I am from Kilkenny, a medieval, haunted city in the south of Ireland, which was the inspiration for the town in A Place Called Perfect. I write stories full of adventure because I get bored really easily. Eugene, Violet's father, suddenly disappears. The Archers say that Eugene has been sent on an opthalmic conference, but Violet does not believe this. Rose, Violet's mother is of no help as she has already turned into a perfect citizen. A Place Called Perfect delivers a creepy and whimsical tale on friendship, and fighting for what you believe in. A Place Called Perfect was my first book. It was published in August 2017 and was a Waterstones Book of the Month. It won numerous awards including Crimefest Children's Book of the Year and was nominated for the Irish Book Awards and Waterstones Children's Prize.

Any book that starts with a map showing secret tunnels under rivers to graveyards and ghost estates is already a winner! There may be a few things I missed, but I think I got most of the things I wanted to say in my review.

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Then we have Boy. The second really important character. A boy without parents. A boy who lives in the No-Man's-Land part next to Perfect. At times he was a bit too much, at times he didn't feel like a kid, but then again, I guess that happens when one has lived in the No-Man's-Land for all their life. You just can't be a kid there, only sometimes. Violet was a little girl with a big imagination, but even she knew she wasn’t imagining that something was wrong in Perfect, especially when her father went missing and her mother didn’t seem to care. Violet never wanted to move to Perfect. Who wants to live in a town where everyone has to wear glasses to stop them going blind? And who wants to be perfectly behaved all the time?

But when her optician father has been offered an almost perfect job in this new location and despite her unwillingness, Violet must do as she is told, so she moves to Perfect. It is amazing for me since I am really into suspense and I love how the author described everything in such detail The series is a bestselling series has sold over 230,000 copies in the UK and counting and is published in 13 languages to date. Perfect has also been optioned for an animated TV series by Jellyfish Productions.One of the biggest charm points would be the fact that this takes place in a time without cellphones, with wifi/internet. There is one mention of a game console, but that is it. I just adore it when an author writes a book without the modern conveniences. The characters have to really rely on wit, bravery, brains. They can't just google their way out of here. Oh no. And I love that. It really brings out the characters and shows just how great they are. Who wants to live in a town where everyone has to wear glasses to stop them going blind? And who wants to be neat and tidy and perfectly behaved all the time? Violet then meets Boy. Boy is different from the other people she has so far seen at Perfect, and with Boy helping her, Violet discovers that the two Archer brothers- her father's employers- are not who they seem to be. In fact, so cunning and dangerous are they that it's up to Violet and Boy to put their heads together and decide how to save the oblivious people of Perfect from the cunning Archer brothers. Until she meets a boy called Boy!! Yess, that is his name, Boy and she immediately befriends him and together they go on their journey to discover the secrets behind the magical town.

She enjoys reading and writing middle grade, still searching for another Narnia. At present, her first novel ‘Otto Vintage and the Doomquaker’, a thriller about an angel boy destined to join the celestial St Wisewings military academy, is on submission to publishers. I thought that this fictional book 'A Place Called Perfect' was really interesting and mysterious because it had a lot of twists in the book where such sudden things happened all at once. This book is a type of book where if you start reading you don't want to stop reading it. Violet never wanted to move to Perfect. Who wants to live in a town where everyone has to wear glasses to stop them going blind? And who wants to be neat and tidy and perfectly behaved all the time?The dialogue, as mentioned earlier, contained a few sexist remarks. This unfortunately was a big turn-off for me. Whispering Stories was established in 2015. The blog is here to share our love of books and the bookish world, alongside our other passions in life. We are based in the UK. A Place Called Perfect is an engaging, exciting and fun book for readers aged around 9 years plus, though it would be a great book for a parent/guardian to read with their child. A Place Called Perfect, the middle-grade debut of graphic designer Helena Duggan, follows the story of Violet Brown who finds life as she knows it thrown up in air as her parents decide to move to a place called Perfect. Her father, a renowned ophthalmologist had been offered an attractive new job in this strange little town and Violet can do nothing but agree to this sudden turn of events- who cares if she has to leave her friends and everything she holds dear in her old life?

I found this book cool as it was interesting but spooky. It is about a girl called violet who goes to live in a new town but ends up uncoveering a whole new side to perfect! RE-READ 22.10.21 - Kept my rating at 4 stars. Will hopefully be getting to the sequel FINALLY next month, after reading this for the first time in May 2020. The town called Perfect, is on the outside just that, perfect, but as everyone who lives there has lost their sight and needs glasses to see they view life through special rose-tinted glasses supplied by the Archer brothers. Violet and her family move to Perfect after her father is head hunted to solve the towns loss of sight problem but immediately she hates it. She’s left her home, her friends, her school and within 24 hours of arriving she’s lost her sight. All in all, I'd say A Place Called Perfect is the perfect choice if you're looking for a brilliantly spooky, wildly imaginative story this Halloween season- or any time of the year, really. You'd no doubt appreciate the wonderfully creepy world and the fantastically crafted characters, and if you, like me, like your horror in mild doses, this book is for you! Recommended to fans of Coraline, Tim Burton, and the Wizard of Oz.Helena Duggan is a graphic designer based in Kilkenny and this is her debut novel aimed at readers age 9+ although it would be equally enjoyed by adults who enjoy magical tales. All of these thoughts mashed together, produced Perfect...its streets and people, No Mans Land and its oddities, The Ghost Estate and it's dark corners, Violet and Boy, Edward and George Archer and their estranged and rebellious brother William, Iris and Macula and their inner strength, The Watchers, The Reimaginator, The Tea, The Orphans, The Eyes, The Graveyard and all the things in between... The Archer brothers are Dahl-like and the world seems so convincing that I’m rather worried as I slurp my cup of tea whilst writing this review! Jatuh cinta dengan sampulnya. Benar sekali kalau melihat cover dan blurb tentang kisah Violet di kota Perfect, membuatku penasaran. Awalnya buku ini menarik dan setiap chapter sangat aku suka. Sampai pada klimaks dan akhir aku merasakan cerita terlalu dipaksakan, entah mengapa aku merasa tidak lagi begitu peduli dengan apa yang dilakukan Violet dan temannya, Boy. Kemudian muncul tokoh lain yang membuatku juga tidak begitu membantuku menikmati akhir ceritanya ini. I loved this book because it was fiction.Also my favourite character was Violet because she is adventurous and unique.She is unique because she doesn’t come from perfect and the tea and glasses don’t work on her meaning she still has full imagination.I really recommend this book for someone any age!!!