Love Will Tear Us Apart

by Tara McCarthy

Two's Company When thirty-five-year-old celebrity journalist Sloan Madden is asked to write a biography of Grammy-winning pop princesses Flora and Fauna Sparks -- sexy seventeen-year-old Siamese twins who are joined at the hip -- she thinks it'll be an easy, lucrative gig. But as soon as she takes the job, Sloan discovers that the Sparks sisters' empire hides deep cracks. She's barely signed her book contract before Fauna confesses her secret dream: she wants to record a solo album. Three's a Crowd Moving into a guest suite at the Joint -- the symmetrical Beverly Hills home the twins share with their Bud-sucking father, Fred -- perpetually single Sloan can't help but start to view her own life differently. Suddenly everything from the affair she's having with debonair screenwriter Brian Understahl, to her unrequited love for her best friend, Travis, to herodd, burgeoning desire for the twins' troubled father leaves her wondering whether couplehood isn't overrated -- whether there isn't something more to life. But redemption comes at a price. And with Flora and Fauna pulling her into their downward spiral of catfights, career sabotage, drug abuse, sex, and jealousy, Sloan stands to lose as much as she has to gain.

320 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2005

Reviews

[Lisa Gallagher · Rating 1 out of 5]

Insipid.

[Paula · Rating 1 out of 5]

I wanted to enjoy this, and I tried. The premise was intriguing enough for me to start reading, but honestly, the more I read, the harder it was to make myself complete the journey. It was one of those trips where you don't turn back and go home, because you hope for something good at the end of the road.
Nope. Landed in Armpit, USA.
This is the first book I have ever tried to delete from my Kindle.
Haven't figured that out yet...
I don't like to give bad reviews or ratings, and will put it out there that there are probably lots of people out there who will like this, but it just wasn't for me.

[Preet · Rating 2 out of 5]

This book was a little out there. I wasn't able to wrap my head around most of it.

[Leslie Dowling · Rating 3 out of 5]

Super fast read (plowed through in just a few hours). Not great but it did keep my interest.