Katie's Book Blog!!

The Uglies series was one of the first YA series I read and I loved every bit of it. I don't normally read graphic novels but I made an exception for this one and I am so glad I did. Shay's Story is awesome! You don't want to miss out on Shay's backstory.Shay is a very important character in Uglies but her story is never told. It's never made known why she went to the Smoke, what she was like as an ugly, or what guy she had a crush on. All those questions are answered in Shay's Story and boy are they some shockers. It turns out Shay played a bigger role than anyone thought.The story itself was great. A lot of the secrets were revealed and Shay turned out to be a cooler person than she was made out to be in Uglies. Her history with Tally was explained as well as her history with some other well known characters in the series. Fans of the original series will be shocked by some of the secrets revealed in this book.The illustrations really were awesome. It was nice to finally put faces to some of the Uglies characters. The story is short and contains very few words but the story really is told through the illustrations. The saying "a picture is worth a thousand words" definitely applies in this case. Overall, Shay's Story is a must-read for fans of the Uglies series. Give this one a shot even if you aren't a fan of graphic novels. It's worth it!