“Don’t find yourself regretting this. You’re much too young to haunt your own life.”

The dual narratives, the gothic vibes, the queer characters, the parallel use of an existing text, the dicey and turbulent friendships and relationships that form in Plain Bad Heroines – all stunning. However, this novel does take patience as it invests in atmosphere and set-up quite a bit. If you enjoy breakneck pace stories this one will take you longer to get through (absolutely worth it though). Quirky and creepy I enjoyed the modern Hollywood storyline and the 1902 school and relationship intrigue. Plain Bad Heroines immersed me in its stories, and I loved it.