I can't tell you too much about the plot without giving away it's amazingness but I can tell you that the girls crash on an island and have to survive. They do this with varying degrees of success while waiting for rescue. Soon though they realize that no one is coming to rescue them and that in fact someone might even want them dead. Someone who is on the island with them (cue suspenseful music).
The story is told in multiple points-of-view, from each of the survivors which was really effective because there are a lot of visible and invisible minorities in this book. From African American to transgender to hearing impaired, these girls are all really different and their narratives read that way. It could read like Bray pulled each identity out of a hat as a sort of exercise, but it doesn't. Each girl feels like an individual and sometimes bends stereotypes and sometimes fits within them.
My favourite parts though were the bits that happened between the narrative. The pageant is sponsored by The Corporation and between the story, there were commercials and ads for various shows and products put out by The Corporation. Bray's tongue-in-cheek humour had me laughing out loud (which was slightly awkward as I wasn't alone).
I definitely recommend Beauty Queens if you want a book that will make you laugh, but I also recommend it if you like books that make you think a little bit about the way the world is and how we can make it better.
~ Kat (regular teen reviews will resume next week with Sarah's fantastic review of The Gathering by Kelley Armstrong)
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