Hollywood Bliss refers to two books by Chloe Rayban about Hollywood Bliss Winterman, the thirteen-year-old daughter of pop icon Kandhi, the tenth richest woman in the world. Holly absolutely hates being in the public eye and would rather live a normal life, but Kandhi is determined to turn her daughter into a younger version of her.The books are:
My Life Starring Mum: After a letter comes threatening Holly's safety, she is taken out of boarding school and is now living with her mother in a London hotel. She soon realizes that Kandhi is hoping to turn her into a miniature version of her, when all she wants is a normal home, school and a life without someone watching her every move.
Hollywood Bliss: My Life So Far: When Kandhi decides to move to New York, Holly has to go too, and new challenges with her mother are already cropping up. All she wants are what every teenager has - a home, a pet and a boyfriend.
This series contains examples of:
- Affectionate Nickname and Embarrassing Nickname: Holly's dad calls her "Holly-Poppy", which embarrasses her.
- Animal Lover: Holly loves animals and would like to be a vet when she grows up. her wish list reflects it. Early on, her number one wish was to have a pet (which she gets), and she also wants a visit to a Bengal Tigers reserve and that caged birds become banned. When she takes her dad's dog to a vet, the vet tells her she has a way with animals.
- Appearance Angst: Holly has a Top Ten Wish List, which includes "Boobs (any size beyond AA)", "Hair that doesn't frizz when damp" and "Smaller feet". She admits in the second book that she could take the first off her list as she's slowly getting what she wants naturally.
- Belligerent Sexual Tension: Holly and Shug, particularly in the second book. The book ends with their first kiss.
- Celebrity Is Overrated: Holly feels this way, and Kandhi refuses to accept that maybe her daughter doesn't want to be like her, repeatedly telling her how lucky she is.
- Embarrassing First Name: Hollywood, like many celebrity baby names, isn't exactly an easy name to have. No wonder she shortens it to Holly.
- Everybody Hates Mathematics: Holly's worst subjects are Maths and Science, which conflict with her career hopes to become a vet.
- Flirty Stepsiblings: Holly eventually becomes this with Shug, her mom's new husband's son. The second book ends with their first kiss being in the news.
- Generation Xerox: Kandhi tries to invoke this with Holly. It doesn't work, especially as Holly isn't interested in being a star.
- Hot for Teacher: Rupert Smithers, Holly's tutor in the first book. She takes one look at him and decides she's in love. In the second book, she realizes she didn't love him, she just fancied him.
- Immoral Journalist: Holly accidentally tells someone on the phone that her mother's date stood her up before getting suspicious and asking who the other person is, to which the woman replies "Just a friend" and hangs up. The next day, there's a story about it. Holly is just lucky that her mother doesn't know it was her that told the press.
- Media Scrum: Happens to Holly when the press finds out she's up to play her mother in a biopic, all of them assuming she's already got the role. She is horrified at being hounded this way and reinforces her dislike of being in the public eye.
- Romantic False Lead: Gina Locardi is this to Shug. She eventually dumps him for constantly talking about another girl. Holly wonders who this is for a long time until texting Gina to ask. Gina texts back that it was Holly he was talking about the whole time.
- Screw the Rules, I'm Famous!: Kandhi tries to do this sometimes.
- Stage Mom: Kandhi tries to force Holly into playing the teenage version of her in a biographical film of her. Holly clearly doesn't want to (even saying the worst outcome of the audition would be her getting the part), but she goes to the auditions, but eventually refuses to do her second audition because she thinks the part is a lock for her, it's not fair to the other girls and she doesn't want it anyway.
- Tracking Device: Kandhi does this twice. She tries giving Holly a watch and makes the mistake of mentioning the tracking device in it before Holly even puts it on. She later gives Holly a cellphone without telling her about the tracking device, but later she uses it to find Holly in a subway station.
- Wacky Parent, Serious Child: Both books rely on this dynamic between Kandhi and Holly, but Holly's relationship with her dad also fits this, as he's almost as off-kilter as Kandhi is, although not as famous.
