The Real Deal

Name: The Real Deal
Brand: Brilliance Audio
Availability: InStock
Author: Caitlin Devlin
ISBN: 9781501242656

Author: Caitlin Devlin

Narrator: Eilidh Beaton

Unabridged: 12 hr 53 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Brilliance Audio

Published: 02/01/2024

Categories: Fiction, Women, Coming Of Age, Family Life

Synopsis

Is it harder to keep a secret when the world is watching – or to tell the truth when no-one is listening?Belle Simon was just 12 years old when she was one of six girls plucked from obscurity to star in reality TV sensation The Real Deal. Under the wing of dazzling star Donna Mayfair, she and the other five girls were meant to become world-famous actresses, singers and dancers.But at 26, Belle is trying to live anonymously, away from being loved or loathed. The public eye has never fully shut, however, and when a producer offers Belle a big paycheck to join a reunion special for The Real Deal, she finds it hard to say no. If people are going to talk about that shocking final episode anyway, maybe this is an unexpected opportunity.Everyone watching thinks they know what happened, but only Belle knows what really occurred away from the cameras and outside the editing room. Is she ready to go back and confront her past? And will anyone believe her if she reveals the truth?

Reviews

Goodreads review by Caitlin on January 05, 2024

My debut novel! Thank you to everyone for your lovely comments ❤️......more

Goodreads review by Casey Reads 🌸 on January 04, 2024

This was not for me… I was incredibly bored. It’s sad that most of the Amazon First Read books just are incredibly boring. This one - you can tell the author is a good writer, she just needs some work on adding more action, I just can’t do incredibly slow paced stories. It wasn’t absolutely horrible......more

Goodreads review by Annie-Liz on December 20, 2023

When I tell you I didn’t cry, I SOBBED. For an hour and a half. And then some more. The fact that these characters are fictional seems unreal to me. They are completely alive in me, I felt everything that they felt, I yearned and ached for them, I lived through and with them. I am absolutely blown a......more

Goodreads review by Andy on January 22, 2024

I overall enjoyed this book, and the author is clearly a good writer. But editing issues and the concerning ending really brought my rating down. The editor did not do their job here. There are grammatical errors, factual errors (how old is Belle? She switches from 24, to 26, to 27 at random points......more

Goodreads review by cate ₊˚⊹♡ on April 05, 2024

couldn't tell you a thing about this book other than there was either too much going on at times or nothing was happening. felt incredibly unbalanced to me......more