Why the hell does modeling always have to be part of a YA series plot? or Sunset Island #3, Sunset Dreams

20 Oct

Okay, why the fuck is Sam wearing a big pile of hats? And who is the guy supposed to be at the bottom? Is that Billy or Presley? Because it doesn’t look like either of them.

So, now we get slutty Sam’s point of view. She takes care of twin 13-year old girls, who are total hussies. For instance, they have a rule where they don’t date boys under the age of 16. Nice.

Flash Hathaway, a creepy photog in a liesure suit who hangs around at teenage parties, claims that he can make Sam a famous model. So they set up a time for Sam to model some pictures. He has her posing like a porn star and in see-through lingerie. Sam stupidly thinks they are sophisticated. He sells them to a strip club and they use them as advertisements for exotic dancers. The twins and their Dad see them and Sam almost gets fired.

Meanwhile, things are heating up with Presley Travis, Flirting with Danger’s bass player, and I am not talking about the weather here. He speaks in cliched southern drawls and expressions.

Check out the baby prostitute ensemble Sam wears to her first meeting with Flash: “She had on her tightest white Lycra miniskirt and neon-orange bra top under a cropped white jacket. Her hair was sprayed into a huge mass of red waves and curls, and her orange matte lipstick matched the orange of her bra top. In her white high-heeled ankle boots she stood over six feet tall.” Wow. Orange lipstick? Waves AND curls? My head hurts from the ugliness.

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4 Responses to “Why the hell does modeling always have to be part of a YA series plot? or Sunset Island #3, Sunset Dreams”

  1. EnidRollins October 21, 2007 at 5:28 am #

    Wait a minute…this porny stuff is REALLY in these teen books? Not even ‘Gossip Girl’ is that bad.

  2. Amy October 21, 2007 at 10:38 pm #

    Isn’t that Blossom on the front cover? It would explain all the hats.

  3. Merrie October 22, 2007 at 2:19 pm #

    I was totally thinking of Blossom, too!

  4. Diane October 23, 2007 at 2:41 am #

    that outfit sounds…so 80s it burns my mind.

    also, the guy in the cover (in the corner inside the picture frame) looks like Vanilla Ice.

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