BAD GIRLS WITH PERFECT FACES isn't just an edgy YA title; it could also be the name for my favorite genre of books. Fucked up lady thrillers, AKA FULTS. Our cast of doomed characters is a trio of edgy, bitter alternative teens. Sasha is a loner who is in love with her best friend. Xavier, her best friend, has depression that he is self-medicating for. He's also in love with a bitter and mean-spirited manic pixie dreamgirl named Ivy. After watching Ivy jerk Xavier around, Sasha decides to catfish her. But it doesn't work out the way she thought it would. Nothing does.
I'm not surprised that this book has low ratings, even though it's totally undeserved. BAD GIRLS has all of the things that make the pearl-clutchers wring their hands nervously. There's teen sex, drug use, alcohol use, girls being very mean to each other, and people being imperfect fucked up versions of themselves. You know, just like real life.
This is a sad and miserable confection of a book but I did really enjoy it. In as much as you can enjoy something like this. If you're reading this book, just make sure you're in the right headspace for it. But if you're a fan of books like 13 REASONS WHY or BEFORE I FALL, you'll like this a lot.
4 out of 5 stars
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