First, I'll say what I loved about this:

I really liked the first part of the book where Alicia talks about why you should adopt a cruelty-free diet. She wasn't lecturing or anything. I felt like I was having a mature conversation with her about my health and about animals.

I also liked part 2 that explains how you go vegan. She makes it seem really easy and she def. inspired me to finally take that step in my life. What's even better is that she's done this and so she understands cravings and what is difficult about cutting meat, dairy, and eggs out of your diet.

But here's what I don't like:

Part 3 of the book. You know where it has the beautiful, teasing pictures of the yummy recipes? I've tried some of these recipes and they really are amazing! So what's the problem?

I can't afford them or find some of the ingredients.

Alicia is a celebrity. She's made money off of doing Clueless. She can afford to literally buy everything from her health food store. I, however, can't. It cost me literally $100+ just to make the peach crisp. I wouldn't have minded except that nothing I bought would last me another couple times to use again. They don't make those special flours, sugars, veggies, etc. in bulk bags cheap. What's more, she lives in an urban area, but for the rest of us, we don't have the same access to these ingredients.

I know you're eating like a queen Alicia, but you gotta cut the rest of us some slack.