Likely Story! : Likely Story/Likely Story: All That Glitters/Likely Story: Red Carpet Riot

from mikitchenlady

Fun story, about a daughter of a soap opera diva who comes up with her own youth oriented story and sells it to the network. Am never sure if I like stories about women/girls written by men. Van Etten does a decent job here, although I never get how people seem so together when they're raised by ...

from elizardkwik

A quick read about a girl who, fed up with her mother's soap opera career, accidentally creates her own soap opera about teenagers. An inside look at the soap opera world and a very different life style. Interesting characters. I look forward to the next "episode".

from imperfectionist

Mallory has spent all her life trying to stay drama-free in spite of the fact that her overbearing mother is a soap opera drama queen. The last thing she wants to do is follow in her mother's footprints and be a drama princess; she has little to no respect for her mother. Mallory is emotionally d...

from bmozanich

Likely Story is a funny look at the soap opera world on TV and of teenagers' lives. The language is full of humor and sarcasm. Mallory has a clear, well-developed voice. It is a quick read. It includes seemingly real information about the process that shows/soaps go through.

from wyostitcher

Likely Story was an interesting novel written by a writer who also writes for One Life to Live on ABC Daytime television. Mallory wants the story to be a real story not full of the worst things that could happen in life since her mother appears to act the same at home as she does on the set. This...