At school, Adam asks Anna out on a date and she agrees, in hopes of getting over Ben, who continues to send grand romantic gestures.

Anna's older sister Susan arrives in Los Angeles and takes up residence at the Beverly Hills Hotel.

Anna accepts an after-school internship with Margaret and her first assignment is to escort a screenwriter to an upcoming industry party.

Separately, Anna tells Sam and Susan that she only sees Adam as a friend and can't stop thinking about Ben.

Back in Los Angeles, Cammie convinces Susan to break her sobriety and she shows up drunk at the industry party, embarrassing herself and Anna.

Of it, Kirkus wrote, "this guilty pleasure of a read again offers girls the fun of peeking through a chink in the gated walls of the rich, the beautiful, and the mean.

"[1]School Library Journal criticized the plot, saying, "Though the issues and scenes are current, the book reads like fantasy as this much intrigue would wear out even the most devious, superficial girl-on-the-go" but noted that it was "[i]rresistible mind candy that teens will devour."