My Dearest Darkest was the only book I had read and actually finished in a very long time. But as the cost of their wanting becomes more deadly, Finch and Selena must learn to work together to stop the horror they unleashed, before it consumes the entire island. The characters, the representation, the thrills, and most importantly the plot. It promises to grant every desire the girls have kept locked away in their insecure hearts - beauty, power, adoration - in exchange for a price: human body parts. This debut novel introduces readers to the isolated town of Rainwater and its main. One night Finch, Selena, and her friends accidentally summon a carnivorous creature of immense power in the depths of the school. A group of teens faces supernatural evil at an elite boarding school. When four best friends with a hunger for human flesh attend a music festival in the desert they discover a murderous plot to expose and vilify the girls and everyone like them. But despite Selena's suspicion, she feels drawn to Finch and has a sinking feeling that from now on the two will be inexplicably linked to one another. ebook ratings by Kayla Cottingham From the author of the New York Times bestselling My Dearest Darkest comes another incredible sapphic horror.

Clair sees right through Finch, and she knows something is seriously wrong with her. Finch doesn't know why she woke up after her heart stopped, but since dying she's felt a constant pull from the school and the surrounding town of Rainwater, like something on the island is calling to her. But something monstrous, and ancient, and terrifying, wouldn't let her drown. Months before school started, Finch and her parents got into an accident that should have left her dead at the bottom of the river.

Wilder Girls meets The Craft in this Sapphic horror debut that asks: what price would you be willing to pay to achieve your deepest desires?įinch Chamberlin is the newest transfer student to the ultra-competitive Ulalume Academy.but she's also not what she seems. We’re thrilled to share an excerpt from Kayla Cottingham’s YA Sapphic horror debut My Dearest Darkest, out from Sourcebooks Fire on March 29th.

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