Black Swan meets Pretty Little Liars in this soapy, drama-packed novel featuring diverse characters who will do anything to be the prima at their elite ballet school. Gigi, Bette, and June, three top students at an exclusive Manhattan ballet school, have seen their fair share of drama. Free-spirited new girl Gigi just wants to dance-but the very act might kill her. Privileged New Yorker Bette's desire to escape the shadow of her ballet-star sister brings out a dangerous edge in her. And perfectionist June needs to land a lead role this year or her controlling mother will put an end to her dancing dreams forever. When every dancer is both friend and foe, the girls will sacrifice, manipulate, and backstab to be the best of the best.
When my reserve at the library became available, I wasn't sure if I wanted to read it. Was I in the mood for a soapy, catty, backstabby drama?
Turns out that yes, yes I was.
The soapy, catty, backstabby dramatics were gloriously off the charts, and I especially had fun with the chapters where we're in the head of the meanest mean girl who has a delusional amount of entitlement. For essentially being a soap opera, it was really well written and each of the three main characters had a distinct voice.
It does end on a sudden cliffhanger-ish note with most things unresolved, so just a warning to potential readers - be smarter than me and acquire it BEFORE starting book #1.
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