Krysten Lindsay Hager

Teen-ager Hadley Daniels is upset when her best friend moves away and jumps at the opportunity to spend the summer with her grandparents in another town. This plan becomes even more appealing when she learns that the popular teen actress, Simone Hendrickson, lives next door. But what are the chances that Simone will want anything to do with her?

The author tells a wonderful story that brings everyday teen angst to the forefront. Friends are fickle, often switching best friends every time they have a disagreement with their current one and then dropping the new bestie and going back to the first one. We see them dancing around the who likes which boy issue and being disappointed in that boy does not like them back. Concern over how to dress and about wearing make-up all appear in this story. One thing that I particularly like is that even though Simone is famous, we see her as an everyday teen who wants to fit in and be popular.

Teen readers will recognize problems that they currently face. Older readers will look back and recognize many of the same issues that they had when they were in school.

Thank you to Krysten Lindsay Hager for providing me with a copy of this book with no promise requested or made of a positive review. I enjoyed my visit with Hadley and her friends.… (más)

In this second book of the Cecily Taylor series, readers find that Cecily is fighting to handle mixing her life as a normal high school student and the secret of being the girlfriend of popular singer Andrew Holiday. Added to the struggle is the opportunity to possibly jump start a modeling career in New York City.

Finding that her friends are suddenly unavailable and that Andrew’s work often keeps him out of town, Cecily starts to feel very alone. She discovers a picture on social media that makes her wonder if Andrew is serious about an exclusive relationship. Comments about her appearance are not kind and she takes them personally and she questions if she should continue to pursue work as a model.

Once again Ms. Hager sets the stage for her readers of any age to recognize the growing pains of their teen years. Friendships, studying, and dating are issues that most teens face. As an adult reader, I was reminded of my life at that age. Her characters come to life and we experience their hurt, jealousy, and anxiety.

I received a free copy from the author since I had read and enjoyed the first book in this series. I enjoyed this one so much that I read it in one day. No promise was made of a positive review and any opinion expressed here is my own.… (más)

Krysten Lindsay Hager transports her readers to their high school days. Teens reading this story may very well be experiencing some of the same emotional trauma as those in the book: school, relationships with their friends, and new boyfriend/girlfriend relationships with dreams of romance. She brings us into the story instead of leaving us on the outside and looking in.

At the center of this young adult story is Cecily, a high school student with good friends, a boyfriend, and a huge crush on singing sensation Andrew Holiday. When word gets out that he will be in town to film a video, Cecily and some of her friends cannot pass up the opportunity to audition. Much to her surprise, Cecily is cast in the video and finds herself acting alongside her heartthrob. How will her friends, particularly her boyfriend, react? Will the growing attraction between Cecily and Andrew grow into something more?

This is a sweet story. Even if you are a more mature reader, or one who did not fill your high school days dreaming of a favorite singer or actor, it is likely that you will look back and smile as you recognize some of the other growing pains of your own youth.

Ms. Hager brings her characters to life by letting us know their personalities and their emotions. Settings are well described so that we know their surroundings. She provides us with a good story….one that certainly kept my attention.

Many thanks to the author for providing me with a copy of this delightful book with no promise requested or made of a positive review. I am, however, happy to say that I very much enjoyed Can Dreams Come True and can easily recommend it to other readers.… (más)

This is the first book in The Cecily Taylor, Cecily has a crush on the singer Andrew Holiday who is just a year older than her and is from her town. She is quite the diehard fan, every interview, article, song, love interest she will know about. She has the opportunity to tag along at her friends audition for his next music video she has to go and hopefully get a glimpse of him.
Next minute she has asked to feature in the video to by ANDREW HOLIDAY himself!

There is so much more to this book than what I have written above. It was great in so many ways, I like Cecily, she was a great character and relatable, in fact the whole story was relatable.
I didn’t think much of Zach his jealousy and betrayal really annoyed me and some of her “friends” were also very much out for themselves and would drop her like a hot potato at times.

The storyline flowed at a nice even pace, it was well written and I really enjoyed it. I had not heard of Krysten Lindsay Hager beforehand but now I want to read all her books!
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