Reviewer: Amy Lignor
Title: The Perfect Fit - (Published in the UK in '05 and titled The Perfect 10)
Author: Louise Kean
Publisher: HarperCollins
ISBN: 978-0-06-117308-0
Release Date: July 2007
Genre/Sub-genre: Fiction/Chick-Lit
Year/Setting: Present Day/London
Overall Rating: 5.0
Sexual Content Rating: Sexual
Language (Profanity/Slang) Content Rating: Moderate
Violent Content Rating: None
Louise's Website: None found
Sunny Weston wants to be perfect. Translation: Thin. However, being a perfect size six doesn’t equal a perfect life and Sunny soon learns this valuable lesson. She’s lost almost one hundred pounds; her friends have become bitter and jealous, her longtime crush has suddenly "seen" her and becomes her boyfriend – yet no one seems to understand that just because your body has changed – your heart and soul have not. In the world we live in today, losing weight is a double-edged sword. Yes, it’s healthy and will allow you to live longer. But along with the new clothes and new ‘bod’, comes the very blatant fact that no one cares what type of person you are "inside" – as long as the "outside" is worth their while. Cliché…but still, unfortunately, true.
This book starts out with humor and ‘grit." Sunny stops a predator from abducting a child. With her new muscles and healthy heart she chases after the man and saves the young boy. Helping her is Cagney James (I love this name). He’s a man’s man. He doesn’t believe in psychoanalysis, losing weight, or any of the drivel that people seem to push nowadays. He searches for imperfection and champions the people who do not fall into the "trap" of what the magazines tell us we should look like. He’s cynical, sarcastic, slightly bitter – and altogether charming. We’re talking an English Jack Bauer. His only downfall (to me) is that he doesn’t trust women. He likes them for…certain things. But he believes that in the end they’re mostly liars. His business is to set women up with men who work for him (who are deliciously funny), and take their picture, so that their husband can "get out" of the relationship quickly and keep their wealth. You might think this is a horrifying job setting up women – but, believe me, it is absolutely hysterical and sometimes well-deserved.
Sunny and Cagney share a common thread. They’re two lonely people who are trying their best to fit in, in a world that won’t allow them to give up their insecurities and just be themselves. This is wonderfully written. With Sunny, we watch as she goes from the woman who won’t look in a mirror that shows anything from the neck down, to a perfect "size." In the end, this book is a Perfect Fit in today’s culture of high expectations. Think of it as something our Sunny wouldn’t eat: A steak dinner at a five star restaurant surrounded by mouthwatering side dishes (the supporting cast that this writer has effortlessly given us.) Don’t worry about your weight. Take a big bite of this book – it’s worth it! This is a keeper!
Amy
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