Kokomo's Reviews > On the Way Down

** spoiler alert ** The author asked that the couple's issue not be revealed, I don't fully agree that the author should dictate what the reader should express but I digress.

The blurb sounded so good, I dove in with enthusiasm and the first chapter is really good. The couple divorces, and the h states that she blew up her own life so I'm excited to know what happened.

And then.....frustration

h is 17, mom is a makeup artist on movie set, dating the producer; single mom who blames h for ruining her life by being born. h is strong, counting the days until she can leave mom, meets H, he's 26, child actor who has finally found success. He courts her through friendship because he respects the legalities and limits of her age. She becomes his assistant, they gel over music, he never expresses his feelings. Her mom beats her up, she calls him, police, hospital, then she's living with him. It literally just jumps, she's 17 without any sort of identity, so naturally she becomes a script reader, mom goes to jail, she gives her virginity, and just becomes this whole other person. I know that was a run on sentence, this book drove me crazy, I just kept thinking there is going to be something to save this plot, nope, she gets anxiety because she doesn't like the spot light AND then there is actually an Oprah interview, this was just ridiculousness. Pregnant, loses baby at 8 months, cliffy......

There isn't a love connection, she's a child, she doesn't know anything about herself, I'm beyond disappointed and will not read the next book.