cute and sweet

Nice quick read. Not totally fluff though, so it's a little different than other books in this genre. I'd recomend this book. The cover art is amazing!

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Bad book!!

After reading good reviews and liking the idea of the story I just couldn't get into this book. I was really excited and was very disappointed! It was vague and just didn't flow. I tried and tried and couldn't get through half the book.

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Child's inner strength

Barbie's mother always wanted her to be a model, to fulfill the dreams she could never fulfill herself. So it is no real surprise when Barbie ends up at photo shoots, getting head shots done so she will be able to be a famous model. Her mother doesn't seem to realize that Barbie's photographer has molested her. This is the sort of thing that would make a child fall apart completely--but Barbie has Mab to keep her together. Mab is a tiny little fairy, a tempermental, moody little thing who tells Barbie she is a queen. Mab hates Barbie's mother and says all of the things about her Barbie wishes she were strong enough to say.

Even when Barbie grows into adulthood, Mab is still there for her. Barbie becomes a famous model and has hurtful relationship after hurtful relationship. Her mother is still running the show. Then Barbie meets a wonderful guy who really seems to like her and want to take care of her. She also meets up with a boy she recognizes from years ago, a boy who was photographed by the same man Barbie was photographed by as a child. The boy seems to have the same pain inside as Barbie has. Can she help him? Can tiny Mab solve everyone's problems?

Although these characters went through a great deal, I liked where they were at the end of the story. They seem to have gotten things worked out for themselves, and I had hope for their futures. I loved the descriptions, especially the way the cities were compared to people. I didn't like the leap in the story from Barbie's childhood to her adulthood, with nothing in between. And I found it hard to like a lot of the characters a lot of the time.

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