This book was every bit of inspirational as I was hoping that it would be. I had preordered my book only a day before it’s release. As I was waiting for my book to arrived I checked out the reviews and was surprised to see so many negative reviews. I saw that a lot of the reviews weren’t from verified purchases but I was a bit confused how they were so many bad reviews that popped up on the same day the book was released. I loved Erika on the RHOBH, she didn’t seem that she would write “just another housewife book” but since all I know of her is what I’ve seen on TV and don’t know her personally was I completely wrong about the whole thing?Once the book arrived I understood everything. I’ve only written one other book review in my life but wanted to write this review in case anyone else was wondering “ what the heck is going on here?”When I opened a book and started reading I was wondering if the rest of the book would be written like this and how come, even though I had just received the book – how come her tone sounded so familiar?Then I realized that I had heard the tone before and probably used it myself. I feel terrible saying this but it’s almost like a coping mechanism for being in a traumatic situation. The book starts out very matter of fact (even with the complicated relationships) with her shows being as her benchmarks. It's almost like she lived through her childhood without fully LIVING her childhood because she wasn't allowed to have one. So she went into survival mode and as a single child with no other reference point she did her thing.When her life shifted YOU feel the shift in the book. She takes you further into her world. Through her rejections, the numerous times she jumped for it, and the stories that you didn’t even see coming at every turn of the page. I respect her on an entirely new level now.The book isn’t going to be for everyone, but I think that’s the point.It doesn’t have to be for everyone.Even if she is on reality television she seems kind of a private person and maybe it was her way of letting us into her world with the hopes that a little bit of Erika Jayne might inspire someone and lift them up along the way.If your are looking for a “spill all” secrets with dirt about everyone this book isn’t it.But if you need to escape to another world where there is a real life “Pretty Woman” scenario, someone is fighting to the odds to make it- does, and still continues pushing the boundaries in a world that people feel more comfortable when they can define it with similarities and rules.Then this is the book for you and for anyone else who finds hustling inspiring and admires anyone else who goes out there and “does her thing”, even when she’s scared.