N.G. Peltier's Reviews > The God of Good Looks

TW: discussion/memories of mother who has passed away

How to describe this amazing book? From the first line til the last i was riveted, hooked, never bored for a second of reading this. My word! The author has created characters that are so realistically flawed and yet the growth at the end?? perfect.

When an author can make me actually be like welllll ok maybe he's not so baad to a character who was most definitely an asshole at the beginning then they had done an excellent job. Yes, Obadiah this is about you my guy >.>

But anyhoo, the raw portrayals of the beauty industry, our current crime situation, class structures...Ms McIvor has done this without sugarcoating and I loved that. We get to delve deeply into this issues via Bianca's journalling and then seeing things from Obadiah's POV. Just so well done.

There's a romance here too but for me it was more about these two people (Bianca and Obadiah) having to hold up one of those horrifying lol magnifying mirrors to themselves and reallyyyy taking a good long look, reallyyy seeing who they truly are and exposing some hard truths about themselves. I think they were great foils for each other. Bianca's who's father is this wealthy business man but who had this scandal about an affair with a married politician and people obviously have their opinions about who she is verses Obadiah, who still lives in the Beetham and has crafted this larger than life persona as the take no shit God of Good Looks who people also have opinions about as well.

I feel like i can write so much about how terribly in a mess they both are in vastly different ways. But they each help the other to see their flaws and work towards growing as people.

Also the author worked in the beauty industry herself and it's so reflected here in the makeup techniques and the vivdly described photoshoots. I need a movie made of this book like NOW! I can just picture that very specific Midnight robber shoot, how gawjus it would be!

Anyhoo if you're looking to read Caribbean I highly recommend this one