Muted

Denver dreams of a musical career that reaches far beyond her everyday life. With her friends Dali and Shak, she finds a chance to make that dream seem possible when an influential R&B star takes an interest in their talent. His attention offers access to a world they have long wanted to enter, but opportunity comes with expectations that become increasingly difficult to question. As the girls move deeper into his orbit, Denver begins to recognize how easily ambition can be used against the people who hold it. Told in verse, this novel follows a young singer trying to recover her own voice in an industry where powerful people decide whose voices are heard.