Almost Perfect, But Pretty Damn Close

Almost Perfect by Brian Katcher. Within the pages of this book lies a story profound, controversial, and downright confusing. Katcher paints a brilliant picture of two teens and the struggles of trying to be normal in an abormal world. When Logan (a small-town track runner and average high school kid) meets Sage (the tall, pretty newcomer in town) their worlds are flipped upside down. Logan falls for Sage and her strange ways. Sage wants to be with Logan, but can't for reasons she won't explain. After a hapless kiss in the night, Sage reveals her secret to Logan: she's really a boy. So begins the emotional roller-coaster of Sage and Logan, a teen romance gone terribly askew. Logan likes Sage, but can't accept his growing attraction to her because of her "condition". From friends to lovers to enemies and back again, the suspense in the story never stops. Katcher approaches transgender transformation in a unique and stylish way. Sage Hendricks is both a believable angst-ridden teen like every other girl in high school, and a boy deeply struggling to be the girl she knows she can be in a world that doesn't accept her. Logan's feelings of contradicting love and abhorrence towards Sage is remarkable and shows the good and acceptance that someone can feel when they truly look past skin deep. A remarkably tense, gripping, and eye-opening ride, one you'll never want to put down. 10/10

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