A review by akacya
Tiny Pretty Things by Sona Charaipotra

5.0

2023 reads: 309/350

2023 tbr: 74/100

this follows three girls, gigi, bette, and june, as they strive to be prima at their ballet school. gigi has recently learned that ballet could kill her, but that doesn’t stop her from doing it. bette wants to escape the shadow of her older sister, but this brings out a dangerous side of her. june needs to land the lead role or her controlling mother will withdraw her from this school.

this has been on my tbr for so long that i forgot it was about ballet. i don’t have much knowledge regarding ballet, nor have i read a book featuring it before, so it was really interesting seeing how ballet impacted each of the girls. the ugly parts of ballet, such as body shaming and lack of diversity, were discussed in addition to the pretty parts of ballet that everyone else sees. this was such an interesting book and i’m very excited to read the sequel.