Full review on Smart Bitches, Trashy Books 
 I love ballet stories. I have eight of the 11 Drina books, including two of the really hard to get ones. I have all of the Royal Ballet School diaries, and a bunch of the Satin Slippers series from the 80s (and oh, is it 80s. It's so bad and the main heroine is so stupid). Center Stage is one of my favorite movies, and I highly suggest going to see simulcasts of the Royal Ballet in movie theaters when you get a chance. 
 The cover copy describes this as Black Swan meets Pretty Little Liars. The melodrama factor is high. There's harassment that escalates to attempted murder, maimings, vandalism, and HIPPA violations. The end was, the more I think about it, the most satisfying unsatisfying ending imaginable, and I am SUPER glad that I went to the We Need Diverse Books panel at RT Booklovers, and that I snagged a copy. I'm really excited to see what else these two write, separately or together. 
 One of the reasons we need diverse books is because "we need windows and mirrors." The Mirror, to see ourselves reflected in fiction. I see myself reflected all the time- other people who are not white, cis, straight, Christian, do not. Everyone deserves to see stories that represent them. But we also need Windows, to see stories about people who are not like ourselves. It teaches empathy, and that the world isn't the way our stories often portray it. Because of the structure, this book can be both mirror and window, and that's important. 
 - Redheadedgirl