"When five hyper-successful women agree to appear on a reality series set in New York City called Goal Diggers, the producers never expect the season will end in murder…"
Brett, the fan favorite, is dead. Her sister Kelly isn't entirely innocent. Actually, one could say that none of the Goal Diggers are entirely innocent, although someone is definitely guilty. You go into this story knowing that Brett is dead and beginning things with Kelly doing an interview about her sister. From that point forward, you're in the past, reading perspectives from different characters, in the timeline leading up to Brett's death.
This book had a lot of great reviews including this one, "Engrossing...Deliciously savage and wildly entertaining."-- People Magazine (Book of the Week)
I did not find the book engrossing or wildly entertaining. I actually found it pretty annoying at the beginning because I couldn't remember who each character was, how they were connected to Brett, and how their part of the storyline was tied in. I put the book down for about a week and then picked it up and tried again; I kept reading until the end because I was curious about who killed Brett. I had no idea, partly because I had a hard time keeping the characters straight, caring about them, or caring about Brett. I just didn't find the characters that interesting . . . and in fact, this reminded me of a Real Housewives episode. For me, that means an episode of one of the Real Housewives story that I happen to be watching because it's late night and nothing else other than infomercials, old reruns and soft core porn are on tv. Probably that was oversharing --- but that's what this book felt like a lot of time. Not for me, although I'm sure there are readers who will love it.
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