heard of before. Behold, Los Angelenos, the world’s only Skittish Hoosier in captivity.” After her mother’s death, Molly finds herself the main exhibit for Los Angeles’ prying eyes. Her new school mates gape and make fun of her, and her new “sister” is the next in line for the throne of the far-away island of Royal Pain in the Arse. Brooke Berlin is self-centered, vindictive, and the complete opposite of the humanitarian image painted by her Wikipedia article entry. In fact, Brooke goes out of her way to make Molly’s life in Los Angeles unpleasant. But that doesn’t stop Molly, who is head-strong and determined to honor her mother’s dying wish: get to know your father. Molly knew that moving to L.A. would not be an easy move, but she did not count on inheriting an arch-nemesis along with an uber rich celebrity family. If she thought her dad, Brick Berlin, would be of any help easing the transition from Indiana to California, she was mistaken. His busy acting career had him in a million places, none of which were at home. Left alone—and forced to share a room—Molly and Brooke have to survive junior year of high school… together. When I first started reading this book, I wasn’t sure what to think. My original biased pegged it as a celebrity parody without much of a plot. Because of that, I must admit it took me a while to “get into” the book. Oh, but into it I did go. When the plot began to form, I quickly became engrossed in the story. The conflict between Brooke and Molly was dynamic and worthy of prime time reality television. The authors did a fantastic job of mimicking California slang and the stereotypes of celebrities and their children. Of course, it helps that the authors are both professional fashion writers/bloggers and know their subject very well. The humorous “insights” and character nuances actually had me laughing out loud at various times during the novel. The epilogue is especially enjoyable because it paints a hilarious image of father-daughter bonding gone awry. I would recommend this book to anyone that wants to enjoy a good “beach read.” It has a good, believable plot, well developed characters, and plenty of sarcastic humor to keep you turning the pages.