Siena Armetta has it all. Or so it seems to all of her adoring fans. What she really wants is the person who is out to America and she is doing everything to not let her feelings take over. Her heart has other plans. Julia Westbrooke has become quite popular since announcing she’s a lesbian and landing an anchor position with a television entertainment station. She’s also becoming popular among Siena’s friends and has a standing invitation to all their parties, which Siena attends. The attraction is growing more and more with each encounter. She is fighting a losing battle with her feelings as well.
This book will make you laugh out loud and cry. Note: you will laugh more than you will cry! The mother’s idioms were hysterical!
Diane Marina has delivered a wonderfully crafted novel. It is rare that you see words that she writes. This author has an extraordinary talent and I urge you to read this book now! You will not be disappointed.

This was one of those books that was hard to put down.... I loved all the characters and their story, the development of the plot was the perfect pace and there were just the right amount of drama to keep it interesting but not too much to make it annoying.
It was the first book I read by this author but I will definitely look for more!

It was cool, same old story, nothing new. Struggling with sexuality, falling in love but not trying to. Eh.

This book was just fun. Nothing surprising about it, but good entertainment. For me, in the romance genre, that's enough. As long as a book keeps me wanting to continue, I'm game.

The best part about this book in my opinion was the characters. They were real, flaws and all (my best kind of heroes are the anti ones). I also found it very fun to read about a world in which I have zero experience. The entertainment industry is just something that for me is very far away and glamorous, but in this book it gets kind of real I think. They're real people, who would've known? ;)

I did find the writing a bit repetitive, and for me, that's a big no if it's not done right. But it wasn't a huge flaw, and nothing that manages to lower my opinion of the book at all. All in all a well written book.

To conclude, this was fun and entertaining and it left me with a big smile on my face at the end.

* I received an ARC of this book in exchange for my honest option.*

2.5 stars. I thought this book was okay, not great, just okay. I don't think I will recommend this book to my friends looking for a novel. I, personally, thought the characters acted a little childish and I did not always enjoy their interactions. The characters did change as the book continued, but it was all predictable change to just keep the book going. There is nothing about this book I particularity liked but I didn't hate it either.

Sienna is a very closeted Hollywood actress. who meets Julia, a Hollywood Reporter at a party for a mutual friend. They start to get closer and run together and their relationship develops from there. They first try to keep their distance from one another, but that does not work and they can't seem to stop what is happening between them.

This is not a book I would recommend to anyone, but is an alright read. To be, the blurb about the book turned out to be more entertaining than the actual book.

After The Glitter Fades by Diane Marina was such a satisfying read. I rarely give out five stars, but in this case I just had to. This book gave me everything I want from and expect from a good romance even down to the tears of joy I shed at the end.

I am a sucker for a Hollywood romance and I liked the fact that in this case, one of the main characters was actually a television journalist rather than an actress. That was a very nice twist. It allowed the two main characters to inhabit the same world, yet also have careers that were independent from one another.

I thought both main characters were very genuine, relatable and multi-layered. Siena Armetta is a talented and famous actress who is firmly in the closet. She is so afraid of losing her career that she has settled for a life with no romantic entanglements. Her character is generous, kind and professional. Julia Westbrooke is the most out celebrity in America. She is a television journalist and Siena is determined to keep her distance. Julia is very down to earth and once they meet, it becomes clear that they were made for each other.

I'm not going to give away any spoilers, but I was so appreciative that Ms. Marina did not use any of the predictable and easy plot points to a) break the couple up or b) bring them back together. Those aren't spoilers, they are just part of what makes a romance a romance.

The book is also full of a wonderful supporting cast. So often I find it hard to keep track of who is who in the world of the main characters, but not in this case. They each had something very special about them. Siena's ex-husband is a dear. I would love to see a book about Siena's friends Elise and Macy.

Well done!

From the summary blurb, I pretty much knew how this story would unfold and its beats. The closeted Hollywood actress trope is a well worn plot point of lesfic but my hope was that this author would do something a little different, tell her story in some new way. Instead, this is predictable from start to the X amount of years later super sappy epilogue finish. The two characters Siena and Julia have the personalities of wet cardboard and there is little to no chemistry between them, no lively dialogue, and their spending time together scenes are mostly the author telling us they've been hanging out together rather than reading those interactions and seeing a relationship arc.
There are far too many characters and as it turns out, some of the minor ones overshadow the two we're supposed to care about. The entire last act of the book chugged for me, and the "incident" that brought about those events was heavy-handed.
This didn't break away from any of the other similar titles in the pack or make itself memorable. I will gladly now forget about this one.