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Reviewed on August 30, 2024 | YA - High School
Gr 9 Up—Krystle's YA debut seems keyed to social media-driven aesthetics instead of plot, with over-the-top purple prose and a shallowness that permeates everything but its beautifully vivid descriptions. Ballerina Lila Rose Li has always strived for perfection and to live up her parents' expectations, but after a failed audition, she lashes out violently and is sent to live with her aunt on a small, mysterious island with strange traditions bordering on cultlike activities. The more Lila learns of t...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
