Spolight by Ilana Fox I’ll be honest, when I first picked up this book in my local library I was looking for an easy read. I’d just finished my AS exams and I wanted something that was light, not too serious, and filled with lots of romance, the pink cover and pair of enviable legs suggested that this just might be the book for me. I was right, however only slightly, not only did the book provide all of the above, it also proved to encompass so much more.
The story shows the points of view of the two main characters Madison Miller and Jess Piper, two girls seemingly worlds apart whose paths cross due to a chance acquaintance with notorious businessman Beau Silverman. Madison moves to New York under the (slightly naive) assumption that she’ll achieve her dream of becoming a famous singer, as in most books her dreams eventually do come true, however only after she’s slummed it in an apartment in Harlem working as an exotic dancer. Jess couldn’t be any more different, she has a job as a fashion assistant in a newspaper and is set to marry an up and coming newspaper star, yet on the day of her wedding she leaves (in a very Julia Roberts-esque runaway bride fashion) and flees to new York to pursue her dreams of becoming a fashion designer.
A lot happens in between, and the book proves to be about a lot more than just pursuing your dreams, I’m not saying it doesn’t convey this message but it also introduces other elements such as morals and how prepared you are to compromise your beliefs in the pursuit of achieving fame. The books also ,funnily enough, shows the pressures fame can bring and touches on the unspoken issues of bulimia and drugs that often occur in the media.
So, you wouldn’t be wrong to assume that I liked this book; I indeed liked it very much. It does what it says on the tin and a bit more. If this is what Ilana Fox has to offer, I look forward to reading her other book “The Making of Mia” to see if I’ll enjoy it just as much as I have enjoyed this one.
4/5 stars
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