Okay, okay. I get it. This is the fourth one I've written about now. I'm a girl on a mission and I'm halfway there. Back up, okay? Now, onto the story.
In this Dessen adventure, we meet Colie. A former fat girl, she's now spending the summer with her aunt as her mother, the fitness guru Kiki Sparks, travels Europe spreading her positive thinking to the masses. Because she was a former chunky monkey, she still believes herself to be of lesser quality on the food chain of life. She hides behind her dark clothes, pitch black hair and oddly placed lip ring. Even in this new town miles away from home, the feelings and taunts from home stick with her and even show up in the form of the girl that started it all. But when she shows up at one of the only restaurants in town during a rush, she's hired and meets Isabel and Morgan. For the first time, she finally has friends and she's unsure how to deal with this new development and how they start treating her.
It's a story completely of redemption and rehabilitation. For anyone who feels like they have been on the outside wondering what it's like on the inside, this is for you. It's easy to envy what you don't know and it's not until you get a look inside that you realize you haven't really been missing anything. We have to learn to appreciate ourselves and love who we are. If we hide behind a few extra pounds, braces, glasses or freckles because we feel it makes us different in a negative way, we end up depriving ourselves of happiness that is only gained through loving everything about ourselves.
There are definitely instances in the book that everyone can relate to. Everyone has something that makes them insecure (unless you think you're absolutely flawless in every way in which case you need a reality check) at one point or another. That's what makes this book such an entertaining read. It's relatable and aren't we all just looking for something that makes us feel less alone?
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