She's Too Pretty To Burn

“This is what he does. He paints you into a picture. He turns you into a puppet."
The summer is winding down in San Diego. Veronica is bored, caustically charismatic, and uninspired in her photography. Nico is insatiable, subversive, and obsessed with chaotic performance art. They’re artists first, best friends second. But that was before Mick. Delicate, lonely, magnetic Mick: the perfect subject, and Veronica’s dream girl. The days are long and hot―full of adventure―and soon they are falling in love. Falling so hard, they never imagine what comes next. One fire. Two murders. Three drowning bodies. One suspect. one stalker. This is a summer they won’t survive.
Product Info

Publisher: ‎ Square Fish
Date: March 29, 2022
Language: ‎ English
Paperback: ‎ 336 pages
ISBN-13: ‎ 978-1250821263
Reading age: ‎ 14

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An electric romance set against a rebel art scene sparks lethal danger for two girls in She's Too Pretty to Burn , an expertly plotted YA thriller by Wendy Heard.
The summer is winding down in San Diego. Veronica is bored, caustically charismatic, and uninspired in her photography. Nico is insatiable, subversive, and obsessed with chaotic performance art. They’re artists first, best friends second. But that was before Mick. Delicate, lonely, magnetic Mick: the perfect subject, and Veronica’s dream girl. The days are long and hot―full of adventure―and soon they are falling in love. Falling so hard, they never imagine what comes next. One fire. Two murders. Three drowning bodies. One suspect. one stalker. This is a summer they won’t survive.
Inspired by The Picture of Dorian Gray, this sexy psychological thriller explores the intersections of love, art, danger, and power.

Content Warnings

Death
Murder
Violence
Kidnapping
Fire/Fire injury
Child Death
Toxic Friendship
Abandonment
Emotional abuse
Blood
Stalking
Animal death