"Family Affairs" by Jen Calonita

                  "Family Affairs" by Jen Calonita
                                            Blog Post by Natasha S

      "Family Affairs" by Jen Calonita is the third book in the series. It once again, follows the life of Kaitlin Burke, an actress who's co-star is Sky Mackenzie. Surprisingly, Alexis, their new co-star, is even worse than Sky! How can this be? Well, with the new attention she's getting, it has put a hold on Kaitlin's reputation, also because they know the 'real' Alexis, who is really a bully and just puts on her 'puppy-face' in front of the crowd and paparazzi. Alexis also shows interest in Kaitlin's boyfriend, Austin, which puts an even bigger strain on their relationship. All of a sudden, Kaitlin and Sky get their new scripts saying that their characters have been cut off the show! They are very angry and immediately set up a meeting with the director. On the way to the director's office, they overhear Alexis and the head writer talking. The head writer said, "'You said this was between us! You promised that it [the script] wouldn't get out!'" (Calonita, 70%). Alexis was crying and apologizing and the head writer hints that he was the one who changed the script from Alexis persuading him too. With this new news, they rush to the director's office so that they can tell him. When they get there, they are 20 minutes late, and they rush to tell him. Surprisingly, he already knew it from Kaitlin's brother, who was getting close with Alexis, but then saw her 'real' side. She accidentally told him that it was her idea to change the script and that she had persuaded the head writer to write it. Thankfully, the director cuts Alexis and her character off the show, and everything is back to normal... or is it really? Read to find out!

      I would rate this book a 5/5 because you could feel Kaitlin's frustration towards Alexis, but you know that they can't do anything about it due to the fact that everyone loves Alexis, because of her fake 'outer-self.' It had emotion, especially when Matty (Kaitlin's brother) explained to her that the reason that he told on Alexis was because Kaitlin was his sister, he will love his sister more than anyone else, and he couldn't stand to see Kaitlin be cut off when he was still there, even if she did have the bigger trailer. It shows the power of love triumphs all.