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A review by scottiesandbooks
Far From Perfect by Holly Smale
4.0
“We are all so busy editing a perfect version of ourselves, we don’t notice everyone else is faking too”
Thank you to Kaleidoscope tours for allowing me to read and review this little gem of a book! This is the second book in the Valentine series, but you don’t need to have read the first to pick it up! To be honest it’s a book meant for people half my age BUT that did not stop me from loving every second of it!
Faith Valentine has it all- fame, money and extraordinary beauty. But what she wants more than anything is a quiet life away from the cameras. Except nobody ever asks Faith what she wants, and her family’s expectations are crushing her.
The world thinks she’s perfect, but is there more to perfection than meets the eye?
This is not just another rom-com young adult book about the perfect girl with the perfect life and the perfect boy. You know the type of book that makes young readers strive for that perfect life, hate themselves and try and conjure up the perfect version of themselves on social media just for likes and potential fame. Oh no! This takes all those books and characters, rips them up and says to the young readers “you know all that is fake right!?”
Honestly couldn’t recommend this enough if you have a teenager in your household! It highlights the fakeness of social media and how celebrities only put out the “perfect” version of themselves (which probably isn’t even a version of themselves anyways). In a world where our teenagers think the only way to be someone is by increasing the amount of followers you have, this will show them that it’s ok to be themselves and that they should WANT TO be themselves!
Such a brilliantly executed book, with loads of hilarious moments as well as some sad ones. As an adult I absolutely adored it!
Thank you to Kaleidoscope tours for allowing me to read and review this little gem of a book! This is the second book in the Valentine series, but you don’t need to have read the first to pick it up! To be honest it’s a book meant for people half my age BUT that did not stop me from loving every second of it!
Faith Valentine has it all- fame, money and extraordinary beauty. But what she wants more than anything is a quiet life away from the cameras. Except nobody ever asks Faith what she wants, and her family’s expectations are crushing her.
The world thinks she’s perfect, but is there more to perfection than meets the eye?
This is not just another rom-com young adult book about the perfect girl with the perfect life and the perfect boy. You know the type of book that makes young readers strive for that perfect life, hate themselves and try and conjure up the perfect version of themselves on social media just for likes and potential fame. Oh no! This takes all those books and characters, rips them up and says to the young readers “you know all that is fake right!?”
Honestly couldn’t recommend this enough if you have a teenager in your household! It highlights the fakeness of social media and how celebrities only put out the “perfect” version of themselves (which probably isn’t even a version of themselves anyways). In a world where our teenagers think the only way to be someone is by increasing the amount of followers you have, this will show them that it’s ok to be themselves and that they should WANT TO be themselves!
Such a brilliantly executed book, with loads of hilarious moments as well as some sad ones. As an adult I absolutely adored it!