The Soler sisters are infamous in polite society--brazen, rebellious, and raised by their fashionable grandmother who couldn't care less about which fork goes where. But...

The Soler sisters are infamous in polite society--brazen, rebellious, and raised by their fashionable grandmother who couldn't care less about which fork goes where. But their grandmother also knows the standards that two Latina young ladies will be held to, so she secures them two coveted places at the Alarie House, a prominent finishing school that turns out first ladies, princesses, and socialites.

Younger sister Isla is back home within a day. She refuses to become one of the eerily sweet Alarie girls in their prim white dresses. Older sister Renata stays. When she returns months later, she's unfailingly pleasant, unnervingly polite, and, Isla discovers, possibly murderous. And the same night she returns home, she vanishes.

As their grandmother uses every connection she has to find Renata, Isla re-enrolls, intent on finding out what happened to her sister. But the Alarie House is as exacting as it is opulent. It won't give up its secrets easily, and neither will a mysterious, conniving girl who's either controlling the house, or carrying out its deadly orders.

Tautly written, tense, and evocative, this is a stunning YA novel by award-winning and critically acclaimed author Anna-Marie McLemore.

Author: Anna-Marie McLemore
Publisher: Feiwel & Friends
Published: 05/28/2024
Pages: 288
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.80lbs
Size: 8.60h x 5.60w x 1.30d
ISBN: 9781250869630
Audience: Young Adult


Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 02/26/2024
Kirkus Reviews 03/15/2024
Booklist 03/15/2024 pg. 62
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 05/01/2024
School Library Journal 05/01/2024 pg. 80

About the Author
Anna-Marie McLemore is the author of The Weight of Feathers, When the Moon Was Ours (longlisted for the National Book Award), Wild Beauty, Blanca & Roja, Dark and Deepest Red, The Mirror Season (longlisted for the National Book Award), Lakelore, and Venom & Vow.