READ THE NOVEL THAT INSPIRED THE FILM BIRDS OF PARADISE STARRING KRISTINE FROSETH AND DIANA
SILVERS. A compulsively readable story. I was breathless and battling tears up until the very
last stunning turns onstage and beyond. A dazzling heart-wrenching debut.? ?Nova Ren Suma #1
New York Times bestselling author of The Walls Around Us Would you die for the Prize? Best
friends Marine Duval and Kate Sanders have trained since childhood at the Paris Opera Ballet
School where they've forged an inseparable bond through shared stories of family tragedies and
a powerful love for dance. When the body of a student is found in the dorms just before the
start of their final year Marine and Kate begin to ask themselves how far they would go for
the ultimate prize: to be named the one girl who will join the Opera's prestigious corps de
ballet. Would they cheat? Seduce the most talented boy in the school dubbed the Demigod
hoping his magic will make them shine too? Would they risk death for it? Neither girl is sure.
But then Kate gets closer to the Demigod even as Marine has begun to capture his heart. And as
selection day draws near the competition?for the Prize for the Demigod?becomes fiercer and
Marine and Kate realize they have everything to lose including each other.Bright Burning Stars
is a stunning propulsive story about girls at their physical and emotional extremes the
gutting power of first love and what it means to fight for your dreams.
