The Sunset Crowd
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Karin Tanabe
"Irresistible, deft, sparkling...The Sunset Crowd is cool sans hangover, which makes it a perfect addition to your summer luggage." ––The Washington Post"Super juicy." ––Rolling StoneFame. Fortune. Love. You can't have them all. Meet LA darling Evra Scott. The daughter of an Oscar-winning director and a Brazilian bombshell actress, Evra is the city’s reigning style queen. By day, she’s at the helm of Sunset on Sunset, the boutique beloved by Hollywood’s young and beautiful. By night, she’s on the arm of Kai de la Faire, Hawaii’s hottest export, and the screenwriter of the moment.Enter Theodora Leigh. The twenty-something Paramount Pictures assistant looks like a big screen star, but her sights are firmly set behind the scenes, as she fights to become a movie producer in a town where sex and sexism sell. Theodora’s got the talent and instincts, but she’s not willing to wait. Luckily, getting ahead by any means necessary is LA’s mantra.Observing it all is Bea Dupont, a photographer for Rolling Stone and Vogue, who never misses the party, but always keeps to its fringes. A Manhattan blue blood turned West Coast bohemian, Bea holds Evra’s Sunset crowd together. She’s also Kai’s oldest friend, and she’s harbored a not-so-secret flame for him since they met at an elite Swiss boarding school.But in Hollywood, no one stays on top forever. And it’s not long before Theodora’s unrelenting ambition sets in motion a dramatic quest for power in an industry that is as glamorous as it is duplicitous.From Rodeo Drive to the French Riviera, Karin Tanabe's The Sunset Crowd is a tale of survival and reinvention, of faking it until you make it, and the glittering appeal of success and stardom, as it seeks to answer that timeless question―who gets to have the American dream?
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Author
Karin Tanabe
Pages
336
Publisher
St. Martin's Publishing Group
Published Date
2023-07-04
ISBN
125028046X 9781250280466
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"I relate to Beatrice Dupont in so many ways. Smart, driven, and highly educated, she learned early on how to read people and preferred to surround herself with fun, aspirational types rather than her family's staid set. She is a rebel, eschewing polite society in New York City to work as a professional photographer in LA. She ingratiates herself with the jet set on Sunset to create the fun and exciting life she craves, and to be close to Kai de la Faire, the man she's secretly adored since boarding school. And it goes great! But change comes with Theodora Leigh - a surprising addition to the group who has secrets of her own - and with it, myriad questions for Bea. Intrigue and deception occur, and Bea needs to decide just why she's chosen Hollywood and this life after all.
The settings and supporting characters of this novel are so FUN - a hip boutique on Sunset owned by the daughter of Hollywood royalty, all-night parties with rock stars and actors, meals at the finest dining establishments, the CANNES FILM FESTIVAL. Bea is the heart of the story - she fits in everywhere she goes, making friends throughout, and has her reasons for everything she does. I love how Theodora's arrival doesn't inspire envy in Bea, despite her immediate closeness with Kai's girlfriend Evra Scott, the aforementioned boutique owner, and Kai himself. I also loved the dynamics of the friend group - they seemed loving and supportive, the opposite of what you'd expect from those making their ways in Tinseltown. When seeds of doubt creep in, no one gets defensive or snarky. I felt real connection between characters.
To avoid giving up too much, I'll just recommend picking up The Sunset Crowd and ingratiating yourself with Bea, Kai, Evra, and the rest. The writing is good, and it's an easy read that I found to be over too soon. This would be an excellent choice for book clubs, or for readers who have enjoyed the novels of Taylor Jenkins Reid, particularly Daisy Jones and the Six or The Seven "
Stephanie Simons 📚🐈⬛🏝
