Shea, Jamison

"Though she has tried to close the lid on her ballet shoes and the thankless life she left behind, Laure is spinning out. Between partying, drinking, and avoiding anything and, well, everyone, she has no time to be anything but a monster, a vessel to Acheron and its ever-demanding appetite. So when she stumbles across a mysterious dead body during one of her nights out, Laure is forced to notice the cracks stretching beyond herself. Below the streets of Paris, Elysium is dying, and the primordial influence that destroyed her best friend is spilling into the streets like a blight. But Laure isn't the only of Elysium's beasts to rise from the ruins of Op?ra Garnier, and someone is mobilizing an army of monsters with plans to raise themselves beyond heights even she never dreamed of. To stop this force and oblivion itself, she must gaze into the growing abyss inside her and discover secrets that only the dark can offer"--Provided by publisher.

"Laure Mesny is a perfectionist with an axe to grind. Despite being constantly overlooked in the elite and cutthroat world of the Parisian ballet, she will do anything to prove that a Black girl can take center stage. To level the playing field, Laure ventures deep into the depths of the Catacombs and strikes a deal with a pulsating river of blood. The primordial power Laure gains promises influence and adoration, everything she's dreamed of and worked toward. With retribution on her mind, she surpasses her bitter and privileged peers, leaving broken bodies behind her on her climb to stardom. But even as undeniable as she is, Laure is not the only monster around. And her vicious desires make her a perfect target for slaughter. As she descends into madness and the mystifying underworld beneath her, she is faced with the ultimate choice: continue to break herself for scraps of validation or succumb to the darkness that wants her exactly as she is--monstrous heart and all. That is, if the god-killer doesn't catch her first"--Provided by publisher.