Lyrical, mesmerizing, and otherworldly.
Siren Queen offers up an enthralling exploration of an outsider achieving stardom on her own terms, in a fantastical Hollywood where the monsters are real and the magic of the silver screen illuminates every page..
Luli is willing to do whatever it takes--even if that means becoming the monster herself.
For those who do survive to earn their fame, success comes with a steep price.
The studios want to own everything from her face to her name to the women she loves, and they run on a system of bargains made in blood and ancient magic, powered by the endless sacrifice of unlucky starlets like her.
But in Luli\'s world, the worst monsters in Hollywood are not the ones on screen.
She\'d rather play a monster than a maid.
Coming of age in pre-Code Hollywood, she knows how dangerous the movie business is and how limited the roles are for a Chinese American girl from Hungarian Hill--but she doesn\'t care.
Luli Wei is beautiful, talented, and desperate to be a star.
No maids, no funny talking, no fainting flowers.
In every world, it was a kind of magic.
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A beautiful, brutal, monstrous Hollywood fantasy.--Taylor Jenkins Reid, New York Times bestselling author of The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo Immortality is just a casting call away. stunning proof that Nghi Vo is one of the most original writers we have today. . .
Lyrical, mesmerizing, and otherworldly
