Eva, an 18-year-old intern at London-based Low Slang Records, wants to break into the A&R side of the music industry but spends her days fetching coffee for higher-ups who won\u2019t give her the time of day. Then she finds 16-year-old Alora Storm-Jones. When Eva comes across a video of Alora singing, she\u2019s transfixed by her talent. If Eva can get Alora signed to the label, both their lives might just change forever. Alora has loved to perform since early childhood, inspired by her father, Billy Storm-Jones, a beloved musician. But it\u2019s been years since Alora has seen Billy, who left her and her neglectful mother, Julia, in their dingy Manchester apartment. Desperate to escape her dreary existence and become \u201can icon,\u201d Alora jumps at Eva\u2019s offer of management. Together, they take the music world by storm as Alora becomes an instant superstar with a No. 1 record, sold-out stadium tour, and millions in the bank. But it\u2019s a well-trodden path\u2014promising yet troubled young artist, controlling record label, problematic producer, hounding paparazzi, obsessive fans, all the other sinister trappings of fame\u2014and author Seddon does not deviate from expectations as both women\u2019s lives predictably unravel. As the story is told from both perspectives in two different timelines\u2014Alora in rehab after a livestreamed suicide attempt and Eva during Alora\u2019s meteoric rise\u2014the dark backstories, betrayals, mistakes, and missteps of both women are slowly brought to light. The exploration of female ambition and the desperate decisions each woman makes to grab at power, success, and notoriety in an industry where men systemically withhold all the above make this story worth reading.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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