Im honestly not sure why I requested this back in the day. Not sure if its because it seemed hard hitting or what it was about it honestly.

A young adult novel about self-esteem and weight and a cautionary tale about deception and trust. Although not the greatest writing (IMHO), this is sure to appeal to teen girls. Leah is overweight, but friendly with several popular girls. When they befriend an older, good-looking mysterious man one night, Leah begins a "friendship" with him -- sharing text messages while posing as the prettier (thinner) Kristy. As expected, things don't go as planned.

For adults, this will seem predictable and contrived at times, but I suspect teen girls will like the story and how Leah resolves the scary situation that her deception produces. Not bad for popular YA fiction, just not the best.

3/5 stars.

I'm not sure that I feel either way about this book. Mean girl books are a guilty pleasure of mine but holy guacamole Kristy is MEAN! Classic spoiled rich girl. Leah, however, isn't exactly perfect either. The guy sounds like he's thirty, which is .... gross to say the least. I feel like all the best characters were pushed aside and need to be fleshed out a little more.

So I figured this book would be my next read ... no I got only 10% into this before I had to stop. The main character Leah? From the get go I found her whiny. She always put herself down and compared herself to Kristy. For a second I thought the book was about her she mentioned her so many times. Kristy is a b-word. Her mom has cancer and she is so rude to her. The other friend Corrine she wasn't important to me. I was hoping to like this book because the summary sounded good but with a whiny insecure character like Leah I just couldn't handle that for 2 more hours.

I got through about 164 pages of this before I just decided to stop.
None of the characters are like able, and when they do start to become like able, they go back to their friends that are horrible to them. I really like the premise of this book, I just think it could have been done a little differently and it would have so much better.

Thank you Net Galley and the publisher for this ARC

My review: 3 out of 5



I read this book a little bit ago and forgot to write a review on it. It was a good book. It just wasn't that memorable. I liked it, don't get me wrong, but it wasn't a book I would recommend to my friend off the top of my head.



The whole thing makes me a little mad honestly because the main character Leah has this pretend romance with a guy she called (that she doesn't know) and basically thrives off of her conversations with him. Not the smartest thing to do. For me I grew up being told that wasn't right and the dangers of talking to strangers. But I also have to remember that Leah grew up differently then I did. No father, alcoholic mother and not the best of friends.



What I really like about this book though was that Leah learns what it means to be a real friend. She figures out who is and isn't a real friend to her and she learns a valuable life lesson.

Great read about the struggles of being a teenager! I found the characters to be well developed and the story to flow well. The struggles with self-identity and understanding were very moving. Wonderful read for a teen.