Review: Fun, yet heartbreakingly beautiful.
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 04 23, 2010
I happened to be awake entirely too late and saw Gwen Hayes' tweet about her new short story "Butterface". Knowing that that term means, I decided to go ahead and see what on earth she was writing about.The blurb intrigued me enough that I bought the eBook and started reading immediately. Beth and Lucky caught my attention and held on until the last page. I loved their interaction with each other and how they thought on their own. In fact, I tortured Gwen by live tweeting my favorite lines as I read the story (sorry about that Gwen, they were just too good not to tweet).Despite the fact that I wasn't born with any kind of deformity, I really related to Beth's character. Her scars on the outside aren't really what hurts her... it's what she feels on the inside that tears her apart. Lucky doesn't know this, but he does like her, and I think it's sweet the way he goes about making her his friend and developing his relationship with her.The morons on Lucky's soccer team ticked me off (which is to be expected - they are the reason for the major conflict in the story after all), and made me really happy that I don't go to a larger college where I'd have to deal with jerkfaces like them. Great job on the writing Gwen - you made them jerky enough to evoke real emotion from me. That, to me, is the mark of a good author.Overall, I enjoyed "Butterface". It's a quick read that's fun, but heartbreakingly beautiful at the same time.