I think it's really special when a book has the ability to make you feel a wide range of emotions. Throughout Something Real I was angry, ecstatic, in love, frustrated, and everything in between. 
 Something Real follows the life of Bonnie(tm) (Chloe) Baker as she attempts to balance a "normal" teenage life that she's been able to construct over several years with her reality television home life on the show Bakers Dozen. The story is an eye-opener into the constant struggles that Bonnie(tm) has to face on an everyday basis. 
 My feelings for the cast of characters also range, from such complete adoration for Bonnie(tm), her brother, Benton(tm), and her boyfriend, Patrick, to complete disgust and hatred for her mother and the show's producer, Chuck. 
 Bonnie(tm)'s relationship with Benton(tm) is probably the strongest and most fleshed out brother/sister relationship I've read about. Their support is unprecedented and their banter is the perfect comic relief during a book that is so tension-filled. Bonnie(tm) and Patrick are absolutely adorable. Though sometimes they could be a little too perfect, I didn't care because Bonnie(tm) has been through enough crap in her seventeen years to last her a lifetime, and dammit she deserves something good! 
 On the other hand, most of the book had me wanting to throttle Bonnie(tm)'s mother and Chuck for their complete lack of decency and disgusting manipulation. Her mother has no backbone, no redeemable qualities whatsoever, and doesn't seem to notice or care that her family is being abused by the TV show she cares so much about. The producer, Chuck, is arguably the slimiest person ever and will do whatever it takes to keep the show running and making big bucks. 
 By the end of the book, you can't help but be so proud of Bonnie(tm) as she shows a huge amount of growth and really learns to discover who she is and where she wants to go. Though the ending wrapped up a little too neatly, I, again, didn't care because Bonnie(tm) deserves every good thing coming to her. Absolutely amazing debut and I can't wait to read everything else this Heather Demetrios puts out.