The Lure
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- $11.99
Publisher Description
From bestselling author Lynne Ewing comes a gritty, sexy novel perfect for fans of books like Perfect Chemistry—about a teen forced to become a "lure," a beautiful girl used by her street gang to seduce and entrap rival gang members.
The Lure tells the story of fifteen-year-old Blaise Montgomery, who lives on the dangerous outskirts of Washington, DC, where a stray bullet can steal a life on the way to school and death lurks around every corner. Drugs and violence are the only ways to survive, so Blaise and her friends turn to gangs for safety, money, and love. And when Blaise is accepted into one of the toughest gangs in the city, she's finally part of a crew. A family.
But as Blaise is put in increasingly dangerous situations, particularly as her gang's newest lure, she begins to see there's more to lose than she ever realized. Should Blaise continue to follow the only path she's ever known, or cut and run?
Found Family: In a world where survival is everything, Blaise’s only family is her crew. But what happens when that loyalty demands the ultimate price?A Gritty Coming of Age Story: At fifteen, Blaise is forced to make impossible choices. To survive, she must become a weapon—but she risks losing herself in the process.Morally Grey Characters: From the charismatic but manipulative gang leader to rivals with their own codes of honor, no one is simply good or evil. Every alliance is a gamble.High-Stakes Urban Fiction: Set on the dangerous streets of Washington, D.C., this story plunges readers into a world of turf wars, betrayal, and impossible odds where one wrong move could be the last.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Ewing returns to the subject matter of her novels Drive-By and Party Girl teens pulled into the world of gangs with the story of 15-year-old Blaise Montgomery. In Blaise's Washington, D.C. neighborhood, money is tight, drugs are sold openly, guns are everywhere, and gangs offer power and protection. Despite the grandmother who's desperately trying to save for Blaise's education, Blaise decides to be jumped into a local gang. Ewing surrounds her heroine with a large cast of friends, potential boyfriends, and threats first and foremost Trek, the gang leader who sees Blaise's beauty underneath her baggy clothes and uses her to lure rival gangsters. Unfortunately, as the body count mounts, with Blaise trying to keep her hands and her conscience clean, the improbabilities do, too; Blaise is an odd combination of super-tough and very na ve, especially where Trek is concerned. While the many small plot twists aren't predictable, the overall trajectory is, especially when Blaise says things like "a tremor of premonition came over me that my future and Trek's were on an inescapable collision course." Ages 14 up.
