This Year's Model by Carol Alt

This Year's Model
Publisher: Avon A
Release Date: August 26, 2008
Rating: 4/5
Synopsis:

"Tall, beautiful, practical Melody Ann Croft of Morristown, New Jersey, is busting her behind as a waitress and wishing there was an easier way to earn money for college. When a customer claiming to be a fashion photographer insists she could become a model. Melody is skeptical - and totally shocked when dropping his name actually opens agency doors. Signed up before her head has even stopped spinning, she's got a new name - Mac - and is off to her first shoot. Could this be that "easier way" at last?

But in modeling, nothing's easy. Mac faces demanding diva photographers with their body-torturing, day-long sessions, and jealous rivals whose flawless beauty hides sharp claws. There are rumors and lies, lecherous model-collecting playboys, rock stars and drugs, and the most perilous pitfall of them all...straight male models! Temptation is everywhere, and even a level-headed Jersey girl may have trouble keeping her footing on the long, hard climb up."

Review:
I actually really enjoyed reading this book. It was a different kind of book then I would usually read but I loved the story line behind it. This novel is basically a non-fiction novel written in a fiction form. It is about the real life of supermodel Carol Alt (author) but it is just told with different characters.

Each chapter just had you turning the pages and wanting to figure out what was going to happen next. Mac (her name is Melody but in the industry everyone started calling her Mac) was just your typical girl but one day she is told that she should become a model. At first she was skeptical if this was real or fake (I would be too!) Soon though, she is the most in demand model and her career takes off.

I liked all the characters because each one had their own distinct personality and it really shone through with the writing and how they would talk or act. Which I liked because it made you be able to feel what they feel. There were problems between characters and trying to figure out who actually are.

Even though it is about the modeling industry, I think that this is a book that a lot of people should read because it talks about self image, and not letting anyone change who you and you just being you want to be.

Overall, it was a great read and it went by really fast!