A girl's quest for perfection results in dangerous consequences in this smart, suspenseful YA novel by the author of Playlist for the Dead. Fans of We Were Liars and The Secret History will devour this layered, ensemble-cast novel, which will keep readers thinking—and guessing—until the final pages.
How far would you go to be perfect?
Kara has the perfect life. She gets perfect grades. She never messes up. Until now. Because perfection is an illusion, and Kara has been struggling to maintain it for as long as she can remember. Which is why she does something she never thought she'd do. Something risky—and illegal.
Before she knows it, Kara's life veers wildly off its perfect course, and she's thrown headlong into a world of new friends, wild parties, alluring romance, and dark secrets. She's forced to confront how far she's willing to go to be perfect—and in the end, if that's something she really wants to be.
My Review:
This was a pretty great book! It's not for me, while there was some mystery elements in this book, this is mainly a contemporary. Kara was an interesting character, she's all about being perfect, or at least, looking like it. But it really isn't.
Sometimes, I'm my own worst enemy. I know I don't do as well with contemporaries as I do with other books. But then FOMO hits me when I read the synopsis, and I can't help but picking up ARC's that I probably shouldn't have. Like this one.
I'm in Canada, so I've never taken the SAT's. But they sound really stressful, and I know one book talked about how there are other methods of determining who should be accepted to any given collage. The fact that she takes illegal drugs to calm herself for the test, just is another example of why alternative methods should become the norm.
And oh, the story that unfolded from there was really great! Well, not for Kara who has to deal with being blackmailed over buying the drugs. I just had to find out how she was going to get out of it-and how long and what she would have to go through before she did! And it was a blast reading it!
This was a really fantastic story, it's just one that isn't for me!
Author: Michelle Falkoff
Read: May 28th, 2021
Source: Edelweiss
Reason Why: Sounds really great, and it's a SAC 2021 Book and a Sophomore Challenge Book!
Publisher: Harper Teen
Published: October 25th 2016
Author: Michelle Falkoff
Read: May 28th, 2021
Source: Edelweiss
Reason Why: Sounds really great, and it's a SAC 2021 Book and a Sophomore Challenge Book!
Publisher: Harper Teen
Published: October 25th 2016
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