The Favorite Sister by Jessica Knoll

This sophomore novel from Jessica Knoll probably isn't something I would have picked up on my own but since I read Luckiest Girl Alive, the publisher reached out with a pre-production copy of The Favorite Sister.  During my beach vacation, it seemed like the perfect kind of distraction to my brain and it definitely fit the bill. 

Be aware going in there are a LOT of characters to keep track of as the set and cast of a fictional reality TV program convenes for a new season.  I found myself flipping back to make sure I knew which character description was in which plot twist.  Especially since a lot of them are similar in name (Jen and Jesse for example) it becomes a pretty tangled web pretty quickly.  Throw in that there are both real and contrived storylines happening all at once and there is just a lot going on there. 

Overall, though, the setting was well suited for the types of duplicitous actions the ladies went through and it exposes the unreality of reality programming.  I wish there were more actual solidarity and less backstabbing and conniving between the ladies just to make it a little more palatable but, in the end, it served its purpose of helping me soak up the sun and turn off my overloaded brain for a little while.