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Book Review of Skip Beat!, Volume 1 (Skip Beat (Graphic Novels))

Skip Beat!, Volume 1 (Skip Beat (Graphic Novels))
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For the Parents: Skip Beat has some language and in much later volumes you have a couple guys trying to cop a feel on the poor heroine (and they get soundly beaten up for it). If you don't mind either then this is a descent series to let teens add to their library. It addresses all sorts of themes as the main character faces blackmail, two-timing co-workers, impossible challenges, the trials of being an actress, oh and a vendetta against her ex-love-interest turned celebrity (whom she is determined to outshine on the stage) AND a bully super celebrity named Ren. Kyoko is an energetic, over imaginative emotional roller coaster who takes on the world and still believes in faeries. You might want to read it too to watch Kyoko goes from a plain jane nobody at a fast food joint to a star.