Perfect You B1

Mandy Kielar
Class: B1
Book: Perfect You
Author: Elizabeth Scott
Pages: 282
Rating: ****Really Liked it!

Recommendation: This book is definitely the type of book you don't want to put down until you're finished. The book is probably more of a girls book, because girls will be able to relate to this teenage girls drama filled life. It's a love story, but also a tragedy at the same time. There was never a moment where something interesting or exciting isn't happening.


Summary: Perfect You is a story about a teenage girl named Kate. Her best friend Anna moved away for the summary and they still kept in touch, but the somehow stopped talking to eachother. Kate misses her so much, but when she goes to school Anna's a competely different person, she's beautiful, skinny, popular, and has the boyfriend that every girl wants... and worst of all, she acts as if kate doesn't exist. And to make things worse, Kate's dad decided to quit his job and start selling "Perfect You" vitamins and the mall and he's making Kate work for him, which is extremely embarassing for Kate because everyone thinks her dad is crazy. Kate know's a boy named Will that's known for hooking up with half the school. One day when Kate is taking out some trash to the dumpsters during work, Will happens to be there and ends up kisses her. And their somewhat secret after work hook up relationship continues to get jucier from there on out. Another battle Kate is going through is her family is really low on money so that creates a lot of problems for her family. Then Anna decides to talk to her again, but only when they're alone. Kate is having one of the worst years of her life, but it's also one of the best.


Explanation of Rating: I gave this this book 4 stars because it was so exciting and touching at the same time. I really liked this book because stories like this do happen in real life. It really caught the perspective on how a teenage girl in high school feels, and i could realate to a few things in this book. The author was very descriptive on Kate's feelings and I felt like the author over did it a couple times, but by the end of the book I felt like i'd known Kate all my life! There are multiple lessons you can learn from this book. It's funny, romantic, and sad all at the same time. And it has a great ending, it gave me goosebumps!


Favorite Passage:
"I guess I'm not the kind of girl guys want to be with, okay?"
I waited for Grandma to say something, but she just looked at me for a long moment.
"I want to tell you something," she finally said, her voice quiet. "You tell yourself that you aren't something or that you can't be something, and you know what? It will become true. You have to decide who you are and what you can do and then go after what you want. Because believe me, no one is going to give it to you."
"Grandma..."
She patted my arm. "Think about it, darling, all right? The world will knock you down plenty. You dont need to be doing it to yourself."

- I really liked this passage because i thought it was excellent advice and it's so true!