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A review by 33p3barpercent
Past Perfect by Leila Sales
4.0
This book was hilarious. I frequently sported a huge grin while reading this. It was really well written, too. It has over-arching symbolism that I just fall in love with. It's got a heroine who is relatable and not perfect. Such believable characters with believable motivations and failings. It's a familiar storyline (girl with a broken heart learning to love again), but it's set in a quirky plot that somehow reads fresh and new. I highly recommend this one.
I really like books that don't make situations simple. Chelsea's ex-boyfriend wasn't a jackass (he wasn't NOT one either, but... he wasn't this terrible villain. He was just a clueless boy), Dan wasn't this miraculous new guy who saves Chelsea. Chelsea had some problems she had to work out and Dan wasn't her cure. She had to fix her problems and sort her life out. I liked that Chelsea made mistakes (big ones), and they weren't just big misunderstandings that a conversation could fix.
I really like books that don't make situations simple. Chelsea's ex-boyfriend wasn't a jackass (he wasn't NOT one either, but... he wasn't this terrible villain. He was just a clueless boy), Dan wasn't this miraculous new guy who saves Chelsea. Chelsea had some problems she had to work out and Dan wasn't her cure. She had to fix her problems and sort her life out. I liked that Chelsea made mistakes (big ones), and they weren't just big misunderstandings that a conversation could fix.