When the topic first came up about reading Designed for Perfection,
I was a little hesitant due my thinking it would be about a bunch of high
school kids and their love story. Wow, was I ever wrong. I am so glad, I had
the opportunity to read this book.
Designed for perfection is about not typical high school
students. They had a little help from their parents in changing their DNA. The
kids are the "perfect" students, athletes and models. Most people
think having the "perfect" body, life and everything you wanted would
make you happy, but does it really? What happens when you go through life
without anything to challenge you? In
this book, you will find out...
The Designer, as the modified kids are called, are
contracting a virus that is killing them. This is story about Cat McCullough (Cat), her sister
Claire, Ronan and the rest of the Designers. Cat and Claire are orphaned when
Cat is in high school due to a boating accident. The Designers are abducted by supposedly
the government to conduct testing on them and to eliminate them.
I like that the kids still went through the same trials and
tribulations that most kids go through. Often times, in our society, we focus
too much on being perfect and not enough on enjoying life. The cover of
magazines at the checkout line and covered with diets and works out. The tabloids
make fun of people's bodies about being too thin or too fat. As a society, are
we really heading in the direction of genetically altering our children while
still in the uterus so they can be what our society dictates? It is scary to
think about. If someone does think about genetically altering embryos, they
should read this book first.
The book does have some romance it in but it is not overly
done. I am excited to read the next books in the series.
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