Perfect reviewed by Molly Varney

By Ellen Hopkins *****

What would you do to be perfect? For four high school students, they can't seem to find perfection. Cara's brother, Conner was put into Aspen Springs after he tried to kill himself and she was left at home with their parents. While dealing with her mother, who expected nothing but perfection from her, and her father, who offered no emotions whatsoever, she found herself dealing with her feelings for another girl, Dani. Sean was Cara's old boyfriend before she left him and felt like the only thing he could do was play baseball. His problem was steroids- lots of them. After Cara broke up with him he started to do more than he normally would. Andre finally found the one thing he was good at, which was dance. Although his parents disproved of it he wanted to pursue his dream. His new girlfriend, Jenna was a bit of a problem. She was beautiful and liked showing it off, but she was getting into a bad habit of drinking away her problems and Andre felt compelled to help her. Kendra thought that her whole life revolved around winning pageants and eventually becoming a professional model. She doesn't know how far she will take it to get to the top though. She already had an eating problem and her mother ignored it because she also wanted her to accomplish her dreams, at any cost. All four of these teenagers are trying to be perfect, but how far will they go?

I gave this book five stars because I love all of Ellen Hopkins' books, although all of them are pretty depressing. Perfect is the companion to Impulse and I loved both of them. The way all of the characters know each other, one way or another, was really cool. I also really liked how the book is set up, so you really know all of the characters. The books are really sad near the end, but the stories of all the different characters are really interesting.