Emiyo's sixteenth birthday was supposed to be her ticket out of Reseda Vale, but a career-ending injury on the track leaves her with nothing but a shattered leg and a viral video of her failure. Within hours, she loses her scholarship, her home, and her family to a series of dark and bizarre tragedies. Left with nowhere to turn, she is scouted by the eccentric Lira V and swept into the clandestine world of the V-Boutique.
Now reinvented under a forged identity, Emiyo must acclimatize a surreal new life alongside a tiny, sharp-tongued matriarch, a stoic veteran with a tendency to solve problems with sledgehammers, and a green-furred puppet who might be the world's strangest doctor. In this high-stakes house of fashion and secrets, Emiyo quickly learns that while she can no longer run, she'll have to fight harder than ever just to stay in the game.
Emiyo's sixteenth birthday was supposed to be her ticket out of Reseda Vale, but a career-ending injury on the track leaves her with nothing but a shattered leg and a viral video of her failure. Within hours, she loses her scholarship, her home, and her family to a series of dark and bizarre tragedies. Left with nowhere to turn, she is scouted by the eccentric Lira V and swept into the clandestine world of the V-Boutique.
Now reinvented under a forged identity, Emiyo must acclimatize a surreal new life alongside a tiny, sharp-tongued matriarch, a stoic veteran with a tendency to solve problems with sledgehammers, and a green-furred puppet who might be the world's strangest doctor. In this high-stakes house of fashion and secrets, Emiyo quickly learns that while she can no longer run, she'll have to fight harder than ever just to stay in the game.