I guess I didn't see what other people saw in this book...... Or I just didn't get it. I got that it was a fantasy because in this story- the monsters are real in Hollywood. I'm not talking about men who abuse their power and abuse others, but there are literal monsters at play here. There were scenes where a "person" cut their skin off and you could get them to do it until they are just a sinewy thing of muscles and all underneath (it honestly made me a bit squeamish!)

I did get that they dealt with so many types of issues. The horrible difference between being a man in Hollywood and a woman in Hollywood where the women are looked down upon, looked at to be playthings. It deals with rasicm and sexism.

Luli has to give up her name and identity to the industry. But she takes her sisters name and makes something of herself. She was drawn in by the glitz and the glamour, but I felt like they took her soul.