Book Review: Beauty Queens by Libba Bray

Book - Beauty Queens by Libba Bray

Series - N/A
Genre - Young Adult

Pages - 396

Rating - 3 stars

Summary

A devastating plane crash leaves thirteen Miss Teen Dreams stranded on a deserted island. How will they ever survive?

Although the island seems deserted, none of the girls are brave enough to venture to the other side. Little do these girls know The Corporation has a huge sector on the other side. The Corporation is the company who sponsors the prestigious Miss Teen Dream Pageant, pretty fishy they didn't see a huge plane fall out of the sky.

Join these thirteen beauty queens while they teach themselves to build huts, fish and make booby trap, all while they practice their dance routines. These beauty queens will soon realize there is more to each of them than their fake eyelashes and spray tans.

Review and My Thoughts *Spoilers*

This book was nothing like I expected, but I mean that in a good way! This book was super funny! I expected to read a book about a bunch of spoiled girls who were stuck on an island, but it was nothing like that at all! 

At first I was so confused reading this book. It kept switching views to the different Miss Teen Dreams. Also, there was a secret agent as well, so that was another point of view. Plus, they were commercial breaks! Once I got further into the book it was easier to figure out though, especially when the stories collided. 

This book took a little while to get into but once I did, I couldn't put it down! I loved reading about how the girls survived. Their huts were super cool along with their defense systems. Who knew foundation could be a weapon?

Libba Bray did an amazing job adding in twists to this book! I would have never guessed that Petra was from Boyz Will B Boyz, that was a crazy twist! Another twist was Taylor staying on the island! I was actually angry about this. Taylor was the team leader, for the most part, and now she just left them. I know she was all hopped up from those darts but should the poison wear off? The poison wore off on Agent Jones. 

As said before this book wasn't anything like I expected. I would recommend this book to a wide variety of people. This book has action, romance, humor survival etc. Although if you pick this book up, make sure to keep your Miss Teen Dreams straight!

~ Savannah