I give Faceless a three bay leaves out of five. Starting off, I really enjoyed the suspense and tension created with the interesting diction, powerful connotation, and well-timed flashbacks that slowly unravel the back story. Most of the characters were introduced very well, and their motivations were clear. The book seems to be covering a new sort of topic. After all, I never knew face transplants even existed before reading this book. The problem is, while I began to get deeper into the story, I realized that it is formed from what seems like a mountain of cliches. These cliches included the "perfect best friend" cliche; the "perfect boyfriend not so perfect" cliche; the "I actually like my meetings" cliche; and, the one I hated the most, the "I understand what happened and I accept it, although I know I will never be the same, that's okay" cliche. I would have loved the book if only it had more original content. I felt like I was reading a mashup of The Fault in Our Stars, Paper Towns, and Finding Audrey. All these books and ideas are great separately, but all merged into one plot line, the story becomes strange and confusing. That is why I give Faceless the rating of three out of five bay leaves.
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