Beautiful disaster
Over the summer, I read a book called Beautiful Disaster by Kate Brian. I chose this book because it's the sequel to a book called Privileged by the same author. I also read her entire series called Private, so it wasn't very hard to chose this book since I've been reading her books for almost two years now. I didn't really like the first book in the spinoff series, so I wasn't sure if I would like this one. I decided to pick it up and read the back, and it seemed so interesting! I also wanted to find out some things that were left up in the air in the first book.
Beautiful Disaster is about a girl named Ariana who has gone through a lot just to get into and ivy leagued school, including sneaking out of a mental facility, and befriending a high society girl just to kill her and take over her life. Ariana takes over a new identity as Briana Leigh, a very high society girl with a very wealthy grandmother. She steps into the halls of Atherton Pryce boarding school as Briana Leigh Covinngton, not Ariana. She makes friends with the most popular girls in school, just like her life before she murdered her boyfriend and was then sent to a mental facility. As if it wasn't hard enough keeping her real identity a secret, speaking with a southern accent, and acting like she remembers people she doesn't know, more trouble enters her life. Her old room mate from Brenda T. Correction Facility named Kaitlyn escaped from the correction facility as well,and follows her asking her for a very large sum of money. Ariana had 4 days to get the money and give it to Kaitlyn before Kaitlyn threatened to tell the world that Ariana killed Briana Leigh and took over her identity. The stakes are very high, and Ariana also has to deal with more troubles along the way, and the book ends with a very unexpected twist!
"Why had she trusted Kaitlyn?Why had she let her out of prison?Why couldn't she have just seen the girl she really was- a lying, manipulative, murderous psychopath?" This quote appears right in the middle of the book, in the midst of Ariana's troubles. This quote is also so important to the story because it's when Ariana starts realizing that she can't always get her way, unlike she has her whole life. It's definitely a turning point in the book because her whole outlook changes and so does the plot of the story. There's a huge change and Ariana takes action by trying to get rid of Kaitlyn once and for all.
My rating system for this book is shown by a school crest. I chose the crest because the main setting of the book is the Atherton Pryce boarding school, and in the very beginning of the book, Ariana steps on the floor crest, which is rumored to be bad luck if you step on it. The myth was, in my opinion, very true because throughout the entire story, Ariana faces lots of bad luck. I would definitely rate this book twenty crests (stars) because it was real page turner at some points in the story, but some of it was a little boring, and confusing. Overall though, it was an amazing book!( Each crest is worth five stars).
I would recommend Beautiful Disaster to anyone who likes the Private series by Kate Brian. This is the sequel book in the spinoff series, so any fans of the first series would easily love this book. I think the target audience of this book is girls ages 13 to 16. It's just a little inappropriate because it has to do with murder, and some of the chapters are a little too detailed for younger readers. I don't really recommend this book to boys, because there aren't a lot of male characters. Adults wouldn't enjoy this book because it's based around teenagers, and it involves so much gossip. Girls 13 to 16 would like it because of the scandal, the gossip, and all of the normal teenage drama times ten! Readers of the first book or series would love it because the first book leaves everything hanging! A girl 13 to 16 would also like this book because the characters are so complex yet enjoyable, and by the end of the book, it's almost like you're friends with them! The very last reason the target audience would love reading this book is because it answers so many questions from both of the series, but things are still left up in the air! I loved reading this book!
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