Review: Bad Girls with Perfect Faces by Lynn Weingarten

Bad Girls with Perfect Faces by Lynn Weingarten
My rating: 5 of 5 stars


                          The Blurb          

According to Sasha no one is ever going to be good enough for her best friend Xavier.Sasha would do anything to stop Xavier from getting hurt,especially by his cheating ex Ivy who has suddenly reappeared back in the picture.Worried that Xavier is ready to forgive and forget,Sasha decides to do a little catfishing.She poses as a hot guy online,to prove cheaters never change.

But Sasha`s plan goes wrong fast,and soon the lies lead down a path from which there is no return.

                                   
                                                    My Thoughts

Told in chapters that alternate between Sasha and Xavier and also including italicized chapters that are voiced by a unknown person this is a dark tale that is split into two parts.The reader spends most of the first part getting to know the players in this twist packed drama.You know something bad is going to happen,you have a good idea who it's going to happen too,you just don't know what is going to happen and who is involved.Then the event occurs and Sasha`s life falls apart completely.The second part is packed full of tension,twists and unexpected revelations that took me by surprise.The characters were well developed,realistic and believable,all of them had hidden secrets,complex behavioural issues and not one of the characters had any likeable qualities.

I don't normally read young adult titles but the blurb for this one grabbed my attention and I'm really glad I requested this book.I was hooked from the gripping prologue right through to the unexpected ending,I changed my mind a number of times about who was voicing the italicized parts.I loved the tree branch illustrations at the start of the chapters.It's a well written,dark,gripping tale of young love,obsession,friendships,mind games,mental illness,control,misinterpretation and the fear and confusion our emotions cause us to feel when we are in the limbo years between being a teenager and a adult.I thought it was a very very good book and I would happily read more books by this author in the future.

PUBLICATION DATE : 11 January 2018

PUBLISHER : Electric Monkey

GENRE : Y/A psychological thriller

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https://www.amazon.co.uk/Girls-Perfect-Faces-Lynn-Weingarten-ebook/dp/B075LB8TPP/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1515686149&sr=1-1&keywords=Bad+girls+with+perfect+faces