From Goodreads: Chloe’s older sister, Ruby, is the girl everyone looks to and longs for, who can’t be captured or caged. When a night with Ruby’s friends goes horribly wrong and Chloe discovers the dead body of her classmate London Hayes left floating in the reservoir, Chloe is sent away from town and away from Ruby.

But Ruby will do anything to get her sister back, and when Chloe returns to town two years later, deadly surprises await. As Chloe flirts with the truth that Ruby has hidden deeply away, the fragile line between life and death is redrawn by the complex bonds of sisterhood.
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Penguin Young Readers Group has been extremely gracious to allow me to read an ARC of this novel, via Netgalley, prior to its release today, and I’m sorry to say that this novel just wasn’t for me. I always finish a book once I start it, but I have to admit, I was sorely tempted to put this book down and move onto something else more my taste. I’m not sure what it was exactly about this novel that made me dislike it, but I do know that Chloe’s unhealthy worship of her older sister bored me. As I read, I felt like all Chloe did was talk about how great her sister, Ruby, was, and since I didn’t agree, it sort of struck a nerve. I don’t have any sisters, so maybe it’s just a personal thing that I can’t understand, but I found Chloe somewhat annoying and very naïve, which is not a quality I look for in my heroines. I also didn’t think Ruby was a very likable character. While it seems that she is worshipped by all boys, and obviously her little sister Chloe, I didn’t see any redeeming qualities in Ruby, and truth be told, I found her quite psychotic and obnoxious.

I also spent some of the novel confused—the paranormal aspects of the novel weren’t very well explained, in my opinion, and so I’m not 100% certain what really happened. The story itself was weird, and while I think it had a great premise, it just wasn’t my forte, though I do think that Suma is a talented writer. The prose were superb in this novel and I plan to read other books she has written; I just don’t think Imaginary Girls was meant for me. One star.