So when June witnesses Athena's death in a freak accident, she acts on impulse: she steals Athena's just-finished masterpiece, an experimental novel about the unsung contributions of Chinese laborers to the British and French war efforts during World War I. Nobody wants stories about basic white girls, June thinks. But Athena's a cross-genre literary darling, and June didn't even get a paperback release. Kuang in the vein of White Ivy and The Other Black Girl.Īuthors June Hayward and Athena Liu were supposed to be twin rising stars: same year at Yale, same debut year in publishing. What's the harm in a pseudonym? New York Times bestselling sensation Juniper Song is not who she says she is, she didn't write the book she claims she wrote, and she is most certainly not Asian American-in this chilling and hilariously cutting novel from R. Even though I do think this one will be pretty hard to review. I was very lucky to receive an eARC through Netgalley and I’m excited to share my thoughts with you all.

After seeing some great early reviews I just knew I had to read it as well. Kuang wrote is, and because she posted an intriguing tiktok about it.

I was definitely curious about this one because R.F.

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