Perfected

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3.7

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Kate Jarvik Birch

“Compelling, imaginative, and unique. I couldn’t turn the pages fast enough!” — Mary Lindsey, author of HavenPerfection comes at a price.As soon as the government passed legislation allowing humans to be genetically engineered and sold as pets, the rich and powerful rushed to own beautiful girls like Ella. Trained from birth to be graceful, demure, and above all, perfect, these "family companions" enter their masters' homes prepared to live a life of idle luxury.Ella is happy with her new role as playmate for a congressman's bubbly young daughter, but she doesn't expect Penn, the congressman's handsome and rebellious son. He's the only person who sees beyond the perfect exterior to the girl within. Falling for him goes against every rule she knows...and the freedom she finds with him is intoxicating.But when Ella is kidnapped and thrust into the dark underworld lurking beneath her pampered life, she's faced with an unthinkable choice. Because the only thing more dangerous than staying with Penn's family is leaving...and if she's unsuccessful, she'll face a fate far worse than death.For fans of Keira Cass's Selection series and Lauren DeStefano's Chemical Garden series, Perfected by Kate Jarvik Birch is a chilling look at what it means to be human, and a stunning celebration of the power of love to set us free, wrapped in a glamorous—and dangerous—bow.The Perfected series is best enjoyed in order.Reading Order:Book #1 PerfectedBook #2 TarnishedBook #3 Unraveled

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Author

Kate Jarvik Birch

Pages

304

Publisher

Entangled Publishing, LLC

Published Date

2014-07-01

ISBN

1622662695 9781622662692

Ratings

Google: 4

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"Huh, so apparently you can’t write a comment on a book if you didn’t like it on this app. That’s stupid. I think this book was bland. The characters were boring. The plot was boring. It feels like it was taken straight out of a poorly thought out fan fiction. The book was fast-paced in a bad way. Definitely rushed and that caused the plot to get lost in the mix. Along with that, the characters just had little room for development that their arcs diminished in the wind. "

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"SOOOOO GOOODDDD"

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Brooke Oliver

"the main character is kind of naive. though that's understandable considering her upbringing. the book despite its simplicity /(being narrated by a naive girl makes it so) drew me in."

Trish Shepherd

"Publicado originalmente: <a href="http://el-extrano-gato-del-cuento.blogspot.com/2014/06/kate-jarvik-birch-perfected.html">El Extraño Gato del Cuento</a> Ahora que el tema distópico o futuros desastrosos está tan de moda no es raro encontrar un libro etiquetado con ese género, y lo que me gustó de PERFECTED es que está ambientado en cierta forma en una época actual, no hay esas complicaciones o laberintos que las típicas distopías nos traen. Y quizá por eso es mucho más aterrador leer este libro. Me ha gustado que Kate Jarvik no llegué a ser explícita, que te deje imaginar lo peor durante todo el libro, hace que los gestos pequeños te llenen de repulsión hacía algunos personajes. Un toque en el cabello, una mirada más larga de la adecuada... *escalofríos* La protagonista no es tan ingenua como se podría esperar, a pesar de que estuvo aislada toda su vida, sin estar plenamente consciente ha visto cosas malas que le pasan a las mascotas con defectos, lo que la hace un poco más inteligente. No estoy muy segura si PERFECTED falló en el instalove, lo que pasa es que Ella, la mascota, solo conoce el criadero y toda su vida estuvo rodeada de chicas, por lo que es compresible? xD Si bien no se menciona la palabra con A, es más una fascinación por lo desconocido, aunque la personalidad de Penn ayudó mucho a que no terminará siendo un romance meloso y rosa. Es bastante dulce, me fastidio un poco la historia al incio pero creo que con el transcurso de la historia van encajando los sentimientos. Le puse cuatro de cinco estrellas por el final, si hubiera sido un poquito más trágico, me hubiera dado una sensación de conclusión que no me dio ahora, además que si le hubiera dado el final que yo quería el material extra hubiera sido más doloroso (no sé si vendrá en la versión al público, leí un eARC así que...). El desenlace me ha dejado con una sensación de continuación, aunque no hay ninguna noticia todavía. <a href="https://twitter.com/EllieIntheHat">Twitter</a> || <a href="http://el-extrano-gato-del-cuento.blogspot.com/">Blog</a> || <a href="http://www.pinterest.com/EllaZegarra/">Pinterest</a> || <a href="http://ellie-in-the-hat.tumblr.com/">Tumblr</a> || <a href="http://instagram.com/ellieinthehat">Instagram</a>"

Ella Zegarra

"The writing is wonderful The first thing about this book that I fell in love with, was the writing. The way that Kate Jarvik Burch can make you feel something with every sentence is something I’ve only seen a few times. I’m very into romance and romance dystopian is definitely my favorite. She. Nailed. It. Every paragraph made me feel like I was in this story. Like I was bred in the kennels. I will definitely be reading the next one but for tonight, I will get some sleep as I wasn’t able to put the book down until I was done."