Perfect You by Elizabeth Scott

Perfect You By Elizabeth Scott

Available in Swift Current Library: Yes

General Topics: Life, Friendship, Family, Love

Rating out of 5: 3 1/2 out of 5

Summary: 16 year old Kate Brown is a normal girl until things start suddenly going wrong. Her best friend Anna has found her way into the popular crowd while forgetting Kate exists. Her father has decided to follow his dream, selling Perfect You vitamins at the mall while dressed like a bumblebee, and he has decided that he needs Kate's assistance. Her overbearing grandmother has moved into her house and her collage aged brother refuses to move out. To top it all off, she has fallen for the most annoying guy at school, Will. But is life as bad as it seems or does she make herself believe it is?

Good points:

- Realistic

- Short chapters make for easy "Pick-up-and-go" Reading.

- Interesting main characters

Bad points:

- Cliche and predictable

- Extremely fast paced

Overall review: It was good. The main character was witty and sarcastic and made the reading more enjoyable. However, it was completely cliche. The ending though, was very sudden and unexpected, the most realistic part of the whole book. It would have been better if she would have drawn the plot out more rather then rushing through it all, but the well made characters can make up for some of the flaws. The realistic family issues will have you relating, and Kate's inner monologue occasionally had me laughing. If I had one reason not to recommend this book, it would be how painfully cliche it is. Until almost the end it is almost completely unrealistic. My father would freak out on me if he walked in on me french kissing someone. I probably won't get the most popular guy at school. My popular friend might not really miss me and feel bad. My brother might not get his life together and my parents might fight in front of me. HOWEVER, at the end, that cliche was dropped. It became more like life, a little bittersweet.

If you liked this book try: My Mother is a French Fry and Further Proof of my Fuzzed Up Life by Collen Sydor

Visit the authors website at: www.elizabethwrites.com