I'll round it up to 4 stars because the writing in this book is beautiful. It gets you hooked immediately and I just had to keep reading to find out what was going to happen. At times the plot probably verges on being too over the top and unrealistic but I loved the style so much and was already invested at that point, so I didn’t even care! There are a lot of twists and turns in the plot, some of them are more predictable than others but it always manages to keep you guessing. There’s a lot of melodrama but it’s a YA book, that’s to be expected right?
	If you’re looking for an easy read that’s the right mix of theatrical and thrilling, has interesting characters and is hard to put down, then look no further because this book will be irresistible once you start.

What started off as a perhaps a too perfect tale of two best friends realising they love each other takes a dark and twisted turn! This book was full of realistic and believable characters that show that life isnt always clear cut. Morals are non existent yet you still root for them. The ultimate take of how far you would go to help someone you love. Great reading!

Sasha's best friend is Xavier, and he has an ex  who wants him back... Sasha will do anything to stop this happening and so we are taken on a journey that sees  Sasha manipulate a situation.

This is a good modern tale and its beautifully written, the thread of 'catfishing' is quite a original theme and along with secrets, obsessive behaviour, and plenty of twists this was a fabulous read

Wow ! What a fantastic read, I was totally hooked from the first page, dark and intriguing a psychological dream of a book. You will be engrossed and unable to put this down.

This was a bit of shot in the dark for me as I find YA contemporary very hit and miss. To start with it seemed to be a very bog standard affair and I was convinced I knew where it was headed. The gorgeously crisp, clear prose kept me reading and I discovered that in fact the novel had more in common with a carnivorous plant. You think you know what you’re getting into but it’s most definitely darker and more dangerous than you think. There’s some pert and spikey commentary on pertinent issues facing modern teens – gender stereotypes, online relationships etc – as well as some sharp commentary on social media and how it changes the way we interact. A thriller worthy of the name in a YA market place crowded with slow imitators.

A solid page turner with some interesting moral issues for the reader to ponder & a couple of good twists. Great teen appeal.

This book shows just how easy it is for lies and deceit to take over our lives and the mess it can cause. Sasha' s love for Xavier drove her to be deceitful and make a fake account to trap Ivy. It all spirals out of control. This book shows how social media can be abused and how it can hurt people. Think carefully what you put on social media and how you interact with people. A good story which tackles morals and teenage  issues head on.

This was a really good book.  Kept me engrossed from the beginning to the very last page.  Well worth buying.

Sasha’s best friend is Xavier and when his Ex Ivy wants nothing more than to become his girlfriend again Sasha will stop at nothing to protect her friend from the manipulating, heart ripping woman that had he had spent the past few months getting over, or at least trying to, the woman had broken him and as his best friend Sasha didn’t want this to happen again. However Sasha has a secret of her own leading her to stop at nothing until Xavier knows the truth about Ivy’s true intentions. What happens when you pose as a boy online to lure out your best friend’s girlfriend? Something very deadly that will change both Sasha and Xavier’s lives forever.

This book is not your typical YA thriller it has a little twist at the end that you may or may not see coming, I didn’t. YA thrillers to me have often been a lot different than Adult Thrillers whom have lots of twists and turns but with YA I find them predictable but this was pretty good and kept me reading and on the edge of my seat, wanting to know what will happen next. I finished the book in two sittings, I found the characters were interesting to read about given they had some depth to them so they weren’t flat and boring. 

Over all this book is a good and interesting read and I’d read more from this author

Bad Girls' With Perfect Faces by Lynn Weingarten was a dark, twisted tale of friendship, jealousy and misunderstanding. This is a Young Adult novel with a few twists and turns. Some people's addiction to Social Media play a big part in this story. It was a very interesting read.
I would like to thank NetGalley and Egmont Publishing for my e-copy in exchange for an honest review.

Excellent mystery and great writing made this take a fun, sometimes dark, read that I was sneaking in times to read at work because I was so hooked. Five stars!

Xavier and Sasha are best friends. Which was working out great until she fell in love with him, and he fell in love with Ivy. I won't give any spoilers but suffice to say this book gets dark! 
I read it in two sittings. It would have been one but I had work the next day! It's compulsively readable and fans of Suicide Notes from Beautiful Girls are going to love this one. I would also recommend it to readers who enjoyed 13 Minutes by Sarah Pinborough.

I loved this, it kept me guessing throughout the whole book. The ending was so unexpected. I love mystery books, and this is a great one.

Wow!! This book had me gripped from the very first page until the very last. It’s dark and twisted but oh so good and not at all what I was expecting.

Before I start this review properly I should probably confess that I mixed up the blurb for this book with the blurb for another and found myself a tad confused about what I was reading. Despite this, there was something about it that drew me in instantly and I was completely hooked before I realized what I’d done. So hooked in fact that I ended up reading the whole thing without ever going back and reading the synopsis, something that probably worked in my favor as the less you know about it the better.

For that reason I’m not going to go into a lot of detail on the storyline. What I will say is that this is a very dark and twisted story that questions just how far you’d go for someone you love, what you’d do to protect them and just what you’d be willing to forgive. It begins very much like your usual YA contemporary with a girl, Sasha, in love with her best friend, Xavier, but too scared to tell him how she feels. When his ex Ivy reappears in his life and starts trying to rekindle things Sasha resorts to a bit of catfishing to prove to Xavier what Ivy’s really like but things don’t exactly go to plan.

The story is pretty fast paced with more than a few surprises and I found it a lot more gripping than I could have imagined. It was one of those books I couldn’t resist reading at every possible opportunity, and if I wasn’t reading it I was either thinking about it or talking about it. The author’s writing style is perfect for me, it just drew me in completely and didn’t let go. I’d previously read and loved Suicide Notes for Beautiful Girls but I think this may actually be better.

The story is told from three main points of view, Sasha’s, Xavier’s and a mystery person’s and the author does a brilliant job of keeping each of these very distinct and different. Even though a big proportion of the book is from Xavier’s point of view though it feels like this story is all about the girls, with Xavier a pawn for them to play with. He’s sweet and kind and a bit fragile, making him no match for the girls. He was probably the only character I kind of liked but still found myself becoming frustrated with how weak he was. I just wanted him to act, to stand up for himself and get free of this toxic relationship with Ivy.

As for Sasha, I wouldn’t say she was necessarily that likeable or even very relatable but there was something about her that fascinated me from the very beginning. She’s very much a loner, left to fend for herself by her mother and with no real friends other than Xavier. She’s completely fearless in some ways, she’ll walk into a party or a club alone and just pick someone up for a one night stand, but you can’t help but wonder how much is an act. Xavier is the only person she really cares about and she loves him fiercely and possessively. Her actions at times were a mystery to me, not because they didn’t make sense but because they were so completely alien to me.

There aren’t many other characters in the story and those that do appear only do so briefly but still manage to make an impression. I loved that the author kept it so simple in this respect as it kept the focus very much on the relationships between Sasha, Xavier and Ivy.

It is a surprisingly dark and disturbing story and I feel like I should add a little bit of a warning that it’s probably more one for older YAs. There is underage drinking, sex, drugs and other things that I won’t go into as they’re spoilery and this isn’t a book you want to know too much about.

Overall though I thought this was an incredible read and is one I’d definitely recommend to anyone who likes a good thriller.

I received a copy from the publisher via NetGalley. This has not affected my review.

Wow, I'm not even sure where to start with this review. Bad Girls with Perfect Faces is probably one of my favourite books of this year - I read a lot too! If you have ever read any of Lynn's (Author) work you'll know there is a standard, a formula to her work and often when you think you'll be getting isn't even close to what to end up with. This book is no different. I don't like to compare but I gelt as unhinged if not more so than I did with Lynn's Wherever Nina Lies (Another great book, if you haven't read it give it a go).

I don't like to delve into the plot too much with this type of thing. I don't do spoilers EVER in my reviews, so I will say this story is told mostly from Sacha and Xavier's points of view although towards the end you also get more. The pace at first I felt was slow, but soon builds to a nice warmth than eventually is burning so hot you'll wonder if you can keep hold of it. There is romance, unrequited love, mystery, horror, comedy, revenge and its all tied up in a neat little bow,

I started this book a couple of weeks ago and read a chapter. I was in a reading funk and put it back down again (I just couldn't read any books at all). Until today where I picked up Bad Girls with Perfect Faces are didn't put it down. This was read non stop... toilet breaks (TMI?), making dinner (Not at same time as toilet breaks), tea runs, doing the recycling (I can multi task!), I literally had my kindle stuffed under my nose and did not stop.

There is some mature elements in this book (Drinking, drugs, pills, sex) and it also covers a lot of subject matters relationships, sexuality, mental health, self sabotage.... Due to the mature content I would say old teens and up but would add that this isn't so juvenile that an adult will not enjoy it. I'm 41 and thought it was an excellent piece of work. I loved the twists and turns in this and things happened I just wasn't expecting. Will this end how you think? Probably not. IS there a HEA? I don't want to tell you. I will say I give this book a solid 4 stars if not 4.5 and think you should give it a go!

Thanks to NetGalley for providing me with the ARC.

I thoroughly enjoyed this book. The plot is gripping and he characters, whilst not likeable, are compelling.

This is an advanced copy from Netgalley and honestly I couldn’t remember what it was going to be about at all because it had been so long since I’d requested it. So the book follows two characters mainly, Sasha and Xavier, with occasional POV from an unknown character whose identity is revealed at the end of the book. 

I’ll tell you now, this was an emotional rollercoaster and really kept me guessing - nothing is as it seems in this book. It’s a murder mystery...kind of. Sasha is Xavier’s best friend, she’s also in love with him. Xavier is hung up on his ex, Ivy.   Sasha knows that Ivy is no good for Xavier and sets out to prove it by catfishing her into thinking she’s talking to a hot guy called Jake. It all goes a bit wrong when Ivy turns up dead with Xavier looking like the culprit. Sasha has to decide how far she would go to protect those she loves.

Okay, so now you know the general plot, there are TWO plot twists. One of which I guessed towards the last few chapters but both were still brilliant. The narratives were brilliantly done and so engaging - I find it hard to read on the train at times but this was easy. If you liked ‘One of Us is Lying’ you’ll love this too.

I love how complex this book was and how unique the narrative was. The characters were all likeable and I think the way the novel explored the lengths to which we go for those we love was really exceptional.

Definitely worth a read!

This was a struggle for me. Until the first twist happened I wasn't really invested. 
My dislike for all the main characters also ruined my enjoyed for this.

I was intrigued by the cover of this book - it's very reminiscent of some adult thrillers and made me very hopeful for the contents! At some points I was properly shouting at the characters for the decisions they were making. This is a really great young adult thriller (a rare beast) full of twists and turns and flawed but likeable characters. My only criticism is that the first half drags on a little, while the second half (where all the action is) didn't seem long enough.

#badgirlswithperfectfaces #netgalley

I thoroughly enjoyed this and could not put it down; it was one of those 'one more chapter' books.  The characters were interesting and the relationships weren't pushed.  They felt genuine.  The overriding tension in the story was addictive and the visual imagery was excellent (that place in the woods- I felt like I could see it).  I loved the ending.  
Light and gripping!