by Elle Gonzalez Rose
A dark academia thriller about who is allowed to break the rules and who suffers the consequences, perfect for fans of Jessica Goodman and Holly Jackson.
The week before Luna's twin sister Solina was supposed to head back for her final semester at Kingswood Academy, an elite boarding school in the Washington mountains, she told Luna she was dropping out. When Luna refused to let her throw away her future, Solina disappeared.
Twelve hours later, she was dead.
Luna knows Solina's death wasn't an accident, even if the police say otherwise. There's a reason Solina didn't want to go back to Kingswood, and Luna knows she'll find the truth there. All she has to do is become Solina. Playing Solina comes easy, but finding answers is far from it. Between the cunning, cruel people Solina called her friends, Luna's budding feelings for her roommate Claudia, and the harsh realization that Solina had dark secrets, getting to the bottom of her sister's murder is more difficult than Luna could have ever anticipated. But when you have nothing left to lose, you're willing to do anything to get what you want. There's no limit to how far Luna will go to avenge her sister-even if she has to burn all of Kingswood to the ground.
"Cunning...Masterfully balances themes of justice and acceptance, offering profound lessons on grief and letting go." ―Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
"Fast and furious; a must-buy." ―School Library Journal (starred review)
"Potent portrait of loss and identity...A grounded mystery." ―Publishers Weekly
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Elle Gonzalez Rose is a writer from New York and the author of YA rom-coms Caught in a Bad Fauxmance and 10 Things I Hate About Prom, and YA thriller The Girl You Know. She's probably working on her Halloween costume right now.

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