When I first sat down to read Making Faces I had no idea how
beautiful of a story it was going to be. It had me feeling so many
emotions and I honestly could not put it down until the end. Then I
was sad because it was over and I didn't know what I could possibly
read that would top such an amazing story. This book has quickly
become one of my all time faves. It deserve a standing ovation. Never
in all my life has a book touch me so deeply. I just wanted to wrap
my arms around the characters and cry and laugh with them. This story
is about first love, triumph, heartache and learning to overcome
obstacles in life that may not be so easy to overcome and learning to
see beauty from the inside out.Ambrose Young was a popular jock. He was tall and muscular with long hair. H e was everything Fern Taylor dreamed she could have but never could. Fern was an unremarkable girl in the eyes of everyone with curly red hair and freckles and braces nobody has ever looked twice at her. She dreams that Ambrose would notice her, but it never happened then one day Ambrose and four of his closest buddies enlist and leave town. Little do any of them know that life was never gonna be the same. Ambrose is the only one to return and he isn't beautiful anymore. Fern decides to take a chance an together they learn that there is beauty inside of all and there is also a little beast.
This story had me feeling all sorts of emotions. Fern was such a great heroine through it all her love for Ambrose never wavers. Ambrose frustrated me at times but I still fell for him hard in this story, but I would have to say my favorite character was Bailey, Ferns cousin and best friend. He stole the show for me. He was such a realistic guy who never had an easy life but he made his life look so easy. Overall this story is one of the greats. That I think everyone should read at some point. Just wonderful writing and a great message that sometimes you have to look a little deeper and you can see the beauty inside everyone.
