Shadowshaper by Daniel Jose Older is a wonderful example of art creating power, and one that I would recommend to the characters embodied in your typical Lana song, and anybody who feels empowered by art or would like to. “I’m your jazz singer, and you’re my cult leader, I love you forever…” comes to mind: she’s a source of physical and artistic beauty, and therein she finds her worth (largely in the former, I admit).
These are big themes in much of Lana’s music. A shout-out (not in a nice way) to the creepy older men LDR sings about so frequently. Creepy relationship dynamics abound here, and it’s not necessarily the female protagonist who leads the double life. Twists and turns and another word will be a spoiler, I just know it. Ani gets called unlikable a lot, but I LOVED HER.īackup: Black Iris by Leah Raeder. But she can’t get away from the past, and begins to realize the futility of trying. Her shame makes her change her name (to the more elegant, simple Ani) and attach herself to the perfectly-named husband. TifAni FaNelli has the perfect Manhattan life, now the other half of her narrative is nowhere near as fancy. Enter Luckiest Girl Alive by Jessica Knoll. Lana, reveling in an older man’s riches Lana, alluding to a less-than-glamorous past. YA alternate: Shatter Me by Tahereh Mafi this whole series is great, and the writing is gorgeous and lush and melodramatic-but-as-a-compliment.
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