There’s mystery in every page, in every character, in every action undertaken by a character. The best I’ve read in years.Īt it’s heart, Imaginary Girls is a mystery. Magic that will make your toes curl yet keep you captivated. This is a story about sisters and obsession, about dead girls and lost towns, sibling love and sacrifice, destruction and resurrection. Not only is the writing oh-so-breathtaking, she blends it in with a story that will sometimes make your heart ache, sometimes put your heart in your mouth and hang on to you even months after you’ve read it (I speak from experience. If you ask me right now which author I so wish I could write like, I’d say Nova Ren Suma in a heartbeat. I doubt I can be coherent at all while talking about this because, honestly, it blew my mind. This is quite possibly the most gorgeous book I’ve owned. Period.Īnd that paperback below? Hauntingly creepy.

With palpable drama and delicious craft, Nova Ren Suma bursts onto the YA scene with the story that everyone will be talking about.Ī word about the cover: That hardcover version is the Most. As Chloe flirts with the truth that Ruby has hidden deeply away, the fragile line between life and death is redrawn by the complex bonds of sisterhood. When a night with Ruby’s friends goes horribly wrong and Chloe discovers the dead body of her classmate London Hayes left floating in the reservoir, Chloe is sent away from town and away from Ruby.īut Ruby will do anything to get her sister back, and when Chloe returns to town two years later, deadly surprises await. Chloe’s older sister, Ruby, is the girl everyone looks to and longs for, who can’t be captured or caged.

Imaginary Girls by Nova Ren Suma