Publication Date- November 17, 2015.
Language- English
Edition I read- Kindle
Genre- New Adult, Contemporary, Romance, Sociology, Drama, Humor.
ASIN- B017O4W3V8
Goodreads Ratings (till the date)- 4.13 Stars
My Ratings- Fully Deserved 5 Stars!
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Blurb
Mirror, mirror … who’s the fairest of them all?I still cringe when I hear that line. A fairy tale that had girls pretending they were the fairest, the most beautiful, and the most entitled. A fairy tale most couldn’t grow out of turned my haunted childhood memories into a living nightmare. Girls who grew up believing that pile of garbage became the meanest of all ‘mean girls.’
And those mean girls were right – it was a line meant for all the beautiful people in the world – and I knew the answer would never be me.
The women with long legs, flat stomachs, and perfect chests.
The type of women Kane Masters gravitated toward.
Well, that’s definitely not Willow Tate.
No. That will never be me.
Because I’m completely imperfect.
And … I hate myself.
I have no idea what Kane could possibly see in someone like me, when he could have them.
My Thoughts
"Raw & Vulnerably beautiful, Perfectly Imperfect is for every girl who wants to know who she is. Harper Sloan has constructed a bridge for every girl who just needs to believe in herself and take the first step."
There are few books which have the potential to change the perspectives of the society, and fewer with the power to bring the change in one's own-self. Harper's Perfectly Imperfect is one of those fews. This beautifully written story of Willow's journey of knowing who she is and loving her self , is something every girl/ woman should read.
"There isn’t beauty in perfection. It’s as fake as the image the word projects. Beauty is found in imperfection, Willow, because to admit you’re not perfect means you’re admitting you’re not whole and absolute. .......You see, the way I see it, the only way to become perfect is to find that perfectly imperfect person who brings it out of you.”
The book is in dual POV of Willow Tate, a woman suffering through self doubt because of her surrounding atmosphere and Kane Masters, a popular actor/ Hollywood's sweetheart, who is searching for the spark he felt some years before.
“When I look in the mirror, I won’t see the things they will most likely say about me. I’ll see me, Willow Tate, the woman who isn’t perfect, but she is perfect in her imperfections.”
“I want someone real. I need a challenge. I want to feel that connection to someone I've never been able to find. The one you read about. The one that makes you feel alive.”
The moment you decide to introduce yourself to this book, is the moment you've intentionally or unintentionally given your heart to it. There's no going back after that. And trust me, you wouldn't regret that fact. Perfectly Imperfect is one of those books which gives you courage to see the truth and know how right it. It is the book which every shelf is happy to welcome in their family. A book which made the reader feel honored just by holding it in her/his hands.
“I’m the imperfect to his perfect.”
And... I don't even know why am writing more? If that wasn't enough for you to agree how precious this book is then their isn't much to say other than read it yourself and find out why everyone's going crazy for it.
Reviewed by,
Sona Dasgupta.
Official Blogger Of Golden Books 24*7.
Excerpt
“Are you nervous right now?”
I nod.
“Tell me why.” His demand, steady and calm, gives me the courage I need to tell him. To open a vein and bleed my insecurities.
“I’m not perfect,” I whisper.
“And neither am I, Willow. I don’t want perfect. What so many see as perfect, to me, is fake. Perfect isn’t achievable naturally. No one, and I mean no one, is perfect.”
I’m shaking my head before he’s even done speaking, but one long finger comes up and presses against my lips before I can speak.
“No, let me finish. There isn’t beauty in perfection. It’s as fake as the image the word projects. Beauty is found in imperfection, Willow, because to admit you’re not perfect means you’re admitting you’re not whole and absolute. When I think of myself, I see someone willing to admit he’s as far from complete as it gets because, in order to get to that perfection, I need to find the other part of me who will make my life better. To take all the faults I have and fill them, and only then will I be there. You see, the way I see it, the only way to become perfect is to find that perfectly imperfect person who brings it out of you.”
When he stops, I swear I might have stopped breathing. How am I supposed to respond to that?
“Do you trust me?” he asks, his voice strong and sure.
“Yes, Kane. Nerves or not, I do.”
“Then let me show you what I see when I look at you.”
He brings his hands up, framing my face once again in a way I’m quickly becoming addicted to the feeling of. His warm eyes implore, begging me without words to let him continue. I do not intend to stop him, regardless of the butterflies currently taking over my system. I’m all in.
About the Author
Harper is a NEW YORK TIMES, WALL STREET JOURNAL and USA TODAY bestselling author residing in Georgia with her husband and three daughters. She has a borderline unhealthy obsession with books, hibachi, tattoos and Game of Thrones. When she isn't writing you can almost always find her with a book in hand.
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