That’s because she made a deal with the devil, and she can only save her soul by securing 7 other souls in her place. Each of her students has experienced the pinnacle of fame and success–before the all swan-dived into tragic ends. Shizuka, aka the “Queen of Hell,” is a world renowned violin teacher. Shizuka is a trans teen girl running away from an abusive family, turning to unsafe forms of sex work as well as precarious living situations to get by. This disparate parts combine into a heartachingly affective story, but do be prepared to be reading about both the kindness and the cruelty of humanity. It’s hopeful and comforting, but it also contains abuse, bigotry, and a lot of brutal descriptions of transmisogyny. It’s about aliens and demons and curses, but it’s also a grounded, realistic character study. I loved this book, but it’s such a tricky, contradictory one to recommend.
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