Review: Simply Perfect
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 01 19, 2012
I was totally in the mood for something different and since I rarely read chick-lit I opted to give this one a shot. Reading the summary it sounded like your typical chick-lit but with enough originality to make it interesting plus there's even...'Magic Treadmills!I won't expand upon that... I'll let you all read about that interesting funny tid-bit. :)Craving Perfect tells the story of Grace Mills, a baker in a pastry café that she co-owns with her sister Kathleen. Grace and Kathleen are quite close considering they are the only family each of them has left after the deaths of their parents. Grace is constantly `craving perfection' and is always trying to lose more weight so that she can hopefully catch the eye of the hot guy at the gym, Max, that she's been ogling over for several weeks. Which kind of turned me off from this novel and Grace in general because it's more than a little obvious that Max is a superficial jerk, but don't worry, you'll end up loving Grace just like me.One day when Grace is at the gym she hops on one of the brand new treadmills (Yes! The Magic Treadmill!) and proceeds to black out and wake up as someone completely different. She comes to and finds herself the spitting image of perfection (read: Barbie) and engaged to Max. But is what she's always dreamed of actually what she wants in the end?This book was GREAT and I loved it... super quick, fun, light read that took me maybe 24 hours to read. (Yes I slept). I loved how the author developed the characters and I loved how I ended up loving Grace in the end. Carlos, was plain adorable and I loved how infatuated he was with Grace even with the extra weight she always said she needed to lose. The writing was spot on and completely enthralling. It was interesting and extremely original story!Low PointThe one and only low point in the novel that made me cringe (but still didn't manage to lower the 5 star rating) was the professions of love after the very first date. You just don't say I love you after the first date. It's corny, clichéd, and it totally makes me flash back to my junior year of High School and how I agreed to go on a date with this guy because I totally loved his car and he told me he loved me after the first date. In case you're wondering, yes, I did learn my lesson.One word of warning there is a lot of talk about raspberry scones. You will end up with a massive craving for them... I know I sure did. To make matters worse there is even a recipe at the end. I'm running to the store to buy raspberries right now.Don't miss out on this little gem of a novel. Highly recommended as a light summer read.