This book is about the lurid lives of the young hot Hollywood elite in the 1970s. Their lives are NOT boring… anything but boring, filmed with parties, premieres, and promiscuity. A photographer, a shop owner on the sunset strip, an aspiring film producer, and a hot Hawaiian screenwriter are figuring out the cost of fame and if it will cost them their friendships.

The tour de force newcomer to the scene, Theodora, leads them on a luxury trip to the French Riviera to the Cannes film festival which ends in disaster when all her secrets start to unravel.

Fans of pop-culture, fashion and celebrity gossip will enjoy this novel because there are a lot of names dropped of well-known actors, directors, and designers from this era throughout the book.

I thought the narrator was spectacular and she manages to effortlessly read foreign accents and male and female voices in a manner that is pleasing to the ear.

Thank you NetGalley for an advanced reader copy of this audiobook.

This one was a little disappointing for me. The pacing was a little to slow in the beginning - it did pick up in the second half though. The characters are a bit too cliched and not very likeable for me. Bea’s character was more likeable but seemed very out of place in that group of people.

On the plus the story is complex and covers some important themes. Overall I do think the second half of the book redeemed the story as i couldn’t stop reading to see how it was going to end.

I think the comparison to Daisy Jones isn’t super accurate…it is similar only in that it’s a bunch of famous rich kids but that’s about it. The writing style and the themed are completely different. I was looking forward to it after seeing reviews comparing it to Daisy Jones and the Six..but I have to wonder if those people even read Daisy Jones

I think I am one of the few who doesn’t hate nepo babies and still thinks that even with their privilege, they can provide worth to society. We are all just humans here on this floating rock after all… with that said, I wanted to love this. I think that part of me did, too. I liked the writing. I enjoyed the strong character building and the hazy 70s LA atmosphere.

This book follows Bea, a well known photographer, and her group of friends, the young and beautiful people in Hollywood. Running in the crowd of actors, writers, directors, musicians, and more, this book is filled with eye catching drama.

Unfortunately, I cannot say that I particularly liked any characters, considering they were all so BLIND!!!! It infuriated me to no end. From the first scene where the character who truly shakes everything up, I knew they were bad freaking news and through the entirety of the book, nobody seemed to catch on, not enough to do anything about it anyway.

You would think that in a world of spotlight, people would be much more wary of sharing it with others, but no… they all allowed this one person to waltz in and take everything from them.

So, while I could see so much good in this book, I read it with a rage that kept me turning pages just to laugh at these characters.

Great for fans of Daisy Jones. I felt a similar vibe between the two. The sunset crowd brings adventure, ambition, fame, betrayal, love, and exploring relationships. The story is a bit chaotic and a slow start.

I tend to not read full synopsis’s I just pick out keywords which this one I locked onto location, professions and time period. The cover totally drew me in as well, setting the tone of a great summer read. I think this is 💯 a me problem because I was expecting something different. I did read and enjoyed what I could follow in the story. I love a ton of characters in a book for this one maybe a physical would have worked better for me as a reader. I did kindle and audio to try and get them down but wasn’t following along. What I really enjoyed from this was the history, the celeb name dropping the descriptions of settings and clothing.