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A review by jordanmichelle12
Perfect Chemistry by Simone Elkeles
This book was the very first in the young adult contemporary genre that I liked reading. I went through it so quickly and then after reading it I wanted to read it again and again. The story is a bit of a modern take of Grease, Pretty in Pink, and Westside story, with the main characters being a rich girl, and a boy from the wrong side of the tracks.
Simone Eckeles did a good job portraying the gang dynamic to make it feel real to the reader. She also did a good job of making Alex's character seem like the hero instead of having him just as this hard-ass gang member that no one would of liked.
Then with Brittany's character with her having this "everything's perfect" act on the outside, while everything is far from it at home, and with her boyfriend. Throughout the book you see her as this real person instead of what most people of this fake superficial rich girl from the north side. And, other than the difference that you see in Alex and Brittany in the beginning you see how much alike they are as their story goes on.
In the book you get chapters alternating between both Brittany and Alex. Which was good since you get to see if from both of their prospectives and also when they both develop feeling for one another and how they affect each other. I don't think I would of liked it if it was just in Brittany's POV or Alex's POV, because there would be a lot of things that wouldn't be there and where I would of wanted another book just to get any questions I wanted answered.
Overall, Perfect Chemistry was an amazing book. You learn a lot in the book from gangs, and gang violence, and how these two fall in love with everything against them. It's one of those books that I would pick up again and again and get back into this story, and I would recommend this book to that likes anything in this genre.
Simone Eckeles did a good job portraying the gang dynamic to make it feel real to the reader. She also did a good job of making Alex's character seem like the hero instead of having him just as this hard-ass gang member that no one would of liked.
Then with Brittany's character with her having this "everything's perfect" act on the outside, while everything is far from it at home, and with her boyfriend. Throughout the book you see her as this real person instead of what most people of this fake superficial rich girl from the north side. And, other than the difference that you see in Alex and Brittany in the beginning you see how much alike they are as their story goes on.
In the book you get chapters alternating between both Brittany and Alex. Which was good since you get to see if from both of their prospectives and also when they both develop feeling for one another and how they affect each other. I don't think I would of liked it if it was just in Brittany's POV or Alex's POV, because there would be a lot of things that wouldn't be there and where I would of wanted another book just to get any questions I wanted answered.
Overall, Perfect Chemistry was an amazing book. You learn a lot in the book from gangs, and gang violence, and how these two fall in love with everything against them. It's one of those books that I would pick up again and again and get back into this story, and I would recommend this book to that likes anything in this genre.