A review by readinggod
Beauty Queens by Libba Bray
4.0
Beauty Queens is the tale of 50 beauty pageants who crash on a deserted Island. I know.. that sounds scary, but these Teen Dreamers aren't afraid, no these ladies are the brightest of beacons in a dark world. They are willing and ready for any challenge.. well that may have been who they were prior to the crash, but things have taken a turn for the worst. Leave a group of teen beauty queens without any makeup, food, and chance of survival and then people start showing their true identities. To make matters worse, the island has a volcano that looks a bit sketchy and there are rumblings in the jungle and bodies are starting to turn up! Will they survive? Who will be crowned the next Miss Teen Dream? These ladies are about to find out that beauty is the last thing you can rely on in the pageant of life in order to survive. Come sequins or runs in their tights these girls are about to walk the hardest runway yet!
Libba Bray is PHENOMENAL!! This was my first experience with her work and I could not stop laughing. Beauty Queens is "Lost" meets Lord of the Flies" with prettier characters and a crown at the end of the adventure. Bray takes pop culture references, politics, and commercialism and spins it on its butt in this laugh out loud adventure of what it truly means to have girl power. Loved it!
Libba Bray is PHENOMENAL!! This was my first experience with her work and I could not stop laughing. Beauty Queens is "Lost" meets Lord of the Flies" with prettier characters and a crown at the end of the adventure. Bray takes pop culture references, politics, and commercialism and spins it on its butt in this laugh out loud adventure of what it truly means to have girl power. Loved it!