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Book title: Cracked up to be
Author: Courtney Summers
Pub Date: Feb 04, 2020
Genre: YA
*YAY- this is a re-issue of Cracked Up to be, with an added forward from the author**
Parker Fadley is a high school senior dealing with some pretty heavy stuff! Parkerβs story starts at her boyfriends party, a night she will never forget, and never forgive herself for.
Parker was the captain of the cheerleading squad, the most popular girl in school, and a better than straight-A student before that night. The flashbacks she has weave into the storyline so effortlessly, and they continue building until the very end.
Parker is not a very likable protagonist, she is an asshole full of teenage angst….but I found myself heartbroken over and over agin while reading her story, and I completely fell in love with her.
The new forward from the author is beautiful and poignant; it is so raw, and fits this story so perfectly that I thought about it a lot during the course of the book. While this is a YA novel, it deals with heavy subject matter- rape, suicide, sex, and drug & alcohol abuse.
While the book builds and builds up to the climax, it came so suddenly, and poof it was over. I would have liked to have seen the story play out more in the end. I felt like the story was a long fuse building to this very short, abrupt end.
*I originally gave this book 4 stars, but after some thought I am giving it a solid 5 stars. I gave it 4 stars because of the abrupt end, but I keep thinking about this book, and how Iβm only sad about the ending because I wanted more!*
This book is a fantastic read, I enjoyed it so much that I devoured it in two sittings, and Iβm already looking forward to reading the authors other books as this was my first!
I hope you all love Parker Fadley as much as I did! Happy reading, friends!
*Many thanks to Netgalley and the publisher for my advanced copy of this book!
The Literary Wife 