Perfect: A Thriller That Will Grab You By Your DNA

By L.A. Kessler

Sometimes science demands sacrifice...

Perfection.

Juliet Huff’s life depends on it.

She’s never been outside, had friends over, or attended school. She’s also never had a cold, a bruise, or a scrape.

Her parents are researchers, part of the secretive Genesis Foundation, and they have one goal. Utopia. No one will ever lose another child to disease or birth defects. They’ll achieve their goal through cloning perfect children. In order to attract funding, any imperfect subjects are terminated.

As she nears her eighteenth birthday, she discovers she will become the first Genesis child to reach this milestone and will be “preserved” as a permanent record of their work unless she can break free.

But Juliet has a secret. She met someone from the outside world once, the boy from across the street. Escaping her house, she finds Bill Manning all grown up, but time is running out and she must expose the Genesis Foundation…

Because she’ll never be perfect again.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Bryant Street Publishing
• Release date: Dec 6, 2022
• ISBN: 9781094451503

L.A. Kessler

L.A. Kessler is the pseudonym of award-winning horror and paranormal romance author Lisa Kessler. She's a two-time San Diego Book Award winner for Best Published Fantasy-Sci-fi-Horror and Best Published Romance. Her books have also won the PRISM award, the Award of Excellence, the National Excellence in Romantic Fiction Award, the Award of Merit from the Holt Medallion, and an International Digital Award for Best Paranormal. Her horror short stories have been published in print anthologies and magazines, and her vampire story, Immortal Beloved, was a finalist for a Bram Stoker award. When she's not writing, Lisa is a professional tarot reader and vocalist. You can learn more at Lisa-Kessler.com

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Reviews for Perfect

[Reici Newsom · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

The forward and overall story line was good but the telling was a little juvenile. Too many unrealistic episodes.

[Nora Gayle Wills · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Great book and story. I'm hoping there Is there a second book??

[Gemma Darking · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Oh My!... Came by this book by chance just over a day ago and literally could not put it down... I have never read anything like this... It sucked me in from the beginning... Its book 1 of a trilogy... The 1st chapter is from when they were all friends around age 9, Then switches to 9 years later, The 1st chapter or 2 is a good read to get you a feel of characters and really imagine them as the book goes on... Told from both Billy's point of view and Juliette's... So chlostrophobic at the beginning with Juliette being trapped in her house forever by her own parents... She has to stay 'Perfect' Never get a cold sneeze scrape bump illness of any kind has to stay Perfect even wearing mittens and wooly socks to bed.... Billy who lives down the road ends up being her super hero aswell as boyfriend creating quite a lovely love story... Can not wait till book 2 of this trilogy comes out this month sometime ??
5 stars from me
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[Sandra Smit · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

I enjoyed it thoroughly! Can not wait for book 2!!!

[RG · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

There were exciting moments and I liked the concept, but overall it read like a YA novel, and not just because the main characters were 18 and 19. The moments that should’ve inspired horror or fear felt watery and not very believable, leaving me bored at times.

[Sabrina · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Love it,very gripping, need the next one soon please. Thank you ?

[Nombulelo Ngwenya · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Loved it! Finished it in one day! We need a part 2 though, the ending felt cruel :( but overall, it’s an amazing book

[Vicki Hughes · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Grabs you right from the start. Easy to listen to and easy to follow the story line!

[R. Mastro · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

The beginning was intriguing and the story line is captivating but it just became very cheesy so quickly. It turned into a group of 18 year-olds with zero expertise or competence trying to solve the problem. Couldn’t finish it.

[idromereschi · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

Intriguing end, it was worth going though the story to get there.

[Lily · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

Started off pretty good, then it got cheesy and read like a fanfic.

[Laura M · Rating: 2 out of 5 stars]

It had promise and turned quickly into a B-rated movie. The characters were flat and uninteresting. The weirdest thing, it felt like the beginning was written by a far more talented writer. One name checked off my list.