ARC Review: To Be Perfectly Honest (Gracie Dart #2) by Jess Vallance
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Series: Gracie Dart #2
Author: Jess Vallance
Published February 7th 2019 by Hot Key Books
Goodreads Synopsis
The second book in a brilliantly funny YA series featuring the trials and embarrassing tribulations of teenager Gracie Dart.
Uncovering a family secret, Gracie decides she's had enough of lies and pledges to be completely honest to everybody she meets.
For fifty days, nothing but 100% brutal honesty at all times. But total honesty doesn't always go down well when you've got a family dinner to go to, a job interview to get through and a new girlfriend to impress.
And when Gracie finally goes too far, she realises she's going to have to think creatively if she's going to put things right.
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Review
I received an Advance Reader Copy from the publisher, via NetGalley. This in no way impacted on my view.
I've recently been on a bit of a NetGalley drive, and am trying to get my ratio up, so when I noticed that I had this book on my list, and had already read book 1, I decided to start with To Be Perfectly Honest. Now, we see Gracie as she is getting used to college, but when it's revealed her dad lost his job, and had been keeping it a secret from her, she decides to be perfectly honest to everyone, for the next fifty days. Now, this isn't always going to work out well, and it's inevitable that she ruffles a few feathers along the way. Will Gracie see that honesty is the best policy, or is it sometimes okay to have a few white lies here and there.
Now, like I said, I read this to clear some of my NG shelf, and if it wasn't for that reason, I would've DNFed. I wasn't overly keen on book 1, but this one was utterly ridiculous. Gracie is not a good character, she's vain, selfish, and completely childish, and I can't stand her. When she decides to be honest to everyone, she is, and it's just evil at times. There's a difference with being honest, and being rude, and she crosses that line often. I mean, sometimes she just talks for the sake of it, and it would've been so much easier, and not even lying, to just shut her trap, and not say anything. About 70% through, it picked up a little, when she realised what a cow she had been, especially to Shannon, but I can't in good conscious give this book anything more than a 2 star review. And, I won't be reading book 3 either.
Dates Read:
May 25-26, 2020
Rating
2 Stars
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