Bloom
Published on 3. October 2023
Book
Hardback
208 pages
978-1-80336-575-6 (ISBN)
Description
A sweet sapphic romance takes a deadly dark turn in this sharp-as-a-knife novella with the slow build menace of Angela Carter's The Bloody Chamber-from a New York Times-bestselling author hailed by Chuck Wendig as "a storyteller working at the top of her class."
Rosemary meets Ash at the farmers' market. Ash-precise, pretty, and practically perfect-sells bars of soap in delicate pastel colors, sprinkle-spackled cupcakes stacked on scalloped stands, beeswax candles, jelly jars of honey, and glossy green plants. Ro has never felt this way about another woman; with Ash, she wants to be her and have her in equal measure. But as her obsession with Ash consumes her, she may find she's not the one doing the devouring...
Rosemary meets Ash at the farmers' market. Ash-precise, pretty, and practically perfect-sells bars of soap in delicate pastel colors, sprinkle-spackled cupcakes stacked on scalloped stands, beeswax candles, jelly jars of honey, and glossy green plants. Ro has never felt this way about another woman; with Ash, she wants to be her and have her in equal measure. But as her obsession with Ash consumes her, she may find she's not the one doing the devouring...
Reviews / Votes
Praise for The Violence:"The Violence in The Violence might be contagious, but what you really catch here is the anger-so righteous, and so right here, right now. Delilah Dawson might have written the novel that defines this era."-Stephen Graham Jones
"A staggering, masterful tale of survival and redemption during a literal epidemic of violence. Dawson is a storyteller working at the top of her class."-Chuck Wendig
"A gorgeously creative and surprisingly gleeful story about the way violence infects every aspect of American life."-Sarah Langan
"A paean to the resilience of women . . . As the characters in this novel fight for their lives in a pandemic-cursed hellscape, The Violence could not be more of-the-moment."-Alma Katsu
"Delilah S. Dawson has crafted a pandemic thriller that's so much more-a piercing examination of survival, courage, and self, terrifying and hopeful in equal measure."-Peng Shepherd
"An inspiring story of self-discovery, resilience, and hope, and a page-turning thrill ride that will leave you breathless."-Sylvain Neuvel
"Horrifying and inspiring in equal measure, The Violence shines a light on the epidemic of abuse women have always endured, folded into a stellar thriller full of danger, courage, and characters who feel alive."-Christopher Golden
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Dimensions
Height: 202 mm
Width: 130 mm
Thickness: 20 mm
Weight
266 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-80336-575-6 (9781803365756)
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Delilah S. Dawson is the New York Times bestselling author of Star Wars: PHASMA, plus over twenty other novels for kids, teens, and adults that mostly lean into Horror, or at least monsters, human and otherwise. As Lila Bowen, she writes Wake of Vultures and the Shadow series. She's written in the worlds of The X-Files, Firefly, Labyrinth, Adventure Time, Marvel Action Spider-Man, Hellboy, Minecraft, Stranger Things, and Disney Mirrorverse. She once worked in a haunted house, where she excelled as both a cannibal and a dead body. Delilah lives in Atlanta with her family and can be found online at delilahsdawson.com and on Twitter and Instagram as @DelilahSDawson.