Review: The Eleven - #She Died Famous Universe - Kyle Rutkin - March 2024 Would you sell your soul to become famous, despite the consequences and warnings? This is the third book I have read from Kyle Rutkin and each one has a similar theme running through the books and is all connected through the eyes being closed with a gold/yellow blindfold and explores the dark world of Hollywood and the lengths people will go to get somewhere in the world, even if it means giving up all their soul and the things, they love the most. At the end of Influencer Island by Kyle Rutkin, we read more about a secret society named The Eleven. In The Eleven, we go further deeper into the society and we first meet Conner a journalist who is determined to find out about this society, and its references and grab the story of his lifetime. Especially since he knows it is connected to a recent celebrity disappearance. Conner tracks down screenwriter Kohl Reynolds who happens to be dying and Kohl is ready to ...

Review: Influencer Island - She Died Famous Universe - Kyle Rutkin - July 2022 As I started reading this book, I was reminded of an earlier book and I had to flick through my reviews to remind me as the cover with the gold blindfold and then one of the early characters named Kelly Trozzo sounded very familiar. As I scrolled through, I came across the book I had been thinking about "She Died Famous" and noticed there was a connection. Influencer Island is set in the same universe as She Died Famous and is set after the book. In this book, we meet Cal - a podcaster and a journalist who is obsessed with a famous painter who rivals Banksy - Wyatt James. However, this painter takes his painting to the extreme as everyone he paints is dead. This book starts with a crazy competition that entices Influencers with a chance to become famous on an exclusive island. The thing though that what these influencers don't realise is that if they fail at a challenge, then death is the pun...

Review: She Died Famous - Kyle Rutkin - July 2019 This was an interesting read as I opened it and was presented with a book that was written in different forms as it had blog posts, magazine articles, and interviews as well as police interrogation. It also had a book within a book situation going on as the lines between reality blurred with fiction and in the end, readers are left wondering what is happening and what is fact and what is fiction. The book also creates a narrative that leads the reader to discover the truth about what happened. She Died Famous starts with a blog post from author Kaleb Reed talking about how he is the prime suspect in the murder of Singer and Child Actress Kelly Trozzo and her manager Barry. The book then jumps back to Kelly tweeting about Kaleb's book Pay Me Back Alice and talks about their first meeting and how both their lives become intertwined. It was a crazy chaotic relationship, some called it a fairytale romance as Kaleb's book saved Kel...