Delicious Monsters

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"One part breathtaking ghost horror, one part gripping thriller, and an all-round absorbing read. Delicious Monsters turns an unflinching light onto the cycles of trauma and the ghosts that follow." -- Chloe Gong, #1 <I>New York Times </I>bestselling author of the These Violent Delights Duet "A haunted house thriller packed with cryptic mystery, dark humor, and bone-chilling twists. Sambury approaches the grim recesses of intergenerational trauma with diligence and bravery. The odd ghosts, fearless prose, and raw character dynamics make this an absolute page-turner and a win for psychic fiction." -- Ryan Douglass, <I>New York Times </I>bestselling author of <I>The Taking of Jake Livingston</I> "Full of eerie ghosts and secrets most sinister, Delicious Monsters is the perfect read for a dark and stormy night. I read most of it from behind the safety of my fingers and was left thoroughly haunted."

-- Erin A. Craig, <i>New York Times</i> bestselling author of <I>House of Salt and Sorrows </I>and <I>Small Favors</I> "On one page, this book sings a lullaby, and on the next, it throws you into a whirlwind you never could've seen coming. At its core, Delicious Monsters is a screaming declaration to the world that Black girls are complex and flawed, capable of everything, and that we matter. I'll be putting Delicious Monsters into the hands of everyone I know with a pulse." -- Brittney Morris, author of <I>Slay </I>and <I>The Cost of Knowing</I> "Scary, complex, emotional, lived-in, ambitious, Liselle Sambury's Delicious Monsters is a can't miss. A Canadian gothic epic (northern gothic?) that has a lot to say about the stories and lies we tell ourselves about our own families. Oh, and did I mention it's scary?" -- Adam Cesare, author of <I>Clown in a Cornfield </I>and <I>Video Night</I> "Delicious Monsters grabs you by the throat in the first chapter and refuses to let go until the very end. I was on the edge of my seat for this whole book. Sambury's chillingly beautiful prose will stay with you for ages."

-- Victoria Lee, author of <I>A Lesson in Vengeance</I> *"A haunted mansion is the site of unmistakable horrors and horrific mistakes...The paranormal logistics are complex, and while Daisy is at the center of it all, Brittney's investigation cuts through to discover layers upon layers of trauma that imbue the house with its supposed supernatural, if not psychological, power. As the saying goes, haunted people haunt people.
A story that is careful to make its ghosts and monsters painfully real." -- Kirkus Reviews, STARRED REVIEW * 12/15/22 * *"Even with the large cast of characters and dual narratives, Sambury carefully and clearly builds an intricate story that uses metaphors of gardening to spotlight the cyclical nature of sexual violence while providing a genuinely terrifying haunted house ghost story...An excellent choice for fans of sophisticated horror that includes both paranormal and real-life terrors, such as Elana K. Arnold's Red Hood." -- School Library Journal, STARRED REVIEW * 3/1/23 * "The deeply creepy mansion delicately ties together two main characters who, despite being separated by 10 years and having very different backgrounds, are both fierce and compellingly imperfect, though one is perhaps less reliable than the other. A must-read." -- Booklist Reviews * 1/1/23 * "Using speculative elements to cultivate genuinely terrifying scares whose perpetrators straddle the line between imagined and real-life monsters, Sambury empathetically highlights cycles of abuse, depression, and generational trauma." -- Publishers Weekly * 1/30/23 *