There might not be a better author to write about Hollywood endings than Robyn Sisman. Her grandmother was an actress that worked with the big greats like Ginger Rogers and her grandfather wrote the hit Broadway play, Burlesque, and even took Laurel and Hardy on tour. Her mother even attended the LA premiere of Gone with the Wind on the arm of Charlie Chaplin! Now this all might seem like prologue to her newest novel, A HOLLYWOOD ENDING, but her Hollywood bloodline has certainly helped to create a wonderful escape novel that's hard to put down.

Paige Carson, the Hollywood mega star at the center of this novel, seems to have everything going for her. A big Hollywood picture with Hollywood's hottest movie star, Jackson Rolfe. Everything on the surface seems wonderful, but it ain't. Jackson Rolfe is a pig, her career isn't as stellar as it seems, and her love life is nonexistent. In a series of terrible but delightful mishaps, Paige Carson ends up in London and cast in a Shakespeare play. She even manages to find a few love interests, but more importantly she gets reconnected to life without the Hollywood glitz.

The structure of A HOLLYWOOD ENDING is classic chick-lit, and can sometime feel well-worn. However, wasn't it Joseph Campbell or great writers like Homer that have proven that a good plot structure is timeless? As a result, the reader gets caught in the fairy-tale like life of the main character and her struggles. Every scene feels crisp, luscious, and exciting.

In the end, it's not Shakespeare. But, it's a perfect summer read and I couldn't stop reading it. I also read a Weekend in Paris, but I liked this book by Sisman better. If you like chick-lit, romance, career struggles, and adventures in London/LA, then this book is absolutely essential reading!I have to admit I can't wait for the next Sisman book to hit bookstores.