Review: 3.5 Perfectly Flawed Stars
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 03 8, 2014
Flawed Perfection is the first book I have read by up and coming author Cassandra Giovanni and seeing as I love hockey and can never say no to a rock star/musician, I figured this book was written just for me.  What I found was that while I enjoyed the book and felt that the story had stellar potential with a great premise and a surprising twist, there were a few things that just weren’t there for me.The characters seemed pretty underdeveloped.  There was so much to their story of growing up together, there was so much that could have been explored within the 10 years that River has been in love with Adam, and there was so much that could have been said about the dynamic of the friendship between all three, but there wasn’t much back story and not a lot to latch on to with each character so that you really cared about them and cheered them on.The plot seemed a bit thin.  Up until the very end there wasn’t a whole lot that was going on other than the tension between the three friends and in all actuality it wasn’t even a true love triangle since there was really no competition, no contemplation, and no indecision.I wasn’t able to really connect with the emotions in the story.  The whole story, again until the last 5%, seemed to be very one note, there was nothing that was too exciting, nothing that was too upsetting, nothing too dramatic, or unpredictable, nothing very suspenseful.  The scenes just weren’t that powerful so I wasn’t able to feel a whole lot of anything while reading it.That said I think if some things had been further explored like the past relationship between the three and their families, and each characters real feelings about the situation, especially Bobby’s, there would have been more of an opportunity to like, empathize with, and invest in each character making each obstacle and conflict much more potent and meaningful.  I also really liked Adam’s character, I really enjoyed the foundation and direction of the story and I loved the astonishing ending.