Title: Yellowface

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Author: RF Kuang

Authors June Hayward and Athena Liu were supposed to be twin rising stars: same year at Yale, same debut year in publishing. But Athena’s a cross-genre literary darling, and June didn’t even get a paperback release. Nobody wants stories about basic white girls, June thinks.

So when June witnesses Athena’s death in a freak accident, she acts on impulse: she steals Athena’s just-finished masterpiece, an experimental novel about the unsung contributions of Chinese laborers to the British and French war efforts during World War I.

So what if June edits Athena’s novel and sends it to her agent as her own work? So what if she lets her new publisher rebrand her as Juniper Song–complete with an ambiguously ethnic author photo? Doesn’t this piece of history deserve to be told, whoever the teller? That’s what June claims, and the New York Times bestseller list seems to agree.

But June can’t get away from Athena’s shadow, and emerging evidence threatens to bring June’s (stolen) success down around her. As June races to protect her secret, she discovers exactly how far she will go to keep what she thinks she deserves.

June is acquaintances with hit author, Athena, and after an unfortunate pancake incident, June basically makes off with Athena’s manuscript!

‘So gorgeous I can’t help but give finishing it a try.’

I’ve spent a bit trying to think how I feel about this. I cringed, I raged at the audacity and my stomach was in my throat watching this all unfold and how June describes it all.

I don’t think I liked June, she was so blase about what she did but it was one of those situations where you can’t stop reading because you know it’s going to blow up and blow up spectacularly!

I read the physical book and listened to the audio at the same time and can recommend the audio!