Book Review | Flawed by Cecelia Ahern

FLAWED (Flawed #1)
by Cecelia Ahern

You will be punished…

Celestine North lives a perfect life. She’s a model daughter and sister, she’s well-liked by her classmates and teachers, and she’s dating the impossibly charming Art Crevan.

But then Celestine encounters a situation where she makes an instinctive decision. She breaks a rule and now faces life-changing repercussions. She could be imprisoned. She could be branded. She could be found flawed.

In her breathtaking young adult debut, bestselling author Cecelia Ahern depicts a society where perfection is paramount and flaws lead to punishment. And where one young woman decides to take a stand that could cost her everything.

PERFECT (Flawed #2)
by Cecelia Ahern

Celestine North is Flawed.

Ever since Judge Crevan declared her the number one threat to the public, she has been a ghost, on the run with Carrick, the only person she can trust.

But Celestine has a secret—one that could bring the entire Flawed system crumbling to the ground. A secret that has already caused countless people to go missing.

Judge Crevan is gaining the upper hand, and time is running out for Celestine. With tensions building, Celestine must make a choice: save just herself or risk her life to save all Flawed people.

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Drum roll please......Just kidding. This is me with no more books to read and all I am doing is writing reviews.

Anyway.

I did a marathon with these 2 books because I read before hand from reviews that the first book ended with a cliffhanger. So since it's a Duology, I decided to wait a little longer for the second book.

Let me start by saying I have always had high expectations with anything written by Cecelia Ahern, she's an expert on Chick Lit. I loved The Book of Tomorrow and Thanks for the Memories, and her P.S. I Love You series of books are best sellers. And here she comes, jumping on the bandwagon of dystopian YA novels.

The way I see it, the premise for the duology is a little bit cliche. A future society where there is a Morality court that brands people either Perfect or Flawed. Sound familiar? I think The Giver and the Divergent series has the same mindset. It's a typical dystopian plot with a character who is living his/her life then makes a life changing decision or action and is in a love triangle with the Boy Next Door and the Bad Boy, then starts a revolution . YAWN.

The main protagonist Celestine is part of a community that highly values being perfect - in looks, social standing, attitude, etc. And those who are branded (literally branded with a branding iron), are social outcasts - they have less pay, they can't eat the same food, and they it's against the morality courts law to assist them. Celestine is the perfect daughter with perfect grades, who wears perfect clothes (I'm not sure why pastel is shown here as perfect), and has the perfect boyfriend. She doesn't approve of the way her older sister and grandfather speak out and question the so called morals of their society. I know what you're thinking - I bet it's the older sister who gets branded Flawed and then Celestine might go to all lengths to hide/protect her. Well that did not happen. Celestine became the most flawed of them all.

What I didn't like. You know when there is someone who is giggling and it becomes really really annoying? Yeah, it's like that. Celestine was supposed to be a Math wiz but she can't even utilize her skills to her advantage. And the boys. If I were Celestine I would not be caught with either of the two. 

What I did like. Celestines Mom - she's the only character who had the most visible character development. She started out the neurotic "perfect" model who does not have a hair out of place and she ends up being this uber cool mom who takes risks for her daughters. 

So. It's not wonderful. It's not terrible. It's just pretty  bland to me. Can't wait to pick up a better stimulating book.

Rating: ⭐⭐