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Gorgeous Gruesome Faces

(Paperback)


Publishing Details

Full Title:

Gorgeous Gruesome Faces

Contributors:

By (Author) Linda Cheng
Read by Elaine Wang

ISBN:

9781786542182

Publisher:

Hachette Children's Group

Imprint:

Quercus Children's Books

Publication Date:

14th November 2023

UK Publication Date:

9th November 2023

Country:

United Kingdom

Classifications

Readership:

Young Adult

Fiction/Non-fiction:

Fiction

Other Subjects:

Childrens / Teenage fiction: Relationship stories

Dewey:

813.6

Physical Properties

Physical Format:

Paperback

Number of Pages:

320

Dimensions:

Width 126mm, Height 196mm, Spine 26mm

Weight:

226g

Description

Squid Game meets Wilder Girls in this debut sapphic supernatural thriller set in the glittering, cut-throat world of K-pop rivalry. A disgraced idol comes face-to-face with the demons of her past when she enters a competition that turns out to be a deadly trap.

After a shocking scandal that abruptly ended her teen popstar career, eighteen-year-old Sunny Lee spends her days longing for her former life and cyberstalking her ex-BFF and groupmate, Candie. The two were once inseparable, but that was then - before the tragedy and heartache they left in their wake.

In the here and now, Sunny is surprised to discover that Candie is attending a new K-pop workshop in her hometown. Candie might be there chasing stardom, but Sunny can't resist the chance to join her and finally confront their traumatic history. Because she still can't figure out what happened that horrible night when Mina, the third in their tight-knit trio, jumped to her death. Or if the dark and otherworldly secrets she and Candie were keeping had something to do with it . . .

But the workshop doesn't bring the answers Sunny had hoped for, nor a happy reunion with Candie. Instead, Sunny finds herself haunted by ghostly visions while strange injuries start happening to her competitors - followed by even stranger mutilations to their bodies. In her race to survive, Sunny will have to expose just who is behind the carnage - and if Candie is out for blood once more - in Linda Cheng's spellbinding sapphic thriller that will have readers screaming and swooning for more.

Author Bio

Linda Cheng was born in Taiwan and spent her childhood moving between cultures and continents. She received her BFA from the Savannah College of Art and Design, and worked as an art director across South Carolina and Georgia where she developed a deep love for sweet tea, grits, and Southern Gothic stories. She currently resides in Vancouver, Canada, where she spends her off days exploring the British Columbia Coast and introducing her daughter to the wonderful world of obscure 90's anime.

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