![]() ![]() Kisses describes their first meeting as a “curiously pleasurable pressure…something tinged with pain at the edges. The two are magnet-drawn to one another’s talent, Sharon sensing in Mel a rawness she herself lacks, thrilled that someone so overtly talented, charismatic, and, well, cool wants to be friends. Kisses meets Mel Vaught in her first class. Sharon Kisses-yes, her name is explained-shows up at the renowned Ballister Art Institute with a chip on her shoulder about her poor Kentucky upbringing. Kayla Rae Whitaker writes with an awe-inspiring wildness and an undercurrent of anger. You’ll fall for the two main characters-animation partners, friends so close they’re family-as they falter, then rise, as they grow up and into their art and their life’s work. As it progresses, the work deepens to the profound. The Animators is at first wild, wicked fun. To borrow a phrase from its main character, this book is “a story of consumption.” Hunger-for sex, love, high art, truth, authentic experience-drives the narrative, wavering between hollow pain, satisfaction, and over-indulgence. ![]()
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