Full of grit and humanity, Sunyi Dean expertly weaves the complexities of motherhood, loyalty and found family in a world not far from our own. 'A riveting tale that consumed me as earnestly as I devoured it. 'Dean reinvents the vampire in way that's both disturbing' - RJ Barker, author of The Bone Ships Great reading for a rainy morning, with tea or coffee on, a cat in your lap, and nowhere to be but lost in a delicious modern fairy tale.' - Christopher Buehlman, author of The Blacktongue Thief 'Sunyi Dean's The Book Eaters is a darkly sweet pastry of a book about family, betrayal, and the lengths we go to for the ones we love. 'Raw and imaginative, this gritty, gothic anti-fairytale knows the truth: love will make a villain out of anyone.' - Olivie Blake, author of The Atlas Six Don't miss it.' -James Rollins, author 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. Such is the case with Sunyi Dean's The Book Eaters. 'Some novels are intended to be devoured in one sitting. Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers ISBN: 9780008479442 Number of pages: 304 Weight: 460 g Dimensions: 240 x 159 x 29 mm MEDIA REVIEWS This is a story of escape, a savage mother's devotion and a queer love that will electrify readers looking for something beguiling, thrilling, strange and new. But time is running out - for her family want her back, and with every soul her son consumes he loses a little more of himself. Living among humans and finding prey for her son, Devon seeks a cure for his hunger. Children are rare and their numbers have dwindled, so when Devon Fairweather's second child is born a dreaded Mind Eater - a perversion of her own kind, who consumes not stories but the minds and souls of humans - she flees before he can be turned into a weapon for the family. The last of their lines, they exist on the fringes of society and subsist on a diet of stories and legends. Hidden across England and Scotland live six old Book Eater families.
A gorgeous new fantasy horror - a book about stories and fairytales with family and love at its dark heart.
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