The Good, The Fab, and The Ugly by Rachel Maude

Summary:

After a fun but disastrous kick off of their first fashion show, Petra, Janie, Charlotte, and Melissa are dealing with what happened. For Melissa that means doing everything earthly possible to find the person who trashed their label naming contest. While Charlotte is going through the aftermath of a break up with a guy she truly loved and Janie is dealing with the lack of the fabulous life she has while having a major crush on Charlotte's surfer cute brother. And Petra you may ask? Well, she's trying to figure out what to do with an earth shattering secret that could break up her parents marriage for good this time. Though, no matter what this girls will go through The Good, The Fab, and The Ugly with each other to achieve what they want most and to get through Winston Prep's annual Halloween bash.

Review:

While I liked Poseur, the prequel to The Good, The Fab, and The Ugly, I wasn't sure if I could live through another predictable and shallow book that I was sure to find in this. Surprisingly, after the first 100 and so pages it got interesting and the characters become a bit more real, leaving me to finish the book in a day. I enjoyed reading about the different situations the girls dealt with and the arguments they would get in with each other about their fashion label. Sadly, the writing wasn't that great and the plot could be described in one word: predictable. Overall, The Good, The Fab, and The Ugly by Rachel Maude is a quick read for girls looking for a book focused on fashion and some low key drama.

Grade: D

The Good, The Fab, and The Ugly is now out.

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Poseur by Rachel Maude

Summary:

Poseur (noun)- a person who pretends to be something who she/ he is not.

Four high school girls who love fashion ( but hate each other) are forced together to create a designer label for their exclusive L.A. private school. Can a cool coquette, a shy punk, a ghetto-glam egomaniac, and a hippie goddess make peace for couture? Welcome to Winston Prep- where wardrobe means war.

Review:

Poseur was an extremely surprising read. At first look, you think it will just be another Gossip Girl or Clique novel that's main focus is on fashion and catty girls. Though, in reality it had some substance and likable characters.

I have never been a huge fan of fashion magazines or designer clothes, but with this novel I came to enjoy reading about it and seeing how the girls went on to create their own fashion label. Plus, with Poseur came really cool drawings that related to what was happening in the story and to show Jaine's, one of the main characters, drawings.

One of my favorite parts of Poseur was the characters: Melissa, Petra, Janie, and Charlotte. Yeah, they were some of the most selfish girls I've read about, in the case of Melissa and Charlotte. Or just a plain pushover like in Janie's case or just their own unique self in Petra's. But they were still fun to read about because of their bickering and fighting over their fashion label to seeing how they were in the everyday situation. Plus, as the novel continued they began to loose some of their bad traits.

Overall, Poseur is a great light read for a snow or rainy day that doesn't make you think too much . I can't wait to see what happens next with their fashion label and lives in The Good, The Fab, and The Ugly.

Grade: B