Life as a Poser

LIFE AS A POSER by Beth Killian
Category: Contemporary
Age Recommendation: Grades 9+
Release Date: 3/7/06
Publisher: MTV Books
Reviewed by: Jocelyn Pearce
Rating: 5 Stars

Some things have happened to Eva Cordes back in her high school that she doesn't want to deal with for the rest of the year.
Eva's solution? Graduate a semester early and start a new life in Hollywood with her aunt, Laurel, an agent who represents
some of the biggest teen stars. Eva is going to be a star! An added bonus? She might get to find out more about her mother, a
model who dumped Eva with her grandparents as a small child.

Life in Hollywood isn't quite as fabulous as Eva thought it would be, though. Sure, she's got her own credit card and a chance
to become a star, but she's also rooming with a couple of other teen starlets who could turn out to be her friends--or, more
likely, as it would seem at first, enemies. Her has-been mother won't even tell people she is a mother. Eva is being told who
she can and cannot date because of their connections in Hollywood. Her aunt is keeping secrets from Eva. What did she
expect, though? This is Hollywood, and Eva's life is fit for the tabloids already.

LIFE AS A POSER, the first book in THE 310 series, is a fun page-turner with sometimes outrageous and always interesting
characters that readers looking for a way to pass a rainy Saturday won't want to miss. It's an entertaining and fairly quick
read, as well as a fun behind-the-scenes look at Hollywood! I've read quite a few books lately that are backstage passes to
the lives of celebrities, and this is one of the better ones. Perhaps because Eva goes so quickly from being a normal high
school student to Hollywood; perhaps because Beth Killian is just a great writer! Either way, readers won't want to miss the
next book in THE 310 series, EVERYTHING SHE WANTS.