However, I LOVED it! Leila Sales has written a truly unique young adult novel. I wasn’t sure if I was going to like the whole historical village/reenactment storyline. I was a little nervous about the plot when I began reading. This book was filled with the same humor that MOSTLY GOOD GIRLS was full of. And needless to say, I wasn’t disappointed.
Chelsea struggles with the choice between finding love again and remaining loyal to her friends and her job.Īfter loving Leila Sale’s first novel MOSTLY GOOD GIRLS, I was pumped to get my hands on PAST PERFECT. When Chelsea is kidnapped by the Civil War reenactors, she meets Dan, a civil warrior…who is also pretty cute. Not exactly the summer distraction Chelsea had hoped for. Not only is being at war bad enough, Chelsea learns that Ezra has also gotten a job at Essex. Every summer, the teenagers who work at Essex engage in war with Reenactmentland. Right across the street from Essex is Reenactmentland, a Civil War historical attraction. Every day, Chelsea dresses in her historical garb and teaches moderners about life in the Colonial era. If you purchase something through our links, The Mary Sue may earn an affiliate commission.The wounds still fresh from her breakup with Ezra, Chelsea prepares herself for distraction: another summer at Essex Historical Colonial Village, where she has worked all her life with her parents. The Mary Sue has a strict comment policy that forbids, but is not limited to, personal insults toward anyone, hate speech, and trolling. Want more stories like this? Become a subscriber and support the site! There is no one simple answer to how to respond when someone makes a moral transgression, even though it happens every day. We are great at reading headlines but terrible at engaging with the nuances that most issues actually involve. And even if you write a whole long Medium post about it, where you DO get into the details, who has the time to read it? There’s infinite content out there, so we’re reluctant to commit to any of it because that would mean missing out on the rest. There’s no way to do it in 280 characters. I had to write an entire novel to feel like I was even starting to get into it.
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