Perfect - Ellen Hopkins

 

Title:Perfect
Author: Ellen Hopkins
Publisher: Margaret k Mcelderry books
Page Count: 662
Series: Companion novel to Impluse
Discloser: Bought
Goodreads: Link

Days have past since I Finished Perfect by Ellen Hopkins, and to be honest, I am still feeling pretty good about myself. There's something about Ellen Hopkins books for me at least that makes me feel better about myself, there is at least always something that relates to me.

With Perfect it was the fact that all these people were striving for the best, but not for themselves Cara wants to be the perfect daughter for her parents, but her struggling with her sexuality makes that hard for her to come to terms with. Sean, wants to be the perfect baseball player, and he will do whatever it takes to get there, Kendra, wants to be a model size 2, and if that means not eating well that's what she's going to do. Andre has talent and wants to use it, but he has to hide it from his parents.

This book is a Companion Novel to Impulse, and the two take place at the same time, and the two are pretty much seamlessly connected, It was really cool to see how Conner's (one of the Main Characters in Impulse) Effected those back at home, His sister, (Cara) his Ex-Girlfriend (Kendra) His team mates (Sean) and he even affected a totally stranger (Andre).

This book has something for everyone, because I am sure nobody think of themselves as perfect. I know the first time my mother called me fat, I remember what I was wearing, where I was standing, what I was looking at, and most of all how it made me feel. And We all have moments like that, where people our choices make or break us, I could of  agreed with her, and then stopped eating, or but I didn't. And I think its important for those of who may be struggling with things like eating disorders, drug abuse (to better enhance performance) or just all together coming to terms with who they are, should read this book. It is really eye opening.

The Characters are life like, and they are human, they have human reactions to things, and the description of the drug use has shocking motivation behind it.

After the letdown that was Tricks (Sorry I really disliked that book) I am glad to have another amazing Ellen Hopkins book!

If you've read Perfect, you might want to check out Ellen other books:
Crank Series (Crank, Glass, Fallout and Flirting with the Monster)
Burned 
Impulse (Companion novel)
Identical (Jaw drooping effen amazing novel)
Tricks (good book, I just thought more could of been done with it)