Review: The Year Of Living Famously

Ever wonder what it would be like to be married to a famous movie star? Do you think you’d be able to handle the constant attention, media circus and fame that comes along with it? No matter what your answers to those questions are, you will enjoy Laura Caldwell’s November 2004 RDI novel The Year of Living Famously. In this novel she explores the ups and downs of having a famous husband.

Kyra Felis, a native New Yorker, is a semi-famous clothing designer in her own right when she meets Declan McKenna, a handsome Irish actor who has just completed a major movie that is yet to be released. The attraction is immediate and mutual, although Declan is supposedly seeing a famous movie star, Laura Stapleton, at the time. However, the two of them soon find themselves sending flirtatious emails back and forth, culminating in a face to face meeting, and eventually, Kyra moving to Venice, CA to be with him.

Things are fine, and the two of them even end up getting married. However, Declan’s movie is finally released, and it is an instant Box-Office sensation. Overnight he becomes a well-known star, and Kyra quickly finds out that being married to a famous actor isn’t easy. As a matter of fact, it is downright dangerous, what with deranged fans looking in their windows, desperate women sending crazy letters, and the tabloid frenzy that examines their every move and starts spreading rumors that Declan is cheating. Will Kyra be able to handle this? Will her sudden fame help, or destroy, her budding design business? Find out by reading this well-written, absorbing novel.

I’ve come to expect that any novel by this author will be well-written, out of the ordinary, unusual story lines that are ultimately satisfying. This book is no exception – I adored it. The characterization is excellent; the story moves right along and is riveting.

Overall I highly recommend this book – as well as Laura Caldwell’s other two!

5 stars
reviewed by Rian

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