num_pages: 281
description: No maids no funny talking no fainting flowers. Luli Wei is beautiful talented and desperate to be a star. Coming of age in pre-Code Hollywood she knows how dangerous the movie business is and how limited the roles are for a Chinese American girl from Hungarian Hillbut she doesnt care. Shed rather play a monster than a maid.But in Lulis world the worst monsters in Hollywood are not the ones on screen. The studios want to own everything from her face to her name to the women she loves and they run on a system of bargains made in blood and ancient magic powered by the endless sacrifice of unlucky starlets like her. For those who do survive to earn their fame success comes with a steep price. Luli is willing to do whatever it takeseven if that means becoming the monster herself.Siren Queen offers up an enthralling exploration of an outsider achieving stardom on her own terms in a fantastical Hollywood where the monsters are real and the magic of the silver screen illuminates every page.
language: English
title: Siren Queen
publisher: Tor.com