The Prada Paradox

As a child, she started making her mark on Hollywood. It helped develop her Prada addiction. Being attacked by a crazed fan cut short Devi Taylor's rise to the top of Hollywood. Now poised to do a comeback, she lands the role of a lifetime, the lead in The Givenchy Code, a high-budget action-adventure flick. One drawback is that her costar is her ex. An ex she split with very publicly and the tabloids bring back the details as often as they can. Blake is still in love with Devi. He just hopes he can make her see he is not as much of an idiot as he made himself out to be. The Givenchy Code is his big break. Hopefully, he can work with Devi amid the shadows of the past. The tabloids will not let either Devi or Blake forget the past. Devi is dragged into a deadly game that freakily mirrors the movie she is attempting to complete. . Add a second crazed fan to the mix, and life can get a bit complicated. But there is always Prada. The Prada Paradox starts with a bang, and keeps up the pace throughout. Ms. Kenner throws in enough clues to make life interesting for Devi and Blake. You suspect certain details that she then throws into the air. A well played mystery and romance. The Prada Paradox throws an interesting look at online games and possibilities that life can throw at you. A thoroughly enjoyable read. Emma Reviewed for Joyfully Reviewed

3rd in the series. I liked it better than the 2nd I think. It was quick and entertaining, which I am all about these days. I could do without schlep in the book though. For some reason, it irks me. Still, a good book. I like how it tied into the 1st.

Play, Survive, Win is an online role playing game where the target has a protector to save her from the assassin and this game has made it out into the real world where unwilling people participate in order to stay alive. Mega movie star Devi Taylor is making a comeback in a film based on someone one who played and survived the game. Her only doubts about the film are her co-star Blake Atwood who played a big role in their very public breakup. She is in her heavily guarded home working on her lines for the next days when Blake arrives allegedly to read them with her but in truth he wants to win her back. A Fed Ex package arrives from Play, Survive, Win and when they open the site they learn that she is a target who was poisoned and if she wants to live she must follow the clues to find the antidote. Andy, a fellow worker on the movie, arrives saying he got a message saying he is the protector. Blake refuses to stop for the antidote which happens to be a good thing because he ingested the poison and now he has as much at stake as Devi who is targeted by the assassin. As they follow the clues, Devi realizes her love for Blake has never died and if they both come out of this alive, she intends to make sure nothing comes between them again Julie Kenner has written an outstanding thriller that sends chills down the readers' spines as they watch with baited breath to see if the stars can beat the assassin and Blake can find the antidote. This work of romantic suspense is enjoyable to follow as the audience tries to decipher the clues along with the characters. THE PRADA PARADOX is a thoroughly enjoyable reading experience just likes it predecessors (see THE GIVENCHY CODE and THE MANOLO MATRIX). Harriet Klausner

I'm at work, down to the last fifty pages of Prada Paradox and I'm AT WORK. I NEED to finish this book, it's getting better and better with every miniscule chapter. (I sneak-read a few pages. No, no, put it away. This is work for God's sake. They don't pay me to read. Well, maybe just a couple more pages...this is killing me to see it sitting there waiting for me) Julie Kenner introduces a new main character here, Devi. Same basic plan...PSW is after her, no surprise there. The tension builds dramatically throughout the book. Similar storyline but different enough plot to make it fresh and exciting. It does take longer for the actual PSW game to get going, but you're not left bored by any means. I'm just surprised it's almost over. Last installment, it seemed the chase lasted forever. I only hope she's got another installment in the wings. Great read, short (331 + epilogue), but great.

Devi Taylor is a famous actress who unwittingly gets sucked into the role she is playing. She has the role of Melanie Prescott whose story started the series about Play.Survive.Win. Devi and her ex who plays Melanie's protecter in the movie (and husband) end up getting set up in their own version of Play.survive.Win and try to beat the clock figuring out different clues along with Andrew Garrison (a person who is introduced in the second installment, who was sucked into the game before) as their protector. As Devi and her ex get to the end of the game things start clicking into place as they find out who actually is involved in bringing Play.survive.Win into the real world. Great conclusion to an awsome series-and keeps you guessing till the end.