I was not prepared for this book.  Laure has spent 12 years striving to earn a spot in the ballet company.  She's one of the best dancers - if not THE best dancer - in her class. But physically she doesn't fit the "standard" look of a ballerina.  Specifically, her skin color isn't what most people expect when their stereotype-prone brains think "ballerina."  She constantly feels like she's on the outside looking in and no matter how good she is, how hard she works, how much pain her body is in from the constant rehearsing, she will never be fully accepted.  So when another dancer introduces her to the possibility of getting some supernatural help to force others to notice her she thinks it's the answer to all of her struggles.  But this power comes with an unexpected darkness that Laure isn't sure she can control.

This book slowly but surely blurs the line between good and evil and does so with such polish and care that I finished the book not sure which character I should have been rooting for.   With vivid descriptions of the setting, the characters, and the conflicts that exist the author kept my attention riveted from beginning to end.