Size 12 is Not Fat

I just completed the book Size 12 is Not Fat, by Meg Cabot. I really enjoyed the unique portrayal of the heroine of the book. Generally in action books, the heroine is slim, strong, pretty, and fit. This books heroine wears a size 12, but that isn't fat...is it? It is actually the average size for the American women, but the main character, Heather Wells still struggles with her weight. She had everything a girl would dream of, she was a rock star, her boyfriend was the guy every girl admired, and she had a great singing contract. But dreams don't last forever, and the big money Heather made from her albums is taken from her account, because she was under 18 at the time, and her mother rushes away with the money to Argentina. To make matters worse, when Heather suggests composing her own songs to sing (not just using the ones written for her), she is automatically rejected. She walks in on her boyfriend and another girl, shattering that security, and she is forced to leave her singing career. To cope with the difficulties of life, Heather begins something most girls experience when anxious- stress eating. She gains weight and reaches a size 12. Her glamor days complete, she now works as an assistant at a college. She rents an apartment from her landlord, the guy of her dreams, who is actually the older brother of her recent boyfriend. Her life seems stuck as it is until deaths begin occurring at the college, and while the police write them off as accidents, Heather is not so sure...so she takes up a little detective work of her own. This is a suspenseful book that does not follow the general status in the world of action novels, and liked this new twist, so I would recommend it, because in real life, not every heroine wears a size 2.