My Never Ending List

We all like to dream “what if.”  One of my favorite movies is Pretty Woman where we have a young woman who was working the streets climb the ladder of success all because someone recognized that she had potential.  Someone saw that she had more to offer society and eventually her life becomes a fairy tale.  In Gorgeous, Becky and her mother live in a trailer and Becky’s mother has not left the house in years.  Becky has wondered about her mother’s strange behavior but has not questioned her mother about it. Upon her mother’s death, Becky finds a phone number and that leads her to Tom.  Tom knew Becky’s mom and eventually the relationship between the two of them is revealed. If only Becky had known more about her mother’s past, I can imagine the talks they would have had.  Tom proposes to Becky that he will create three dresses for her and will transform her into the Most Beautiful Woman in the World. Oh yeah, Becky thinks that Tom has lost his mind!  With Tom’s expensive labels plastered all over the world and with a few phone calls to her bestie, Becky agrees.  What does she have to lose?  As Becky slips the first gown on, she realizes that she does have a body after all and you have to laugh as she starts to accept the challenge that Tom has placed before her.  As people start to notice her and her social circle widens, the challenge starts to become a reality.  Becky starts to slip away and Rebecca starts to emerge.  She has started to become a new person.  Rebecca loves the new engagements, the new higher elites and the attention she is drawing but inside Becky is still the same. As a new challenge is presented, Rebecca cannot say no but Becky’s emotions get in the way and present some reservations.

This was a fun read with a nice twist to it.  I found myself laughing and smiling as Becky tries to handle the predicament that she is.   From meeting famous people to handling that she does have a body, the book will have you laughing.  I immediately felt a connection to Becky as she was not flighty or fake.  She was apprehensive about everything but she was typical of someone her age.  She called her best friend to ask for advice, she didn’t know how to act around people of higher social class and she was not afraid to ask questions.  The Prince was an interesting character. I enjoyed that was fun and that he was not all about his titleenjoyable