Lia seems to me to be a confused girl typical for the common teen who is trying to live this lifestyle that she thinks is acceptable just because she looks a certain way she and her best friend compete to be the thinnest. She is so confused by this ideal dream to be thin and beautiful that they allow the disease to take over and it eventually kills her friend Cassie she to me is comes off as a weak girl who is hiding behind her eating to make herself someone she not .As I read on in the novel Lia begins to understand the troubles and even explain her and Cassie relationship she claims that she was the friend who understood what being ignored felt like because just like Cassie her best friend who dies they both feel like their parents don’t pay them attention which to me could be a key reason why they are having all these crazy teen breakdowns I think Lia is a good friend to Cassie because of the trouble she seems to going through is easy to relate and understand. At the same time she is offering all the support to Cassie and Cassie seems to think her problems are because of Lia this could turn Lia into a selfish person but who knows what will come of this whole friendship we know she dies but I’m not sure how Lia is going to handle how Cassie and her parent feel about her influence.