Cracked Up To Be by Courtney Summers
Cracked Up To Be
Courtney Summers
Release Date: December 23, 2008
Publisher: St. Martins Griffin
Pages: 214
Rating: 5 stars
What’s the worst thing you’ve ever done?
When “Perfect” Parker Fadley starts drinking at school and failing her classes, all of St. Peter’s High goes on alert. How has the cheerleading captain, girlfriend of the most popular guy in school, consummate teacher’s pet, and future valedictorian fallen so far from grace?
Parker doesn’t want to talk about it. She’d just like to be left alone, to disappear, to be ignored. But her parents have placed her on suicide watch and her counselors are demanding the truth. Worse, there’s a nice guy falling in love with her and he’s making her feel things again when she’d really rather not be feeling anything at all.
Nobody would have guessed she’d turn out like this. But nobody knows the truth.
Something horrible has happened, and it just might be her fault.
I simply devoured this book – I started it and read straight through late into the night. Cracked Up To Be was off the usual track for YA novels, and was just simply amazing. Cracked Up To Be is a book that will speak to you.
Parker was a great character. She had attitude and had messed up her life so much, yet I still found myself smirking at her comments she had. Parker was a character the majority of readers can connect with in some way. Jake, oh how I loved you! From the first page Jake walked onto the page, I absolutely loved him! All the characters were amazing!
The mysterious aspect was great! You knew something terrible had happened to Parker, but you didn’t know WHAT. The mystery unravels, piece by piece throughout the book. You get little snippets of the book as you read Cracked Up To Be, and try to piece together what happened that has made Parker do a 180.
Cracked Up To Be is a spectacular debut! Basically meaning drop what your doing and run to the store to get it! Courtney Summers is definately an author I will be reading more of!
I want to read this one because I really want to know what happened to the protagonist! Thanks for the review!
Great review, I'm loving the sound of this. Added to wishlist now. :D
Awesome review, this seems superble interesting. Is it out in stores already??? Im going to go check and hopefully get it! You've got me so interested.
Hadn't heard of this one before, but it sounds amazing! Loved your review, and can't wait to read it now. Great job!
Great review! I really loved this too – I can't wait for Same Girls Are – if it's anything like Cracked up to be it will be amazing:)
Sounds great! I'm adding to my list right now.
Wow! sounds like a pretty emotional book. Thanks for sharing it. I hadn't heard of it before.