Flawed by Cecilia Ahern

Flawed: A Novel by Cecelia Ahern
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

Celestine North lives a perfect life. She's a model daughter and sister, she's well-liked by her classmates and teachers, and she's dating the impossibly charming Art Crevan. But then Celestine encounters a situation in which she makes an instinctive decision. She breaks a rule and now faces life-changing repercussions. She could be imprisoned. She could be branded. She could be found FLAWED. In her breathtaking young adult debut, bestselling author Cecelia Ahern depicts a society in which obedience is paramount and rebellion is punished. And where one young woman decides to take a stand that could cost her everything.

An interesting blend between right and wrong, being human and learning from your mistakes; where trying to achieve perfection blinds you of your feelings and own wrong doings with those around you.
It started as a slow reading; I was waiting for that moment that makes my heart race at the end of a chapter, eager to know what happens next. The trials and branding scene strummed a chord in me, the only part that kept me reading and not stopping until that breather that always comes.
It was good, a little bland, some parts frustrating, some predictable, the main character not really knowing what side she's on, despite her logical thinking. All in all, on to part two.

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Perfect by Cecelia Ahern
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

In Cecelia Ahern's thrilling sequel to Flawed, Celestine must make a choice: save just herself or risk her own life to save all Flawed people. Celestine North lives in a society that demands perfection. After she was branded Flawed by a morality court, Celestine's life has completely fractured--all her freedoms gone. Since Judge Crevan has declared her the number one threat to the public, she has been a ghost, on the run with Carrick--the only person she can trust. But Celestine has a secret--one that could bring the entire Flawed system crumbling to the ground. A secret that has already caused countless people to go missing. Judge Crevan is gaining the upper hand, and time is running out for Celestine. With tensions building, can she prove that to be human in itself is to be Flawed?

Book two is less Flawed , but not quite Perfect.
Already afraid and mistrustful, Celestine is now on the run, on a journey discovering herself and the power she holds. She is more secure in her choices and (suddenly) more mature in her thinking. The story has more twists and turns and it keeps you intrigued and guessing. It has the same frustrating moments as in the first book, but more action.
Half of the first part of the book felt like a repeat of Flawed; I undestand the need to remind the reader of the characters and plot, but it disturbed a bit the flow of current events.
Truth, trust,friendship, unity, justice, love, a combination for a good reading.

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