Loved itthis is an incredible book for numerous reasons mostly because I think that it is one of the books that helped me realize that I was going to need help with my mental health it's also got a really excellent female romance and I loved it
Final draft (2018)
Others: Positive Eighteen-year-old Laila Piedra is a biracial aspiring author whose creative writing teacher always told her she has a special talent, so when he suddenly dies and is replaced by Nadiya Nazarenko, a Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist who is sadistically critical and perpetually unimpressed, Laila grows obsessed with gaining the woman's approval and is led to believe she must choose between perfection and sanity, but rejecting her all-powerful mentor may be the only way for Laila to thrive.
- ISBN:
- 9781419728723
- Length:
- 262 pages
Genres: young adult
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