stephanie's Reviews > Violet on the Runway

Oh, I love this series already. It's a quick read, but packed with so much that I adore - fashion, teens, New York, models with problems - all without making me slightly worried that this is what our young girls are reading. This is no world of Gossip Girl, seriously, and yet there's still the coke-addicted bulimic supermodel and insecurities and Prada boots.

Total kudos and props to Melissa Walker for managing to create a book that appeals to that crowd but still has morals and reality instilled in it.

(Plus, the reference to Natalie Maines won my heart in two seconds.)

So Violet gets discovered and goes to New York, where she both loses herself and finds herself. The secondary characters are divine - Roger, especially - the sordid tales of her clubbing period manage to remain sordid but not skanky or uncomfortable. I love Veronica and Sam.

But I love Violet most - her strength of character and her decisions and her willingness to do the right thing. She is beautiful and flawed, and you can't help but love her. Really, this is a great series, one that I would happily and proudly give to anyone I know.