"Angel knows he looks fine. He always looks fine. His hair is styled and sprayed down. His make-up erases any trace of a single pore on his skin, and his face is contoured to reshape the bone underneath. He is a pop star. He looks perfect. He is perfect as far as anyone else behind the barricades knows. They canβt tell that his eyes burn, that his mouth is sickeningly dry, his tongue swollen and sticky, or that his intestines feel like they were wrung out in the middle of the night."
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Angel is the youngest member of boy group, NXT. For five years, he's followed every expectation his company has set for him. Diets, dating bans, media training. But after a string of bad publicity and a drinking habit he can't shake, he's gotten a new reputation of being a rebellious bad boy. While NXT is on a summer break, he's told to shape up and get ready for a side solo career that's been perfectly packaged for him. At first, it looks like everything might be okay despite the mounting pressure. And then he meets indie artist, Eisle. Eisle grows his hair long, paints his nails, kisses boys, and doesn't listen to anyone. And it's all very confusing for Angel who's just trying to keep up with the image his company made for him when he was 14.
