Who isn't into fashion and compassion?? People with no heart, that's who! You get to practice these things all day every week but it isn't everyday that you're given the chance to take these things to the next level! What talent or passion makes some people seize onto childhood hobbies and turn them into lifelong careers? How do others let go of their childhood dreams and discover how to make themselves shine in other, unexpected ways?
Those are just a couple of the questions Sophia Bennett explores in her funny yet elegantly charming modern-day fairytale debut, the first in a projected trilogy about four talented teenagers. At the center of the novel are three best friends, each of whom has already identified her own passions, more or less.
Jenny's got real stage presence but her body type which isn't helped out at all by her stylist's bad choices is getting her the wrong sort of attention in the gossip rags. Edie is the brains of the bunch, a high achiever with her sights set on Harvard or Oxford and beyond that a career in politics.
And then there's Nonie, whose lifelong passion is for fashion who knows she'll never be a model like her mother and grandmother was but aches to be a designer although she is not sure if she has the talent.
Although it's is a frothy, fashion-filled fantasy, the book is not just fluff or simply wish-fulfillment fodder for junior von Furstenbergs. As an author's note reminds readers, the focus on Crow's story is based on real-life tragedies that may inspire political action as well as pattern-making. And Nonie's story in particular, about discovering your true talents and real happiness only when you set aside stubborn childhood dreams will speak to even more.
Those are just a couple of the questions Sophia Bennett explores in her funny yet elegantly charming modern-day fairytale debut, the first in a projected trilogy about four talented teenagers. At the center of the novel are three best friends, each of whom has already identified her own passions, more or less.Jenny's got real stage presence but her body type which isn't helped out at all by her stylist's bad choices is getting her the wrong sort of attention in the gossip rags. Edie is the brains of the bunch, a high achiever with her sights set on Harvard or Oxford and beyond that a career in politics.
And then there's Nonie, whose lifelong passion is for fashion who knows she'll never be a model like her mother and grandmother was but aches to be a designer although she is not sure if she has the talent.
Although it's is a frothy, fashion-filled fantasy, the book is not just fluff or simply wish-fulfillment fodder for junior von Furstenbergs. As an author's note reminds readers, the focus on Crow's story is based on real-life tragedies that may inspire political action as well as pattern-making. And Nonie's story in particular, about discovering your true talents and real happiness only when you set aside stubborn childhood dreams will speak to even more.
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