Annie is busy and really doesn’t have that much time to read. Or I could say that she is a really slow reader and it takes her an absurd amount of time to finish a book if she ever does. So this typically means that whenever she is given a book to review it comes to me to read. So I will be writing this wonderful review for Pretty by Jillian Lauren.

The first thing that struck me about this book is that, at least by the picture on the back, it was written by a pretty (get it, ‘pretty’….like the book title…wow I really haven’t got much sleep lately) brunette with two first names. People with first names for last names just bother me for some reason although the fact, which I found out later, that she is a former stripper did help me read the book. No I am not really that shallow, I am just reaching for some form of humor to go with this very serious book.

The book is about a young woman name Bebe Baker who is an ex-everything dealing with profound emotional issues stemming from an awful accident and a hereditary issue with addiction. This is definitely a book that I would never have read without the constant prodding of a wife who is pregnant so I need to humor her in all things so as not to have my head cut off and/or be castrated. So I read the book and although it was not my cup of tea, I can see how it would be quite enjoyable to the crowd that enjoys these looks into how those with substance abuse issues, and other forms of psychological issues that have acronyms, have gotten that way and how hard it is to dig themselves back out of that pit.

The various characters are well written and fleshed out nicely so as to make you feel that you have met them, or someone very similar, in the past. No matter what circles we run in, we have friends, family members, or even mere acquaintances who have at one point in time or another come face to face with some, if not all, of these issues.

It really is an eye opener that gets into the nitty-gritty of what it is like for these women. It did have a slow moving plot but that is by design more than indifference and almost reads more like non-fiction than fiction.

I would like to recommend this book to those who want to know why a gorgeous young woman could end up in a halfway house, taking cosmetology classes, and dating the craziest of the crazies who are truly more sane than many of the rest of us.

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Disclaimer: I received an advanced copy of this book at no cost to me in exchange for my honest review.