![]() She explores the challenges of being LGB and Korean. Most adult authors miss the degree to which social media permeates teen life these days, but Skye and her friends check each other’s Instas and photograph their meals and, less positively, get cyberbullied and trolled. ![]() as a setting to ever accurately characterize the traffic!). The author is capable of creating meticulously evoked settings when she’s familiar with them (she’s one of the only authors using L.A. Her speech about refusing to lose weight if she wins is rousing and worthy of the virality she inspires. Skye gets to have several cathartic acts of rebellion and self-affirmation, which will satisfy many readers who have been left tongue-tied in the moment. Rich, famous, popular, and talented Henry is a daydream hero, given slightly more depth because of his sad-puppy backstory and emotional isolation. The book’s a good-time wish-fulfillment story, which makes for a fun read. ![]() ![]() ![]() But is dancing and singing talent enough in a genre that prizes appearance? This is a nice, if simplified, story which would be a good fit for a teen library, but probably isn’t what adults reading YA are looking for. Knowing she can dance and sing, she enters a K-pop talent contest called You’re My Shining Star. Skye, however, won’t let other people’s beauty standards hold her back. Skye is, at size 16, an average American girl – but much larger than the average Korean (something her mother will never let her forget) and downright gargantuan in the world of K-pop. ![]()
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