' Dean’s unputdownable debut gives the phrase “voracious reader” a new, very literal meaning. Readers will devour this compelling, rich fantasy.'- Booklist, starred review It’s a book that delves into the need to survive even when a system is built to break you or determined to crush you a powerful queer story about difference that refuses to flinch away from difficult choices or the impact of trauma, both generational and inflicted. 'A powerful story of overwhelming mother love, as something both powerful and potentially horrific. It kept surprising me all the way to the end.”-Seanan McGuire, New York Times bestselling author of Every Heart A Doorway As a debut, it is nothing short of stunning. 'This beautiful, delicate, cruel, utterly unique look at tradition, motherhood, trauma, and what it means to be a monster would be a masterpiece from an established author. Don’t miss it.”-James Rollins, #1 New York Times bestseller of The Starless Crown This is the debut of a new master of the modern fantasy. I finished this novel in that one sitting, yet I’ll be pondering it for a long time to come. “Innovative, unique, poignant, and told with a voice as original as the story itself. 'A delightfully weird exploration of motherhood, queerness, and escaping patriarchal norms.”- Buzzfeed 'Raw and imaginative, this gritty, gothic anti-fairytale knows the truth: love will make a villain out of anyone.'-Olivie Blake, New York Times bestselling author of The Atlas Six Schwab, NYT bestselling author of The Invisible Life of Addie La Rue

Her brothers grow up feasting on stories of valor and adventure, and Devon-like all other book eater women-is raised on a carefully curated diet of fairy tales and cautionary stories.īut real life doesn't always come with happy endings, as Devon learns when her son is born with a rare and darker kind of hunger-not for books, but for human minds. Eating a map can help them remember destinations, and children, when they misbehave, are forced to eat dry, musty pages from dictionaries.ĭevon is part of The Family, an old and reclusive clan of book eaters. To them, spy novels are a peppery snack romance novels are sweet and delicious. Out on the Yorkshire Moors lives a secret line of people for whom books are food, and who retain all of a book's content after eating it. Schwab, New York Times bestselling author of The Invisible Life of Addie La RueĪn NPR Best Sci Fi, Fantasy, & Speculative Fiction Book of 2022Ī Goodreads Best Fantasy Choice Award Nominee

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