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Honey
Isabel Banta
June 4, 2024
336 Pages
Genre: Fiction – Historical, Coming-of-Age
I absolutely loved the book primarily because of the author’s writing – such a beautiful and poetic way of describing things.
Loved the additional pages such as lyrics, interviews, articles, and quizzes. It really added depth to the characters and was so unique.
The ending was incredibly satisfying, yet remained as realistic as the book’s characters.
Thank you to the publisher for the opportunity to share my thoughts on this ARC.
BLURB:
A coming-of-age story that follows the meteoric rise of singer Amber Young as she navigates fame in the late-1990s and early-2000s era of pop music superstardom
It is 1997, and Amber Young has received a life-changing call. It is a chance thousands of girls would die for: the opportunity to join girl group Cloud9 in Los Angeles and escape her small town. She quickly finds herself in the orbits of fellow rising stars Gwen Morris, a driven singer-dancer, and Wes Kingston, a member of the biggest boy band in the world, ETA.
As Amber embarks on her solo career and her fame intensifies, her rich interior life is frequently reduced. Surrounded by people who claim to love her but only wish to exploit her, and driven by a desire for recognition and success, for love and sex, for agency and connection, Amber comes of age at a time when the kaleidoscope of public opinion can distort everything and one mistake can shatter a career.
Isabel Banta’s debut novel redefines the narratives of some of the most famous pop icons of the 1990s and 2000s. It reimagines the superstars we idolized and hated, oversexualized and underestimated, and gives them the fresh, multifaceted story they deserve.
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