A review by alicebme
Beauty Queens by Libba Bray

3.0

Well, the way I see it, Bray has sort of two different things she does well: wacky and historical fantasy goth awesomeness. I prefer the latter, but I certainly appreciate the wacky that this book represents. This is likely because it's not weird for weird' s sake. There's a big fat feminist message in there, and it resonates with all the pissed off I personally feel about a woman's role in society. I went to a woman's college in undergrad, and I especially liked this quote from 177. "Maybe girls need an island to find themselves. Maybe they need a place where no one's watching them so they can be who they are." Fo sho.