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A review by laural444
Tarnished Beauty by Cecilia Samartin
5.0
I chuckled at the title when I looked at the book in the library. I assumed it was some crappy V.C. Andrews-wannabe with lots of incest and molestation, but skimming through it, I realized the writing was good and the characters seemed solid. I raced through it today because I didn't want to put it down. While washing my floors, I kept pausing to read just one more paragraph.
The story is about a young Mexican girl born with a very dark red birthmark from her shoulders to the back of her knees. She is treated badly because of it (and because she was the product of a rape) and eventually decides to go live "North" (Los Angeles). She meets a cunning old man in a mental hospital who steals her fake documents and won't give them back until she listens to his story. Some books begin strongly, like this one, and then lead to a different story that is boring and detracts from the beginning. Happily enough, both character's stories were entertaining and I just wanted to read more.
The ending is a bit unrealistic, true, but it was a great book.
The story is about a young Mexican girl born with a very dark red birthmark from her shoulders to the back of her knees. She is treated badly because of it (and because she was the product of a rape) and eventually decides to go live "North" (Los Angeles). She meets a cunning old man in a mental hospital who steals her fake documents and won't give them back until she listens to his story. Some books begin strongly, like this one, and then lead to a different story that is boring and detracts from the beginning. Happily enough, both character's stories were entertaining and I just wanted to read more.
The ending is a bit unrealistic, true, but it was a great book.