Girl Stays In The Picture
Author: Melissa de la Cruz
ISBN: 9781416960966

Three gorgeous girls. One sexy location. Girl Stays In The Picture by Melissa de la Cruz tells the story of three girls who are in Saint Tropez for the summer.

Devon is a pop star fresh out of rehab. She has been cast in a movie that is filming in Saint Tropez and she is hoping that she can gain her career and respect back. She is ready to make a change in her life and is determined to stay sober.

Casey is a regular old teenager whose best friend Summer is an up and coming singer and actress. Summer was cast in the same movie as Devon and she hires Casey to be her personal assistant for the summer. Casey is so excited to live a glamorous life for once, but she struggled when she realizes that her best friend has changed- for the worse.

Fat girl turned skinny and gorgeous Livia is in Saint Tropez for the summer because her dad is the producer of the film Devon and Summer are working on. Livia has serious body issues and after weight loss surgery, she is still struggling with her image. Livia becomes friends with Casey and Devon.

The story rotated points of view which is my favorite kind of story. It’s even what I’m doing in my own novel. I loved getting to hear what was going on in each girls head and each of their individual voices truly stood out. I loved getting to know each girl and her back story. It was interesting how all of their lives intertwined and some unlikely friendships came about because of their location.

The story itself was a little predictable, but who doesn’t like a little predictability every once in awhile? This book is a perfect beach read.

One thing that made me VERY angry was the intense cliffhanger ending! The book was pretty long and I was excited for everything to be neatly tied up in the end and we were left with serious questions. A sequel is in the works, but I don’t think de la Cruz has begun to work on it yet.

4/5