"Sitting on the edge of horror this beautifully fantastical tale focuses on a mother desperately trying to protect her mind-eating child."
Meet a fabulously different and new voice in fiction, if you hunger for uniquely mysterious and intensely wondrous reading feasts then stop right here. Surviving on a diet of words and ink, the six remaining Book Eater families of the UK are struggling to continue their lines. When one of Devon’s children is born instead as a Mind Eater, they evade pursuit and attempt to find a cure. I stepped into a world that immediately enveloped and made me its own. All my senses were on full alert as I realised that author Sunyi Dean had created something completely and daringly new. There is a deeply dark feel that permeates every page, and it comes with a warning as violence and abuse feature yet hope and love exist and flourish. There were times when I felt horrified, even as I understood the paths that were taken. While the location felt familiar, the Book Eater families stamped all over recognisable and took my mind into the unknown. This new addition to our LoveReading Star Books is a bewitchingly addictive reading experience. Promise me there’s more, promise! The Book Eaters is a richly dark fantasy debut and brings new meaning to the term bookworm, enter if you dare.
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"I devoured this."--V. E. Schwab, New York Times bestselling author of The Invisible Life of Addie La Rue
An International Bestseller
An NPR Best Sci Fi, Fantasy, & Speculative Fiction Book of 2022
A Book Riot Best Book of 2022
A Vulture Best Fantasy Novel of 2022
A Goodreads Best Fantasy Choice Award Nominee
A Library Journal Best Book of 2022
Out on the Yorkshire Moors lives a secret line of people for whom books are food, and who retain all of a book's content after eating it. To them, spy novels are a peppery snack; romance novels are sweet and delicious. Eating a map can help them remember destinations, and children, when they misbehave, are forced to eat dry, musty pages from dictionaries.
The Book Eaters features in the following genres: Fantasy, Debut Books of the Month, Debuts, Liz Robinson's Picks of the Month, Recommendations, Star Books, Horror and Supernatural Fiction, Sharing Diverse Voices, Contemporary horror and ghost stories, Contemporary fantasy, Fiction: Traditional stories, myths and fairy tales, LGBTQ+ Fiction, Relating to LGBTQ+ people, Narrative theme: Identity / belonging, Narrative theme: Death, grief, loss, Fiction, Relating to specific groups and cultures or social and cultural interests, Interest qualifiers, Fiction: narrative themes, Audiobooks of the Month, Books with an Author Interview
The Book Eaters is available in Paperback, Hardback, Ebook (Epub), Audiobook
The Book Eaters was written by Sunyi Dean and published by Tor Books an imprint of Tor Publishing Group
The Book Eaters has 304 pages
