Review: In Review: Flawed Perfection (Beautifully Flawed #1) by Cassandra Giovanni
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 04 3, 2014
Flawed Perfection is a story of friendship and love. There's a love triangle, which I'm not always fond of, but kind of enjoyed in this book, and a friends to lovers story, which I almost always love. There's a great cast of characters and the novel is very realistic. The friendships, the relationships between characters, the feelings and emotions evoked by both were all very believable. As I review this book, I'm pretty much going to skip over talking about the plot because I want to avoid any possible spoilers.River has been friends with brothers Bobby and Adam forever. She's been in love with Adam nearly as long. Bobby has been in love with her as well. Adam was the black sheep of his family; Bobby the golden boy. They still managed to have a pretty good relationship, despite their differences. River loved them both in very different ways. They loved her, too. That much was apparent in their actions. It's just that they loved her in different ways than she wanted. Bobby was always very upfront with his feelings for her. Adam's feelings were more of a mystery. There were times it seemed like he just might be into her, but then he'd parade a bunch of women into his apartment, which hurt her.I loved the dynamic between these three, despite the fact they individually drove me completely nuts at times. None of them were perfect, but they remained likable regardless. From the beginning I had very strong feelings about what I wanted to happen in the book, so I found myself frustrated during the times the characters didn't play along. I wanted to scream at River to tell him how she feels. I wanted to tell Bobby to back off just a bit because he could be a bit much at times. I wanted to smack some sense into Adam. I went through a full range of emotions while reading this book. Cassandra writes great characters and I can't wait for more of them.I enjoyed Flawed Perfection. It was sweet and sexy. It focused on not only love but friendship and family. I felt a whole bunch of feels. I love a story with a strong, successful heroine, even if she's a bit dumb when it comes to love. I have to be honest and say that the unexpected twist at the end left me a little angry, a little heartbroken and more than a little anxious to get my hands on the next book in the series.I received a copy of this book from the author in exchange for an honest review.