A vague mention of a ritual, a three-girl band breakup, a hint of scandal—these are the elements that form the basis for the opening chapters. The author throws us headfirst into the aftermath of a nasty catfight that divides two friends and leaves the third one adrift in the void. Then she teases you as the two former friends get together to rescue the third.
In this day and age, we are the inheritors of Andy Warhol’s prediction that we will all be famous for 15 minutes. It is a delicious carrot with a hidden core of arsenic dangled before anyone with an iPhone and access to YouTube. If we hit on just the right formula, we too can garner millions of followers and the money generated from their adulation.
Sunny is both the lucky girl who tasted fame and the unfortunate loser who saw it fall through her fingers. She craves the spotlight again and the short passages that detail that longing make it seem almost like an addiction. We don’t know what she was willing to do in order to get fame but we pity poor Mina who seems to have become its first victim.
The hint of the supernatural promises haunting horror to come. This will draw in anybody who likes the notion of awfulness behind a façade of unreal beauty.
In this day and age, we are the inheritors of Andy Warhol’s prediction that we will all be famous for 15 minutes. It is a delicious carrot with a hidden core of arsenic dangled before anyone with an iPhone and access to YouTube. If we hit on just the right formula, we too can garner millions of followers and the money generated from their adulation.
Sunny is both the lucky girl who tasted fame and the unfortunate loser who saw it fall through her fingers. She craves the spotlight again and the short passages that detail that longing make it seem almost like an addiction. We don’t know what she was willing to do in order to get fame but we pity poor Mina who seems to have become its first victim.
The hint of the supernatural promises haunting horror to come. This will draw in anybody who likes the notion of awfulness behind a façade of unreal beauty.