Main characters read as White Esther, Bailey’s newfound friend, is cued as Indigenous.Įmotions run high in this skillfully crafted tale.Īfter surviving a suicide attempt, a fragile teen isn't sure she can endure without cutting herself. Short chapters, Google search histories, and strings of text messages heighten the emotional punch, while the ethical implications of Bailey’s creation are thought-provoking. Intricately plotted and emotionally impactful, this story suspensefully and viscerally peels back the layers of the girls’ friendship. V, as she nicknames the chatbot, effectively simulates Vanessa, a former Junior Olympics–bound cross-country skier and keen book blogger, but the V that emerges is not the friend Bailey thought she knew. Grief-stricken and unsatisfied with the explanation of the accident, Bailey, who has been coding since she was 4, creates a virtual Vanessa from an old AI program created by one of her moms. Her car is found beneath the cliff below an icy mountain road-a road she shouldn’t have been on if she were heading home to meet her boyfriend, Mason, as she claimed. On a snowy January night, Tundra Cove High School senior Bailey Pierce is drowning her sorrows over ex-boyfriend Cade with her best friend, Vanessa Carson, when Vanessa receives a text that causes her to flee their cozy sleepover and head out into the treacherous Alaskan night. If only all wounds were so easily mended. Heartbreak is best remedied with Pop Rocks, ice cream, and illicit champagne.
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