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The most beautiful things have the sharpest edges.
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.
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.
Praise for Flawless Girls:
"McLemore's signature prose both cuts like ice and rolls languidly off the tongue."
―Shelf Awareness, Starred Review
"Unsettling
and packed with sparkly detail, this book is perfect for
gothic-literature and period-piece fans who are eager for a much needed
update in representation."
―Horn Book Review