Written in text/blog, this second installment of the Bloggrls series grew on me.
When I first started reading, it began to sound like so many other after-school specials but the topic it addressed snuck up on me so quickly I was knocked back and had to finish it.

Sistrsic92 aka Megan, keeps in touch with her three VBF's(very best friends) through a private blog. Lisa (zbest) is a friend from her church's youth group, while Zoey(zo4u) and Trish(tennytrish) are girls she met at the beginning and end of tennis camp the past summer. Most of Meg's posts focus on how hard being a sophomore is sure to be as she spends yet another year living in the shadow of the t2p2(The Totally Perfect Person) aka her older half-sister Cara.

Cara is blonde, athletic and beautiful, and nicknamed Calla, while Meg is far less athletic, brunette and nicknamed Eggy. Cara's dad passed away when she was a young child in a tragic car accident and Meg is convinced this also gets Cara sympathy from everyone, meanwhile her dad is a pastor and all that brings from others is scrutiny. She struggles with feeling such intense jealousy over Cara, but finds that even when things are not about Cara,...they somehow drift back to her. The rants and raves that Meg blogs about are a bit whiny at first and it reads like any other "my sister's the perfect one", book.

Then Cara gets a boyfriend. Trip. Together they're the cutest couple in school and Meg could just about gag. One more reason for everyone to be head over heels in love with all things Cara. She notices Cara making out with Trip and finds it really annoying and selfish that Cara isn't thinking about how things will look to the neighbors, and parishioners of their church.

Soon Cara's behavior begins to change. She's argumentative with their mother, and hiding in her room most nights. Meg is convinced that this is yet another way for Cara to make everything about her. Then beautiful Cara starts getting thinner...and things suddenly get much worse than Meg could ever have imagined.

Watching Meg grow was painful at times, only because I felt a lot of her statements and ideas did sound very After-school-Special. When she wasn't annoying me though, I found her likable and funny. While struggling to find her own way with boys and body image while dealing with the unbelievable issues her sister brought onto their home, Meg's internet friends were great sounding boards but they also provided different perspectives on what was going on. Some of their advice was corny, but for the right younger teen, I can see how spot-on they may be.

The book is lightly illustrated with a few cute pencil-drawn images here and there. One pet-peeve of mine while reading was that these pictures always seemed to show a scene I had no interest in seeing. Some of the more intricate story-lines could have used them more. I also felt as though the cover of the book itself would have been better suited with one of the pics of Meg that is in the inner jacket of the book, rather than the weird collage that's there. It almost stopped me from picking this book up. I'm glad that it didn't.

A good read for ages 12+ about dating, body image, eating disorders, and recognizing that the Totally Perfect Person isn't always so perfect.