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• The Substance

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  A fading celebrity takes a black-market drug: a cell-replicating substance that temporarily creates a younger, better version of herself.

• Natural Beauty

  a Novel

  Huang, Ling Ling, 1989-

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  Holistik plies our narrator with products that slim her thighs, smooth her skin, lighten her hair, and change her eye color. But beneath these fancy creams and tinctures lies a terrible truth that threatens to consume her. After all, beauty is…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Rouge

  a Novel

  Awad, Mona,

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  With the help of a pair of red shoes, Belle is lured into the barbed embrace of La Maison de Méduse, the same lavish, culty spa to which her mother was devoted. There, Belle discovers the frightening secret behind her (and her mother's) obsession…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Stopmotion

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  Ella Blake, a stop-motion animator struggling to control her demons after the loss of her overbearing mother, embarks upon the creation of a film that becomes the battleground for her sanity. As Ella's mind starts to fracture, the characters in her…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Carrie

  King, Stephen, 1947-

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  Unpopular at school and subjected to her mother's religious fanaticism at home, Carrie White does not have it easy. But an unexpected and cruel prank turns her gift into a weapon of horror so destructive that the town may never recover.

• Youthjuice

  Sathue, E. K.,

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  Sophia is addicted to her HEBE lifestyle, especially youthjuice, the fatty, soothing moisturizer Tree has selected Sophia to test in top secret. But the unsustainability of HEBE's system is rapidly growing apparent, and Sophia is going to have to…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Neon Demon

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  When aspiring model Jesse model Jesse moves to Los Angeles, her youth and vitality are devoured by a group of beauty-obsessed women who will use any means necessary to get what she has.

• Tiny Threads

  a Novel

  Rivera, Lilliam,

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  As Samara tries to win favor with the head seamstress at her high fashion job, strange things happen: a mysterious embroidered name appears on outfits; hoglike grunting noises fill her apartment at night; she sees an apparition of a young woman in a…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Centre

  Manazir Siddiqi, Ayesha,

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  Stripped of her belongings and all contact with the outside world, she enrolls and undergoes The Centre's strange and rigorous processes to learn a language in just ten days. But as Anisa enmeshes herself further within the organization, seduced by…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Chlorine

  Song, Jade,

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  Ren Yu dreams of the scent of chlorine—the feel of it on her skin. And she will do anything she can to make a life for herself where she can be free. No matter the pain. No matter what anyone else thinks. No matter how much blood she has to spill.

• Black Swan

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  Nina is a talented but unstable ballerina on the verge of stardom. Pushed to the breaking point by her artistic director and a seductive rival, Nina's grip on reality slips, plunging her into a waking nightmare.