Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ (5/5)
While this wasn’t a “page-turner”, I was so invested in every chapter. This book was SO well written and had SO many connections. TJR is just an incredible author. I felt like I got to know Evelyn personally and the famous aspect was so interesting! I will definitely look at celebrity couples differently now! P.S. @tjenkinsreid I would sell my non-essential organs to see a movie of this book. 🎬
“Aging and reclusive Hollywood movie icon Evelyn Hugo is finally ready, to tell the truth about her glamorous and scandalous life. But when she chooses unknown magazine reporter Monique Grant for the job, no one is more astounded than Monique herself. Why her? Why now?
Monique is not exactly on top of the world. Her husband has left her, and her professional life is going nowhere. Regardless of why Evelyn has selected her to write her biography, Monique is determined to use this opportunity to jumpstart her career.
Summoned to Evelyn’s luxurious apartment, Monique listens in fascination as the actress tells her story. From making her way to Los Angeles in the 1950s to her decision to leave show business in the ‘80s, and, of course, the seven husbands along the way, Evelyn unspools a tale of ruthless ambition, unexpected friendship, and great forbidden love. Monique begins to feel a very real connection to the legendary star, but as Evelyn’s story nears its conclusion, it becomes clear that her life intersects with Monique’s own in tragic and irreversible ways.”