girlhood - p. mellark

girlhood

girlhood

girlhood
noun
1. innocence, ripped stockings, climbing trees, catching bullfrogs in the pond, barefoot, naive laughs, best friends
2. a period of a young girls life that gets violently ripped away

CARMILLA LAKEN had her girlhood violently ripped from her the moment her name was called for the 72nd hunger games and she still had never recovered. a fourteen year old girl should never have to kill anybody. the hunger games was a major contender on the list of events that could rip away girlhood. and carmilla laken was never the same.

❝ playlist ❞

archer, taylor swift
i've been the archer, i've been the prey

would've, should've, could've, taylor swift
give me back my girlhood, it was mine first

do not wait, wallows
do not wait, do not wait, i'll be there, i'll be there

what was i made for? billie eilish
i used to float, now i just fall down, i used to know, but i'm not sure now, what was i made for?

happiness is a butterfly, lana del rey
happiness is a butterfly, try to catch it like every night, it escapes from my hands into moonlight

softcore, the neighbourhood
are we too young for this?

taylor russell as carmilla laken

josh hutcherson as peeta mellark

jennifer lawrence as katniss everdeen
liam hemsworth as gale hawthorne

elizabeth banks as effie trinket
woody harrelson as haymitch abernathy

all other actors as their respective characters

CARMILLA LAKEN hated the hunger games, but more importantly the capitol. she escaped death just barely. and yet she still had to relive every waking moment in that arena each year til her death as a mentor. no one but past victors would understand the pain of preparing to send someone to their death. the first year, and only year so far, carmilla mentored alongside haymitch albernathy and their tributes had passed away within the first three days of the game. carmilla had sat with them at school before their names were draw from the pool of teenagers. the pain of wondering if she could have saved them cut deeper than any knife wound she had received in the arena. but how deep would that knife cut when the boy that she fell for had his name picked on reaping day, and she had to ultimately send him to his death?

content warning! drinking/drug use, sexual themes, language, weapon violence, murder, death, depression, anxiety, suicidal thoughts, and other mature themes similar to these. if any of these topics bother you please don't read!! i care about your mental state more than if you read this book.

disclaimer! i do not own the hunger games. everything but carmilla laken and her story line belong to suzanne collins.

authors note! ahhhh i'm so excited for this book!! i love peeta and the hunger games since middle school. the books made me fall in love with reading and now writing. so excited to start this!