Rating: 3/5 πππ
Genre: Mystery, Young Adult
Published on: Feb 14, 2023
Review:
This book was a total cover love for me. I was caught by the bright colors like a magpie and I love that little play on βLifeβ & βLieβ in the title. That was pretty clever, and I understood why when I got to the end of the story.
At first, I did like HanaβI even admired how she turned her life around when her father was arrested for the hit-and-run he was involved in. But as I got to know her better, there was just something that kept nagging at me.
James, on the other hand, was my favorite character and I liked how genuine he was.
My Flawless Life had a gripping storylineβsecrets woven within secretsβand the author did a fantastic job crafting this story so you don’t see that monumental twist coming.
Reviews are highly subjective, and though I keep mine spoiler-free, my values and moral principles have a huge impact on how a book affects me. I believe in people being held accountable for their actions and I’m not forgiving by nature so the ending didn’t sit right with me, including one of the characters who supposedly tried to make things right but was no better.
That said, I liked the author’s writing style and would have enjoyed the story more with a different ending.
Thanks to HarperCollins Canada for the ARC in exchange for an honest review.
Stay tuned.
βΌLyn
My Flawless Life features a compelling narrator who grapples with the secrets of her private school classmates as well as her own life.
At the most elite private school in Washington, DC., whenever anyone has a problem that they need to go away, they hire Hana Yang Lerner.
Hana is a fixer. She knows who to call, what to say, and how to make sure secrets stay where they belong–buried. She can fix anything. Except her own life, which was destroyed when her father, senator Skip Lerner, was arrested for an accident that left one woman nearly dead.
Now Hana’s reputation is ruined and her friends are gone. So when she gets a job from an anonymous client called “Three” to follow her former best friend, Luce Herrera, Hana realizes this might be her way of getting back her old life.
But the dangerous thing about digging is that you never know what you’ll unearth. As Hana uncovers a dark truth about her supposedly flawless classmates, she’s forced to face a secret of her own.
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