Someone Else's Fairytale

by E M Tippetts

Jason Vanderholt, Hollywood's hottest actor, falls head over heels for everygirl, Chloe Winters, who hasn't gotten around to watching most of his movies. It's the ideal fairytale... for most people. The last thing Chloe needs is public attention. It brings back dangers from the past that she's worked her whole life to escape.

• ISBN10: 1467940151
• ISBN13: 9781467940153
• Publish Date: 28 January 2012
• Publish Status: Active
• Imprint: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• Format: Paperback (US Trade)
• Pages: 302
• Language: English

Reviews

[nitzan_schwarz]

Re-Read:
I decided to re-read this one because I got a box-set of the first 4 novels and figured I should refresh my memory in preparation for that.

In all honesty, I am so surprised at how fun I found this re-read and how quickly I flew through this book a second time. I sort of expected to like it less, but I didn't. If anything, I liked it more. There are definitely a lot of good things about this one, and I recommended it for people who like actor-normal-person romances!

I definitely enjoyed this book.

LIKE
I liked how it was New Adult, but there was no sex.
I liked how honest the main characters were with each other, and how there were no misunderstandings.
I liked how it was short on drama and big on life.
I liked how it almost turned into a love triangle, but didn't.
I liked how it took time for everything to happen.

DISLIKE
I didn't like how fast the I Love You came from Chloe, considering how long she said she felt nothing.

Clearly, like trumps everything else!

[phyllish]

I loved this book! I was expecting it to be "just" a romance, but part of the conflict was related to a stalker and a slow unveiling of details surrounding a tragic incident 10 years early that left both physical and emotional scars on Chloe. The characters were well developed and flawed in just t...

[Angie]

Someone Else’s Fairytale reminded me why I love Chick Lit so much, even though I hadn’t read any in a while! It’s the over-the-top, but realistic situations that just pull you in and make you believe anything is possible. Chloe Winters is just a normal girl making her way through college and trying to stay under the radar, but once she meets Jason Vanderholt –the hottest movie star around — that just isn’t possible anymore. Soon her face is showing up in tabloids and videos of her and Jason are on TMZ. Before they even start dating! This is just not what Chloe wants at all, but when she realizes her feelings for Jason, she’ll have to learn to live in his world while remembering who she is.

What I really loved about Someone Else’s Fairytale was that it falls into the New Adult category. Chloe is 21, getting ready to graduate college, trying to choose a graduate school and generally figure out what she wants in life. These are things I can actually relate to, unlike the more adult problems that tend to dominate Chick Lit.

She’s also falling in love for the first time, after having trouble finding a guy who respects her choice not to jump straight into bed. I really liked how this decision played into Chloe’s relationship with her best friend, Matthew. He’s religious and wants to wait until marriage, Chloe wants the same, but she’s not religious. Of course, after years of friendship, feelings of “more” pop up creating a semi-love triangle. I was hoping just a bit that those two would get together, and Chloe would remain friends with Jason, but alas, it just isn’t meant to be. Their kind of break-up was definitely interesting, and not something I’ve seen happen a lot. It’s a real issue, not a case of who’s hotter or who saved her from some supernatural evil!

Being Chick Lit, there’s also some kind of suspense plot thrown in to make it not so fluffy. I found that plot in Someone Else’s Fairytale to be really interesting and engaging, but it disappears about halfway in. Chloe was born of an affair between her teenage mother and the (married) town dentist. That side of her family essentially dismisses her existence, especially after an incident with the oldest son. Even though it doesn’t play a major role throughout the entire book, I don’t want to give anything away. It’s all slowly revealed, and I was hoping for more. I do think the plot could have been stronger if more of this had been carried through.

In the end, I really enjoyed Someone Else’s Fairytale. It was very cute, but the romance between Chloe and Jason did get to be a little much towards the end. They just said “I love you” way more than was necessary. I did love Jason, and it was interesting to see how fame did change him in many ways that he wasn’t even aware of until he met Chloe. If you’re looking for some light reading that’ll leave you with a smile, I’d recommend this one.

Read more of my reviews at Pinkindle Reads & Reviews.