?Devious, delicious, and gasp-worthy.? (Kathleen Glasgow, New York Times bestselling author of Girl in Pieces)
In this genre-defying page-turner from Lygia Day Peñaflor, four teens befriend their favorite novelist, only to find their deepest, darkest secrets in the pages of her next book?with devastating consequences.
Miri Tan loved the book Undertow like it was a living being. So when she and her friends went to a book signing to hear the author, Fatima Ro, they concocted a plan to get close to her.
Soleil Johnston wanted to be a writer herself one day. When she and her friends started hanging out with her favorite author, Fatima Ro, she couldn't believe their luck?especially when Jonah Nicholls started hanging out with them, too.
Penny Panzarella was more than the materialist party girl everyone at the Graham School thought she was?and she was willing to share all her secrets with Fatima Ro to prove it.
Jonah Nicholls had more to hide than any of them. And now that Fatima's next book is out in the world, he's the one who is paying the price...
Perfect for fans of One of Us Is Lying?and told as a series of interviews, journal entries, and even pages from the book within the book?this gripping story of a fictional scandal will keep you on the edge of your seat from beginning to end.
Four fans. One famous author. A story that blurs the line between fiction and reality. How far is too far for the perfect story?
- Unreliable Narrators: Told through competing interviews and diary entries, the truth about Miri, Soleil, Penny, and Jonah is more complex than any of them are willing to admit.
- Psychological Suspense: Fatima Ro is the author they all adored, but as they get closer, they must decide if she's a mentor or a manipulator with a dark agenda.
- Book within a Book: Read pages from Fatima's controversial novel and decide for yourself where the teens' secrets end and her fiction begins.
- Morally Grey Characters: Everyone has something to hide, but as the consequences of the novel turn deadly, who is the real victim and who is the villain?
