Overview
The Substance meets Girl in Pieces in this YA psychological thriller exploring the dark secrets of the wellness and beauty world. The Substance meets Girl in Pieces, in this new YA psychological thriller exploring the dark secrets of the wellness and beauty world, brimming with sapphic romance, class exploration, and friendship clashes. Frances Bean has always been content living life on the perimeter. Until she gets paired up for a class project with rich and popular Julia, daughter of famous wellness guru Deena Patterson. The ""magic"" skincare products, healing sound baths, and extravagant parties of Deena's company DEEP never really interested Frances before, who wears the badge of goth outcast and bookworm proudly. But face time with the girl she has been crushing on for years is starting to give her a new outlook. When Frances gets an exclusive invite to a DEEP event, she is blown away by the beauty and luxury of Julia's world and the group's focus on empowering girls to be their most true selves surprisingly strikes a chord. Before long Frances finds herself invested in DEEP, a whirlwind romance with Julia, and a future that feels hopeful. But when an infamous DEEP party takes a dark turn, Frances wonders if the allure of being a part of Julia's life was actually just a deadly distraction...
Full Product Details
Author: Hayley Krischer
Publisher: Penguin Putnam Inc
Imprint: G.P.Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers'
Dimensions:
Width: 14.60cm
, Height: 2.50cm
, Length: 21.90cm
Weight: 0.386kg
ISBN: 9780593698389
ISBN 10: 059369838
Pages: 320
Publication Date: 15 April 2025
Recommended Age: From 14 years
Audience:
Young adult
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Teenage / Young adult
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: To order
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Reviews
""Raw and pulsing, this is a novel that understands and embraces the complexities of being a teenage girl. Utterly transfixing."" —Jessica Goodman, New York Times bestselling author of The Counselors ""Tense, perfect pacing that builds to an explosive, murderous climax. I could not put this book down."" —Liz Lawson, New York Times bestselling author of The Agathas series ""Midsommar meets the wellness space with this queer YA thriller about loving too hard, trust, and the dangers of falling for a façade. A perfect mix of suspense, romance, and a dash of bone chilling horror, that will captivate any reader."" —Raegan Revord, Actor and Author ""A tension-filled, darkly delicious thriller about the lengths girls will go to belong. You Belong to Me is a gut punch of a book that skewers the wellness industry and surprises at every turn."" —Kara Thomas, Author of The Cheerleaders
Author Information
Hayley Krischer is the author of The Falling Girls, Something Happened to Ali Greenleaf and the adult fiction book, Where Are You, Echo Blue? She has written for The New York Times, Elle, The Atlantic and more. She lives in New Jersey with her family.
