Game over girl

Gibson, Naomi

£8.99

Lola’s selected to test a VR game at her posh new boarding school – Better Than Life. Soon she’s skipping lessons to play. All she has to do to live her perfect VR life is keep her secrets buried. But this is a game she can’t win …

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Publish Date: 05/01/2023

Description

 

An edge-of-your-seat psychological thriller from the acclaimed author of Every Line of YouA Good Girl’s Guide to Murder meets virtual reality …

‘This dark, dystopian thriller is genuinely disturbing and the final twist is a genuine shock … Chilling.’ DAILY MAIL

‘A pixelated whirlwind of a ride through the darkest secrets of the human mind, explored through the lens of virtual reality gaming!’ LEE NEWBERY, AUTHOR OF THE LAST FIREFOX

Lola’s been selected to play a new virtual reality game – Better Than Life.

In her game, she’s loved. Is beautiful. Can do whatever she wants. But she quickly breaks the one rule: not to recreate people or places from real life. She recreates her house and a boy she fancies. Soon she’s skipping school to play.

But Lola has secrets – dark ones that begin to surface inside her game – and the more she tries to fix her problems, the more she overlooks a much bigger threat …

  • An original, high-concept psychological thriller – Holly Jackson meets VR horror
  • Set in an exclusive boarding school, this rollercoaster ride of a story involves an unreliable narrator,immersive gaming, a dark secret and a huge twist
  • Perfect for fans of Cynthia Murphy and Kathryn Foxfield

 

PRAISE FOR EVERY LINE OF YOU:

‘What a debut. So tense – and it didn’t lead where I thought it was going.’ SUE WALLMAN, author of YOUR TURN TO DIE

Frankenstein meets Heathers. Bonnie and Clyde for the digital age, Every Line of You is a gripping thriller about the power of AI and a fresh twist on the intensity of first love.’ AMY MCCAW, author of MINA AND THE UNDEAD

Additional information

Weight 250 g
Dimensions 201 × 147 × 23 mm
Author

Publisher

Imprint

Cover

Paperback

Pages

320

Language

English

Edition

|Paperback original

Dewey

823.92 (edition:23)

Readership

Young Adult / Code: C