Summary:
She's a fashion model who has everything: a boyfriend, a career a loyal best friend. But when a sudden freeway "accident" leaves her disfigured and incapable of speech, she goes from being the beautiful center of attention to being an invisible monster, so hideous that no one will acknowledge she exists. Enter Brandy Alexander, Queen Supreme, one operation away from becoming a real woman, who will teach her that reinventing yourself means erasing your past and making up something better. And that salvation hides in the last places you'll ever want to look.
My Thoughts:
I really thought I was going to like this book. But the writing style, insufferable characters, and disappointing ending ruined the experience for me. The main character, who we later learns name is Shannon, is the narrator, and she consistently tells the story out of order practically every paragraph going to a different point in time. But the first chapter seems intriguing - until you get to the end, where the plot twist happens and it's not great. Shannon is an unreliable narrator up till the end, which is usually something I enjoy. But I felt nothing for the characters, not even Shannon. From the beginning, she tells us her brother died from AIDs, but we find out later that he turned into Brandy and faked his death. The characters are all self destructive for no reason - except maybe the main character. We learn that Shannon's "accident" was really something she did to herself as a social experiment to start over and be a different person. Insufferable characters aren't always a problem for me, but the writing style was the nail in the coffin for the reason I did not enjoy this book at all.
My Rating: 2 stars
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