- Shopping Bag ( 0 items )
Want a NOOK? Explore Now
Sarah Burke is just about perfect. She's got killer blue eyes,
gorgeous blond hair, and impeccable grades. There's just one tiny-all
right, enormous-flaw: her nose. But even that's not so bad. Sarah's got
the best best friend and big goals for print journalism fame.
On
the first day of senior year, Rock Conway walks into her journalism
class and, well, rocks her world. Problem is, her best friend, Kristen,
falls for him too. And when Rock and Kristen stand together, it's like
Barbie and Ken come to life. So when Kristen begs Sarah to help her nab
Rock, Sarah does the only thing a best friend can do-she agrees. For
someone so smart, what was she thinking?
This hip retelling of Cyrano de Bergerac is filled with hilariously misguided matchmaking, sweet romance, and a gentle reminder that we should all embrace our flaws.
Cyrano gets a sex change and goes to high school.
Seventeen-year-old academic superstar Sarah is perfect except for a nose that's so enormously large it literally stops traffic in her high school's hallways. BFF Kristen is not nearly so bright, but she's beautiful, a gifted, fashion-forward shopper, and she definitely knows how to work a room. When Adonis-like newcomer Rock (really!) shows up, both girls fall head-over-heels for him, but Sarah is his intellectual soul mate. Reluctantly, she does what friends are supposed to do—or at least what Kristen guilts her into thinking friends should do: She writes all of the e-mails, love letters and text messages her not-so-bright friend sends, as well as tutoring her on literary and cultural topics. Each chapter begins with a relevant quote on the true nature of beauty, messages Sarah ought to be thinking about, since the walls she's believably built around herself to fend off nose critics have fenced out nearly everyone. While it pushes credibility that Rock doesn't detect the deceit and Kristen isn't sufficiently sensitive to notice Sarah's lust for him, the trying situation is amusing enough to sustain interest, in spite of the worn-out concept (though teens in the know may feel that both Edmond Rostand and Steve Martin did it better).
A teen romance with a little heart, it pushes past other formulaic efforts...by a nose.(Romance. 11 & up)
Anonymous
Posted January 1, 2013
A must read! I loved it.
1 out of 1 people found this review helpful.
Was this review helpful? Yes NoThank you for your feedback. Report this reviewThank you, this review has been flagged.Anonymous
Posted April 14, 2012
Why does the title look exactly the same as Pretty Little Liars Two: Flawless? The tv show cover book version is exactly the zame font
1 out of 2 people found this review helpful.
Was this review helpful? Yes NoThank you for your feedback. Report this reviewThank you, this review has been flagged.I could not believe that this book was Lara Chapman's first book!!! It was really well written and it was so touching and I think that every girl can relate to the message that is given here.
The main character is Sarah Burke, teenage daughter of the very popular Beth Burke, a Houston television news anchor, and her best friend Kristen. But Sarah has always lived with one thing that has held her back in life...her nose. Her mother had a similar one and went thru surgery to change it when she was in her teens and has never looked back. Its her mother's nagging to have her daughter go thru the same surgery that has Sarah struggling with her looks once more. But when the new hottie in school walks in, Sarah is taken with his good looks and charm, but so is Kristen. The difference is Kristen boldly goes after what she wants, leaving Sarah to struggle to keep her emotions in check and help out her best friend get the boy, while she tries to tame her inner voice nagging her about the nose.
Along the way we see relationships rise and fall, but the nice thing is the ending, showing that anything can happen in life, and that its more about thinking that everything you have is beautiful in its own way and how you embrace it is what makes the difference.
I loved the dialog, the settings were always perfect and I really loved all the references to Houston locations. I will always feel different walking into P.F. Chang's and I have a renewed interest to go the Chocolate Bar now:) Thanks Lara for a great book and I look forward to hearing more from you soon!!!!
1 out of 1 people found this review helpful.
Was this review helpful? Yes NoThank you for your feedback. Report this reviewThank you, this review has been flagged.Anonymous
Posted April 16, 2013
I found this book really relateable. I found the main character and her best friend's insecurities just like mine and my best friends. Loved it.
Was this review helpful? Yes NoThank you for your feedback. Report this reviewThank you, this review has been flagged.Anonymous
Posted July 24, 2012
Awesome book... she ends up with rock....
0 out of 4 people found this review helpful.
Was this review helpful? Yes NoThank you for your feedback. Report this reviewThank you, this review has been flagged.Gabriela_Iris
Posted January 5, 2012
This book is the modern retelling of Cyrano De Bergerac, as it relates to a high school student. It's an easy read that somewhat digs into the issues it presents, but never really gets deep enough to be emotionally draining. It has relatable characters, but only truly develops the main one- which is sad because it would've been nice to read more into the others. Overall, it's a solid novel that will leave the reader with a smile.
Was this review helpful? Yes NoThank you for your feedback. Report this reviewThank you, this review has been flagged.If you are anything like me and are continually on the lookout for the next fabulous and realistic contemporary YA read, look no further as Lara Chapman's Flawless is the book for you. Finally, here is a book that is not only repeatedly laugh-out-loud funny (sometimes several times per page!) but also presents such realistic and adorable main characters.
For high school senior Sarah Burke she's never been flawless. Sure, she has clear blue eyes, blonde hair, and a dazzling future ahead of her, but she is also the girl with the big honker, the nose that nearly anyone notices within a five-mile radius. However, because of her best friend, the perfect and flawless Kristen, Sarah has always felt like the ordinary girl. That is until Rock Conway walks into their lives. Charming, smart, and witty, Rock is the guy Sarah has always been looking for. The thing is Kristen likes him, and she needs Sarah's help in order to gain his attention. Always one to put friendship in front of guys, Sarah quickly comes to Kristen's aide. Yet, what happens as Sarah quickly begins to fall for even more? Will she tell Kristen the truth and get Rock, or will she lose this perfect guy once and for all? Only time and more pages can tell in this sweet and charming coming-of-age tale of acceptance, love, and friendship.
My favorite part of this novel would have to be the characters, hands down. Richly developed and full of spunk and wit, it was hard not to love each one of them flaws and all. My favorite would have to be Sarah though. Sarah is a girl I had no trouble relating to, and I feel many other girls (and even boys) will agree. Everyone always has that one friend that's seems to be perfect, and for Sarah that person is her best friend Kristen. The thing Kristen is awesome in her own way. Sure, she's a bit dopey, but she's loyal and a model-worthy friend, making the situation between Kate and her not only complicated to no end, but also well-done to say the least. I also adored Rock.the person everyone was after in this. Sometimes in YA, the leading males are a bit shallow and one-dimensional, but that was not at all the case with Rock. Full of heart, I could not help but love him. He nearly is the perfect guy if there is one..
Furthermore, I loved the plot of this. It was full of tension, drama, and more tension, and I loved every single moment of it. I constantly was flipping the pages, dying to know what would happen next. Would the sexual tension between Rock and Sarah ever lead to something more? Would Sarah ever tell Kristen how she felt about Rock? Would everything end happily or badly? These questions and more were constantly spinning in my head, and until the very last few pages, I barely knew what to expect. Better yet, I loved that strong representation of not only friendship in this one but self acceptance.
Finally yet importantly, Lara Chapman's writing was fabulous in this one. For a debut novelist, she sure knows how to spin quite the exhilarating of reads- ones full of plenty of character and plot development.
Captivating, romantic, and full of fun, Flawless proves to be quite the debut novel. I cannot wait to suggest this one to readers come its release in May! Here to hoping Lara's next book will be just as great.if not more.
Grade: A+
Anonymous
Posted September 17, 2011
No text was provided for this review.
Anonymous
Posted July 7, 2011
No text was provided for this review.
Anonymous
Posted May 18, 2012
No text was provided for this review.
Anonymous
Posted March 26, 2012
No text was provided for this review.
Anonymous
Posted May 13, 2011
No text was provided for this review.
Overview
Sarah Burke is just about perfect. She's got killer blue eyes,
gorgeous blond hair, and impeccable grades. There's just one tiny-all
right, enormous-flaw: her nose. But even that's not so bad. Sarah's got
the best best friend and big ...