Girl Dinner
Will be published approx. on 20. August 2026
Book
Paperback/Softback
384 pages
978-1-0350-1144-5 (ISBN)
Description
Success is an acquired taste . . .From the Sunday Times and New York Times bestseller Olivie Blake, this is a powerful and darkly fun novel about ambition, lust and eating your fill - as wealthy mums and sorority girls practice a sinister new wellness trend.
Being accepted into The House would be Nina Kaur's first step into a bright and shining future. As the most exclusive sorority on campus, its members are beautiful, high-achieving and respected. And Nina craves this security. Adjunct professor Dr Sloane Hartley is also struggling - with a return to work and new motherhood. Her clothes don't fit right, her husband isn't as present as he thinks and her dissatisfaction is increasingly paralyzing. So when Sloane is invited to join The House as their faculty advisor, she drinks in the collective perfection on display.
Nina and Sloane are drawn ever deeper into the sisterhood's arcane rituals. But living well comes with bloody costs. And how much can they really afford to pay?
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Praise for Girl Dinner
'A feast of ambition, privilege, and the deadly price of belonging. I loved it.'
- Lucy Rose
'Hilarious, scathing, insightful and heartbreaking'
- Ali Hazelwood
'Wickedly fun and deeply satisfying'
- Ling Ling Huang
'Deliciously addictive'
- A. R. Torre
Being accepted into The House would be Nina Kaur's first step into a bright and shining future. As the most exclusive sorority on campus, its members are beautiful, high-achieving and respected. And Nina craves this security. Adjunct professor Dr Sloane Hartley is also struggling - with a return to work and new motherhood. Her clothes don't fit right, her husband isn't as present as he thinks and her dissatisfaction is increasingly paralyzing. So when Sloane is invited to join The House as their faculty advisor, she drinks in the collective perfection on display.
Nina and Sloane are drawn ever deeper into the sisterhood's arcane rituals. But living well comes with bloody costs. And how much can they really afford to pay?
* * *
Praise for Girl Dinner
'A feast of ambition, privilege, and the deadly price of belonging. I loved it.'
- Lucy Rose
'Hilarious, scathing, insightful and heartbreaking'
- Ali Hazelwood
'Wickedly fun and deeply satisfying'
- Ling Ling Huang
'Deliciously addictive'
- A. R. Torre
Reviews / Votes
Deliciously twisted and lipstick-stained, Girl Dinner serves up a feast of ambition, privilege, and the deadly price of belonging. I loved it -- Lucy Rose, author of <i>The Lamb</i> A book that whets your appetite before devouring you whole. Girl Dinner is cunning, charged and - just as you're comfortable - a profound shock. Perfect for the era we live in -- Chloe Gong, <i>New York Times</i> bestselling author of <i>Immortal Longings</i> At once hilarious, scathing, insightful, and heartbreaking - I devoured Girl Dinner! Olivie Blake never pulls any punches, defies genre boundaries, and this book cements her as one of the most unique voices writing at the moment. I live for her commentary on motherhood, relationships, and above all, academia. This book is the fever dream I never knew I needed, and I'm going to recommend it to everyone I meet! -- Ali Hazelwood, bestselling author of <i>The Love Hypothesis</i> Bracing and darkly funny, Girl Dinner is filled with the fire of feminist rage that burns so good. Also, some cannibalism, as a treat -- TJ Klune, bestselling author of <i>The House in the Cerulean Sea</i> Seriously, WHAT did I just read?! And when can I have seconds?! A brilliant head-trip of a book, Olivie Blake constantly comes at timely topics from new and interesting angles. I can't wait to see what she does next! -- Katee Robert, <i>New York Times</i> bestselling author of <i>Neon Gods</i> Girl Dinner is a crackling, tense journey between the ravenous teeth of feminine rage and sorority power struggles. Overflowing with creeping dread. I devoured it and loved every second -- Chuck Tingle, <i>USA Today</i> bestselling author of <i>Bury Your Gays</i> A female-fueled tumbleweed of bloodthirsty seduction. A decadent dive into the dark depths of ambition and toxic relationships. Deliciously addictive -- A. R. Torre, <i>New York Times</i> bestselling author of <i>The Good Lie</i> Whip-sharp, nuanced and highly propulsive. I will be thinking about Girl Dinner for a long time -- Hildur Knutsdottir, author of <i>The Night Guest</i> As always, Blake eats! Girl Dinner is truly brilliant - a precise and ruthless novel about the impossibility of being a woman and a mother, it also answers the question of what it takes to win when you start from a losing position. I savoured every morsel of this wickedly fun and deeply satisfying interrogation of sisterhood, sorority life and the true cost of success -- Ling Ling Huang, author of <i>Natural Beauty</i> and <i>Immaculate Conception</i> An exploration of the many hungers of the female heart and the pain behind the drive to be everything to everyone, Girl Dinner shaves pearls into teeth and bites deep. As a woman, as a mother, as a wife, as an artist - I felt this story in my bones -- Delilah S. Dawson, <i>New York Times</i> bestselling author of <i>The Violence</i>More details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Pan Macmillan
Target group
Interest Age: From 18 years
Product notice
Paperback (UK-B)
Dimensions
Height: 197 mm
Width: 130 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-0350-1144-5 (9781035011445)
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E-Book
10/2025
Mantle
€21.99
Available for download
Person
Olivie Blake is the internationally bestselling author of The Atlas Six, Alone With You in the Ether, One For My Enemy, Masters of Death, Januaries, Gifted & Talented and Girl Dinner. As Alexene Farol Follmuth, she is also the author of the young adult rom-coms Twelfth Knight and My Mechanical Romance. She lives in Los Angeles with her husband and son.