The Unraveling of Cassidy Holmes

(Probably 3.5, rounding up.) Extremely readable and compelling story of the rise and fall of a fictional girl group in the early 2000s - I was 18-19 at the time this book is set, so it hurts my heart a little to tag this as “historical fiction,” but it also means I remember this era of pop culture extremely well. I wanted a little more characterization/depth to the other girls back in the Gloss days (especially Rose), and maybe a little more about what happened to them all after the split. I guess maybe that would've been too dark, but I found myself wanting to know what they'd all been doing since then. Very good for a debut novel and I'm interested to see what comes next from this author!