This book is fairly standard YA fare. Beautiful young protagonist with her beautiful best friend and beautiful boyfriend have magical goings-on that tempt fate and what have you. There's very little character development that's going on here, as Charlotte wants to help people from the start, Sarah is fairly rude from the start and Harlin is... well, Harlin, from the start.In saying all this, it's probably one of the better YA novels I've read. It's not challenging in the least, but there's no dubious consent at all throughout the novel. It's light and refreshing in that regard, and the motivations all lie on Charlotte. It's pretty clear what side she's going to choose early on- even the 'temptations' she's given seem pretty weak- and she never wanders from that path.It's a bit fluffy all in all, but it's a nice change of pace. Right now a lot of you are probably thinking "omg two stars? that's it." Well yes that is it. You see I got page 52, the ride there was amazing and powerful and everything else. But then it just got repetitive.Seriously.Every chapter seemed to repeat itself but with different dialog. We covered things that I figured out 5 chapters ago, and frankly, I got bored. So after page 62 I skipped to the last chapter. And guess what? It ended exactly as I thought it would end. Including the emotional distress. Now that I am writing this review I am wondering about 1 star ... nah I'll keep it at 2.
What do You think about A Need So Beautiful (2011)?
It was good enough, though I heard better things about the second book. :D
—Possum
