4.25 or thereabouts 
 Super super adorable. Just loved the reenactment aspect too! How original. 
 Full review originally posted on The Book Addict's Guide: I had my eye on PAST PERFECT for a while so I was so excited with Estelle from Rather Be Reading got it for me as a Secret Santa gift this past Christmas! I knew I wanted to read it at the right time and I started it on the 4th of July when I was looking for a cute summery book and lo and behold, there's a whole 4th of July chapter so that just worked perfectly! 
 PAST PERFECT was an excellent book. It follows the story of Chelsea during the summer before her senior year of high school working at the local historical reenactment village... mainly because her parents work there and that's pretty much always been her summer job (even before she was technically allowed to work). I just loved the historical reenactment angle of the book. I mean, how original is that!? It was so much fun to read about too, especially when sabotage with anachronisms started to pop up! 
 The atmosphere of the book was really one of my favorite things about it. I've actually visited a historical reenactment village with my family on vacation but I was also about... seven years old or so (pictures below!) so I had a bit of a past connection to the setting (not like I remember a LOT of it but knowing I was somewhere like that was cute) and it was just so much fun to experience. I could really picture myself in the story and I could picture the characters there. The overall feel just felt so real and genuine. 
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 The romance was JUST ADORABLE and the forbidden romance is another one of my favorites. Once the rival reenactment village is introduced, don't you just KNOW that the love interest will be one of those guys. (And also, colonial versus Civil War. I just love it.) I just loved the way the romance developed and unfolded. The two characters had great chemistry and I couldn't wait for them to finally get together. 
 I also really connected a lot to Chelsea and her boy situation. She ends up working at the historical village again after deciding specifically not to because her best friend really wants to and Chelsea's ex-boyfriend also happens to end up working there too... High school drama abound! I could relate to Chelsea though. She wasn't head over heels for her ex but after the relationship is ended and on less than favorable terms, Chelsea had a hard time letting it go. I could totally understand where she's coming from too. I've had a few crushes gone bad that totally seemed like I lost something huge when things didn't work out but after a different perspective from friends and giving it some time, I could tell that it just wasn't meant to be and was never that amazing in the first place. 
 Basically PAST PERFECT was adorable. I had so much fun reading it and I really made a connection with the characters and the setting. I was surprised that it actually had some really great analogies that led to some really fantastic messages and lessons. I absolutely loved the ending and how everything wrapped up so well.