A review by lenoreo
Picture Perfect by Alessandra Thomas

5.0

4.5 stars -- I was worried when I started this one that I wouldn't be able to take a character hating her fat self when she was skinnier than me... But this really was about Cat's story, and about her hating not being the her she used to be. There was so much to her background that set her up to feel like she wasn't worth it in her new body -- she really had placed so much of her own worth on how she looked before, so it was a huge blow in some ways. Ms. Thomas did a fabulous job of dealing with this subject in a...damn, don't you hate it when you can't come up with the word you want. It was respectful and real and sensitive -- I guess sensitive was the one I was looking for. Dr. Albright's character was a welcome one, and the traps that Cat would fall into were real ones that I can see so many people falling into. I guess the half a star loss would be that the transition between hating herself and learning to love who she was was pretty good, but I felt I missed a step in there. COuld be just me though.

And then there's Nate. He was a perfect foil for Cat, and I enjoyed that he had his own story to tell wrt weight and being happy with who you are. And the chemistry between them was off the charts.... And that just topped off a fabulous storyline that needed to be told.