She tried to commit suicide and did everything she could to be alone, but when Jake transfers to her school, things start slowly changing. Everyone wants to know what happened but she doesn’t wanna talk about it. Her life got a 360º turn and she is now a rude, moody and sarcastic person who lives her life screwing with others and pushing everyone away. This book is about Parker, the perfect kid, popular, with straight As and dating the most popular guy in the school. It’s sad but it’s more than that, it’s just so realistic, and deep… And at the end, I did kinda feel some tears running. It’s not the type of book that makes you cry, because at the beginning you are kind of lost, but it does cause a ton of emotions. I do tend to go for intense themes and books that really make my heart squeeze, and this was for sure a hit for that.

I’ve wanted to read one of the author’s books for a while and this one really appealed to me, and I have to say I’m really surprised at how much I loved it. Something horrible has happened, and it just might be her fault. Nobody would have guessed she’d turn out like this. 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. But her parents have placed her on suicide watch and her conselors are demanding the truth. She’d just like to be left alone, to disappear, to be ignored. 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? When “Perfect” Parker Fadley starts drinking at school and failing her classes, all of St. Genres: Contemporary, Realistic Fiction, YA

Cracked Up to Be by Courtney Summers