"Borderline" in the series "The Arcadia Project" by Mishell Baker follows the story of Millie Roper, a borderline personality disorder amputee who gets recruited into a secret agency called the Arcadia Project. The agency manages humanity's relationship with the fae, who are the source of human creativity. Millie, along with a group of misfits with mental health issues, navigates the complexities of Hollywood, fey politics, and supernatural crimes. The writing style is described as fast-paced, character-driven, and filled with clever world-building that blends urban fantasy with elements of the fey.
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Sensitive Topics/Content Warnings
Triggers include self-harm, suicide, anxiety, and graphic descriptions of life with disabilities.
Has Romance?
There are romantic elements present, but they are not the main focus of the narrative.
From The Publisher:
A cynical, disabled film director with borderline personality disorder gets recruited to join a secret organization that oversees relations between Hollywood and Fairyland in this Nebula Award-nominated and Tiptree Award Honor Book that's the first novel in a new urban fantasy series from debut author Mishell Baker.
A year ago, Millie lost her legs and her filmmaking career in a failed suicide attempt. Just when she's sure the credits have rolled on her life story, she gets a second chance with the Arcadia Project: a secret organization that polices the traffic to and from a parallel reality filled with creatures straight out of myth and fairy tales.
For her first assignment, Millie is tasked with tracking down a missing movie star who also happens to be a nobleman of the Seelie Court. To find him, she'll have to smooth-talk Hollywood power players and uncover the surreal and sometimes terrifying truth behind the glamour of Tinseltown. But stronger forces than just her inner demons are sabotaging her progress, and if she fails to unravel the conspiracy behind the noble's disappearance, not only will she be out on the streets, but the shattering of a centuries-old peace could spark an all-out war between worlds.
No pressure.
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1 comment(s)
It was ok, had potential, but I didn't get hooked on the story but probably just a me thing.
What can you read after
Borderline?
About the Author:
Mishell Baker is the author of the Nebula and World Fantasy Award Finalist Borderline, which was also a Tiptree Honor book, as well as the second and third books in The Arcadia Project, Phantom Pains and Impostor Syndrome. She is a 2009 graduate of the Clarion Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers' Workshop, and her short stories have appeared in Daily Science Fiction, Beneath Ceaseless Skies, Redstone Science Fiction, and Electric Velocipede. She has a website at MishellBaker.com and frequently Tweets about writing, parenthood, mental health, and assorted geekery at @MishellBaker. When she's not attending conventions or going on wild research adventures, she lives in Los Angeles with her husband and children.
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