By Anna-Marie McLemore
Thanks so much to Netgalley and Macmillan Children’s Publishing Group for providing me with an eARC upon my request for review considerations! All opinions are my own.
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What’s it about?
The Soler sisters are infamous in polite society—brazen, rebellious, and raised by their fashionable grandmother who couldn’t care less about which fork goes where. But their grandmother also knows the standards that two Latina young ladies will be held to, so she secures them two coveted places at the Alarie House, a prominent finishing school that turns out first ladies, princesses, and socialites.
Younger sister Isla is back home within a day. She refuses to become one of the eerily sweet Alarie girls in their prim white dresses. Older sister Renata stays. When she returns months later, she’s unfailingly pleasant, unnervingly polite, and, Isla discovers, possibly murderous. And the same night she returns home, she vanishes.
As their grandmother uses every connection she has to find Renata, Isla re-enrolls, intent on finding out what happened to her sister. But the Alarie House is as exacting as it is opulent. It won’t give up its secrets easily, and neither will a mysterious, conniving girl who’s either controlling the house, or carrying out its deadly orders.
Why I Started This Book
The cover really got me on this one! It just looked so cool, unique, and gorgeous!!
My First Thoughts
This book kind of reminded me of We Set the Dark on Fire, a book I enjoyed quite a bit, at the beginning!
My Rating
This book wasn’t my fav, but there some elements that I really enjoyed!!
What I loved
The characters, specifically the MC, are nicely portrayed! They are strong and also rebellious! This helped create some really great meaning for the story!
Setting was pretty cool! It felt very proper and mysterious! This made the story very intriguing at first! Also, it really fit the vibe of the story and made a nice mood!
Flawless Girls had a pretty good meaning! It felt rather empowering, and like I said earlier the characters are great! I feel like this really elevated the book and gave it some nice depth!!
What I Disliked
I wasn’t a huge fan of the plot. It kind of felt like the book was all over the place, and it didn’t really follow one story. This made it mildly confusing and somewhat strange! While I liked the idea of the plot, throughout the story I didn’t enjoy it that much.
One of the genres of this book is horror. Personally, I didn’t find the book very scary, which was kind of disappointing! I noticed several parts that seemed like they should be scary, but for me they weren’t.
Book vs. Movie
There’s no movie based off of Flawless Girls!
Should You Read It?
Maybe! This book wasn’t my favorite, but if the description sounds good you could totally give it a try!!
Conclusion
Flawless Girls is a YA mystery thriller that has good characters and great messages! I wasn’t a huge fan of the plot, and I was a little disappointed by the lack of horror! Overall, this book might’ve been really good, but I personally didn’t love it!
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