![]() Although it didn’t impact the story, I did miss a few of the references as a British person. That being said, I’m British and a lot of American traditions seem a little bizzare to me! (My prom will also be a orange-squash at the local brownie hall affair, so I kind of love the romanticized hype of this dance). I love that You Should See Me In A Crown tackles how ridiculous and exclusive the whole prom system is. Which is definitely a reasonable amount of money for a school prom. Liz Lighty is an anxious punk-nerd who needs a music scholarship to get into the college of her dreams – but when that falls through, she decides to try and win the $10,000 available for winning prom queen. Whilst I feared that the plot would revolve around her coming out or that there would be zero relationship development (another uncomfortably recurring theme in sapphic YA novels), have you seen the blurb? Will falling for the competition keep Liz from her dreams. But Mack is also in the running for queen. She’s smart, funny, and just as much of an outsider as Liz. ![]() The only thing that makes it halfway bearable is the new girl in school, Mack. There’s nothing Liz wants to do less than endure a gauntlet of social media trolls, catty competitors, and humiliating public events, but despite her devastating fear of the spotlight she’s willing to do whatever it takes to get to Pennington. ![]() until she’s reminded of her school’s scholarship for prom king and queen. ![]() But when the financial aid she was counting on unexpectedly falls through, Liz’s plans come crashing down. ![]()
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