Dore Grey is a very beautiful girl. She's a high school senior who has won countless beauty pageants, and she has a steady boyfriend, Stan. Dore knows she’s beautiful; her whole life is based on her beauty. But she wants more from life.

There is a new girl in school called Luci. Dore thinks of Luci as a vamp (red-haired, sexy, hot, bad). Luci says Dore can have more in life. Luci gives Dore a present…an old-fashioned mirror with odd decorations around it.

After a while Dore’s personality starts to change, she becomes mean and vindictive to her friends and her parents. She starts hanging around Luci more often. And her reflection in her strange mirror looks worse and worse, while Dore herself seems to look prettier and prettier.

This was a book written for teens/young-adults but I found it pretty captivating. (It reminded me of "The Picture of Dorian Gray" at times.) Most of the characters weren't very likable. But I still enjoyed this book and I found myself turning the pages to see what was going to happen next. I also liked how the story ended. ( )