Four and a half stars.

Alessandra Torre does sweet romance without the smexy!

I love Alessandra Torre's Hollywood Dirt and so when I saw this ARC available for request I jumped at the chance to review it.

Emma Blanton used to be a trailer-trash white girl with bad teeth and an ugly name until a tragedy gave her a chance to reinvent herself into an influencer with thousands of followers and a good living from brand placement. But she'll never reach the dizzying heights of the entitled famous, the sons and daughters of the famous like Cash MItchell, the archetypal rich kid, all gleaming teeth and blonde hair, son of a famous soap opera diva, and also Emma's secret crush from before she became famous.

An arranged date goes badly wrong and leads to Emma getting a reputation as a straight-talking blogger with a bad attitude, a reputation she exploits to build her reputation, until the two of them are asked to take place in a reality TV show for MTV like Celebrity Big Brother, but without the food shortages and silly tasks. Everything is supposed to be scripted but Emma and Cash keep going off script.

I tore through this book in a single day, that's how much fun I was having, Cash and Emma are both such lovable characters and who doesn't love a celebrity reality TV show featuring the rich and good-looking?

I received a free copy of this book from the publisher via NetGalley in return for an honest review.

A sexless romance. When Emma crushes on a popular famous guy she sets out to become famous herself. In order to acquire fame she needed followers. What better way to earn followers was through other famous individuals. Emma climbs to fame on the back of several other famous individual riding their coattails.
Eventually she earned enough followers to gain famous status and a spot on MTV’s reality show House of Fame. Six of the most famous internet celebrities will live in this house for six weeks.

Overall:
I’m not the type of person who follows celebrities or concerns myself with followers. However, Alessandra shed a new light on both of these. What she had to say was interesting. I found myself quite intrigued by this process to fame. Although, once the show began I felt at a loss.
It’s a different type of read than I’m used to. It read like a script and I’m sure that was the intention. It was easy to read. Sadly, because of the scripted format I found little connection with the characters. The only scenes that felt genuine where the ones with Wesley.
Alessandra changed my perspective on reality tv. I’ve watched MTV shows before and take them with a grain of salt. This show left a bad taste in my mouth and reminded me why I don’t watch reality tv shows anymore.

If there is one thing Alessandra is great at its being well informed with the trends. I thought it was cute and clever. Yet, it doesn’t hold a candle to some of her other books.

What can i say? i really really liked it. The writing had a nice flow and it was very easy to follow the story. I really liked Emma, Cash and Wes. The others i didn`t care so much about, though sometimes Cash and Emma annoyed me to no end, but still really liked them. Both of them grew in development and started to understand and see each other. This Author did it very well and i`m very happy to have gotten accsepted for it at netgalley.

Ok, so I went into this book expecting a vapid, "celebrity" romance with characters you love you hate - a bit like car crash tv, where you judge yourself for how much you want to keep watching. However, what I got was a book that I adored, with characters that I genuinely loved!

I was surprised by how much of the story was the backstory of Emma and Cash, but it really worked, giving you a more in depth look at characters that actually had fairly ordinary insecurities and just made mistakes. The ending was one of my favourite endings ever!

I devoured this book in a few hours because I couldn't put it down. Possibly my favourite romance of the year!

I received a free copy from the publisher in exchange for an honest review.

I would've loved this book in high school. It was about Hollywood, the evergreen trope of hate turning into love, and all the drama within but with a reality TV show thrown into the mix.

4 stars. 🌟🌟🌟🌟

I liked this story quite a lot.
It wasn't that unusual of a premise but the execution made it feel fresh and it was a totally fun read.
Great depiction of present times with all the celebrity endorsements, fan followings and carefully scripted reality TV.

This is my second book by Ms. Torres.....the first being "The Ghostwriter" and honestly I think that I am fast becoming a fan of her interesting stories and great writing .....her heroines I especially relate to as they are flawed but lovable .
Dual POV....light on the romance....a fast and thoroughly enjoyable read.

Thank you so much for the opportunity to read this delight! Deliciously fun and frothy. My only regret was that I wasn’t poolside while enjoying it!

Everything you expect from Alessandra torre , be ready to binge this book. Being the day and age of Social media it was a really fun read to watch Emma and cash lives unfold.

This had everything ! Perfect From start to finish . An amazing layered story of the rich and famous

If you've read an Alessandra Torre book, you know exactly what to expect. A strong plot with lots of steamy scenes between the main character. This one was defiantly different than her usual writing, more innocent, in the sense it had more to do with all the drama surrounding the characters than the intimate relationship between them.

The F list is an enemy-to-lovers story about Emma and Cash who took the social media frenzy to a whole new level. Living the life of a celebrity isn't always pretty when you're basically told what to wear, say, eat and how to live in order for you to climb up the status ladder. Being casted in a scripted reality show that put six media influencers in one house for two month while their lives are broadcasted for everyone to ridicule, brought out so many personal feelings and struggles both characters have faced since they were little.

It took me a while to get into this story because I couldn't connect with Emma's character on so many level. It got interesting for me when the whole reality show started to film where the full on drama began. *I received a digital advanced copy of this book from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. All opinions are my own.

Oof, this one did not work for me at all. I loved the synopsis, I think that having social media influencers is a really intriguing plot. But I struggled so so much with the writing. I’ve heard her older backlist is very different from this one, I plan to try one of those to see if they work for me better. Unfortunately for this one I struggled so much I DNF at 12%

A good book... Yes there isn't any sex scenes in it... But the sexual chemistry between Emma and Cash more than makes up for it... And how sweet is Wesley!! Goes to show us that what we think about someone maybe not the truth.. example being Cash's mom... And Emma's parents weren't any better.. a page turner...

The F List was like a breath of fresh air,and exactly what I needed to escape from the pandemic for a few hours. It was quite a departure from the Innocence trilogy, and instead was more flirty and fun like Love Chloe or even Hollywood Dirt, Still, it managed to pack a punch regarding the way so many people these days are so wrapped up in their social media feeds that they seem to have forgotten how to distinguish reality from fantasy and the only way they know how to measure their self-worth is by the number of followers and likes they can wrack up. As a person who shuns social media as much as possible, that world is pretty foreign to me, yet the author did a great job of bringing it into my living room with this romance between Emma, a rather self-absorbed young woman who wants nothing more than to be famous, and Cash, “Hollywood royalty” with a well-known and beloved actress mother, who has lived his entire life in the spotlight and knows exactly how to play the game. In a bit of a twist, Emma is the one that everyone loves to hate, while Cash is a genuinely nice guy who is able to see past Emma’s shell to the vulnerable person underneath the brittle surface. As always, I love how Alessandra draws the reader into her story and makes it impossible to put down.

I completely and utterly loved this book !!! It's highly addictive, totally entertaining and a wonderful 5 star read.

Enma is a sweet girl just looking to be accepted. Cash is simply looking for a real normal life. These two can create so much chaos just trying to find acceptance. When all they need to do is look to each other.

I love thier banter back and forth. Thier antics, well mostly Emma's antics but either way the antics were great!!!!

I'm not much of a reality watcher, I do have a couple secret indulgence, but overall it all seems to scripted to me. But the House of Fame with these two characters would be one I would watch!!

Seriously I love this book!!!

The characters are amazing, both, really everyday people just trying to make it in the world. Wesley was a great side character although he did play a big role. He was sweet, and you couldn't help but love him. I love that he grounded Emma, that he made her feel real.

The angst in the end was perfection. The no sex from Alessandra was completely different, but it just worked foe this one. The sexual chemistry between Emma and Cash was perfect just as it was.

This story was everything I needed but just didnt know I needed it. Have I said how much I loved this book!!!

I look forward to more stories from Alessandra.

I received a copy of this e-book in exchange for an honest review
This book was just not to my taste at all. It was very confusing the way it was written out and I could not get into the characters.

If you felt unnoticed all your life and suddenly had the means to change that- what would you do? Who you change your appearance? Hire a manager? Stage dates and run-ins with famous people? And Is being noticed by any means really worth it?

If you enjoy light reads with interesting and unique plots and flawed characters who grow on you, then you should definitely check this books out.

Wow, wow, wow, wow & wow ! I have read some of Alessandra’s novels before & I excited to receive an ARC. I expected it to be an interesting read but it was addictive & I couldn’t put it down . Emma & Cash were adorable character who despite their flaws you could still warm to them. The book was fast paced & I finished it within a day. The quotes throughout the book were fun & enticing but the best part of the book was the ending ! So not what I expected .

The F List is a new standalone contemporary romance.

Alessandra Torre writes all different types of books. This one is quite different from the other AT books that I have read, but it was enjoyable. This one is a romance, but with no sex.

The F List stands for the three F's: fame, fortune and followers. The chapter titles have cute funny hashtags, which I liked very much.

This book has two narrators: Emma (24) and Cash (27). They are both 1st person POVs.

The story is about social media influencers. And a big focus of the story is an MTV scripted reality tv show.

Emma was an intriguing girl. In many ways her persona was of a selfish, opportunistic, cold and ruthless villain. While Cash's persona was being the good guy with a movie star mother.

The beginning goes back in time (in Emma's life) and then moves forward to the present (with the reality show). I would have preferred that more of the book be focused on the present. But I found her entire life before to be very interesting. However, I wish that the romance had been a bigger focus of the book. Emma's infatuation with Cash was prominent throughout the book. But I just would have wanted more time spent on the actual romance.

I was interested in Cash's family. Especially his brother and his mother. I loved every scene that his brother Wesley was in. What a great character. I also adored Emma's friend Bojan. And loved his scenes as well.

Honestly the very end was not what I was expecting. And I'm not sure how I feel about it. But overall this was a light, fun, funny, quick read. The book was cute and very entertaining.

I just finished reading the F list by Alexandra Tori. While I have read other books by this author, this one was very different from most of the books I normally read and so I am having a hard time rating it. The main characters (Emma and Cash) are in their early 20s, and act that way. If you don’t like YA novels, you aren’t going to like this book,, because the characters are very immature. That said the book is very well written and I really liked the female lead at the beginning of the book, and normally a book progresses with me liking the characters more and more. Unfortunately, for the majority of this book that wasn’t the case, I found I was disliking the main female character as she lost more and more of her true self and became who she thought she wanted to be. The main male character did stay true to himself throughout the book for the most part, but I will say I really didn’t understand what his appeal was for the main female character. Good story, I just couldn’t seem to get into the love story here because it took a back burner to their social media personas. BTW, this is a clean book and it handles that very well. It is VERY well written.

1.5 stars
Another book I just didn't like. I was bored. I didn't like the main characters. Another book I skimmed to see what happened at the end.

Thank you to the publisher via netgalley for sending me an ARC in exchange for an honest review.
3.5/5 stars. I’ve been trying to decide how I want to describe this book, and I think the best way is to compare it to reality TV. You know when you’re watching something that’s so dramatic and ridiculous that you aren’t even sure why you’re watching it? But you can’t stop watching it because despite how ridiculous it is, it’s oddly enthralling? That was this book. The first half of the book is mostly Emma explaining how she got her followers and fame, and how she got to the point where she was famous enough to be on the reality show. The second half was the reality show where we see the producers trying to create drama. One element of the story I really liked were the quotes from other people that would discuss how a moment was handled or what happened and it was a neat little insight into how the media was portraying them. Cash and Emma were interesting characters. Both are famous in some way – Emma is an influencer on Instagram who built her brand up through sponsored content and livestreams while Cash has a famous mother and capitalized on that to build his own brand with sponsored content. We see both of their POVs throughout the book. I did like how the ending went, but I felt like everything was resolved too easily. Overall, it was a quick and compelling, but ridiculous, read.

Look out for my review on my Bookstagram page (alli_the_bookaholic13) at a later date.