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stacy837's review
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Stalking and Blood
Moderate: Kidnapping, Biphobia, and Homophobia
booksdogsandcoffee's review against another edition
mysterious
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.5
Noa never fit the straight path. Her parents always wanted her to go to college, get a good job, the usual. But that isn’t her. She loves horror movies, make up and gore. So she decides to leave college and pursue a career in makeup effects. Where she meets the famous Lilah Silver. An up and coming actress who Noa has had a crush on forever!
The two begin a friendship as Noa becomes Lilah’s makeup artist on the set of Lilah’s latest movie. Lilah has always done the right thing, gone for the right roles, dated the right boys, but now that she has met the authentic Noa she realizes she hasn’t been living her life as true to herself as she wants to be. They both have huge crushes on each other but don’t act on it. Lila opens up to Noa about her sexuality. So Noa in return and trying not to let her crush show, becomes Lilah’s guide to the queer world. But Lila soon realizes she has a stalker on set, and becomes the star of her own real life horror film.
This book was very much about accepting who you are both sexually and in your career path. Figuring out that the path most taken isn’t always the path for you. And at the core is a love of horror films.
I enjoyed the audiobook, representation (especially sapphic Jewish rep), but it felt like the plot was lagging in a few spots and then made up with it very well at the end. Making it feel like an awesome campy thriller/horror movie.
Natalie Nadus per usual did a wonderful job narrating.
Rep
Jewish MC
Sapphic
Poly cue (side rep)
Bipoc rep
Cw
Blood
Gore
Stalking
Fire
Content Warnings
Graphic: Blood, Stalking, Gore, and Fire/Fire injury
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