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All the Hearts You Eat
A visceral and heartbreaking work of gothic horror about small town mysteries, local folklore and the things we leave behind when we're gone, from the Bram Stoker Award winning author of Queen of Teeth.
What really happened to Cabrina Brite?
Ivory's life changes irrevocably when she discovers the body of Cabrina Brite on the sands of Cape Morning, along with a mysterious poem. How did she die, and why does it seem she was trying to swim to Ghost Cat Island, the centre of so many local mysteries?
Desperate to uncover the answers surrounding Cabrina's death, and haunted by her discovery, Ivory begins to see the pale ghost of Cabrina, only to shake it off as a mere hallucination. But Ivory is not alone. Cabrina's closest friends have also seen a similar apparition, and as they toy with occult possibilities, they begin to unravel the truth behind Cabrina's death.
Because Cape Morning isn't a ghost town, but a town filled with ghosts, and Ivory is about to discover just what happens when you let one in.
What really happened to Cabrina Brite?
Ivory's life changes irrevocably when she discovers the body of Cabrina Brite on the sands of Cape Morning, along with a mysterious poem. How did she die, and why does it seem she was trying to swim to Ghost Cat Island, the centre of so many local mysteries?
Desperate to uncover the answers surrounding Cabrina's death, and haunted by her discovery, Ivory begins to see the pale ghost of Cabrina, only to shake it off as a mere hallucination. But Ivory is not alone. Cabrina's closest friends have also seen a similar apparition, and as they toy with occult possibilities, they begin to unravel the truth behind Cabrina's death.
Because Cape Morning isn't a ghost town, but a town filled with ghosts, and Ivory is about to discover just what happens when you let one in.
447 pages, Kindle Edition
First published October 15, 2024
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About the author
Hailey Piper
106 books995 followersHailey Piper is the Bram Stoker Award-winning author of Queen of Teeth, A Game in Yellow, A Light Most Hateful, The Worm and His Kings, No Gods for Drowning, Cranberry Cove, and other books of dark fiction.
She is also the author of over 100 short stories appearing in Weird Tales, Pseudopod, Cosmic Horror Monthly, and various other publications, and of articles appearing in Writer's Digest, Tor Nightfire, CrimeReads, and Library Journal. Find her at www.haileypiper.com.
She is also the author of over 100 short stories appearing in Weird Tales, Pseudopod, Cosmic Horror Monthly, and various other publications, and of articles appearing in Writer's Digest, Tor Nightfire, CrimeReads, and Library Journal. Find her at www.haileypiper.com.
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August 6, 2024
**Outlier Alert** I so wanted to love this book. It's a big one, coming in at 447 pages and at times it felt way too long to me. This book has a lot going on between the pages and the central mystery is what really happened to Cabrina Brite.
I found this book to be raw, dark, intense, and deep. This book explores identity, the trans experience, love, friendship, secrets, family, acceptance, things that haunt you, pain, and vampires.
As this is a horror book, there is a fair amount of gore and violent moments. The vampires in this book are not your typical literary vampires and I applaud the author's unique and original take. I did find this book to be beautifully written and well thought out.
Others are enjoying this book more than I did, so please read their reviews as well.
*I do feel that this would make a good book club selection for those who enjoy horror books as there is a lot to discuss in this book.
Thank you to Titan Books and NetGalley who provided me with a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. All the thoughts and opinions are my own.
Read more of my reviews at www.openbookposts.com 📖
I found this book to be raw, dark, intense, and deep. This book explores identity, the trans experience, love, friendship, secrets, family, acceptance, things that haunt you, pain, and vampires.
As this is a horror book, there is a fair amount of gore and violent moments. The vampires in this book are not your typical literary vampires and I applaud the author's unique and original take. I did find this book to be beautifully written and well thought out.
Others are enjoying this book more than I did, so please read their reviews as well.
*I do feel that this would make a good book club selection for those who enjoy horror books as there is a lot to discuss in this book.
Thank you to Titan Books and NetGalley who provided me with a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. All the thoughts and opinions are my own.
Read more of my reviews at www.openbookposts.com 📖
October 25, 2024
3.0 Stars
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This is one of those cases when I really wanted to love this book. Admittedly, I have been hit or miss with this author, but their hits have become all time favourite.
In comparison to some of their previous books, this one is much less “weird” and perhaps a little more commercial, which makes it easier to recommend to a wider audience. However, I just struggled to connect to our protagonist and, thus, struggled to become engrossed in the larger story.
There is lot of good parts to this one and I would still encourage readers to give it a try but it just wasn't the home run I expected.
Disclaimer I received a copy of this book from the publisher.
Video Review https://youtu.be/y9h_dc_MtCo
This is one of those cases when I really wanted to love this book. Admittedly, I have been hit or miss with this author, but their hits have become all time favourite.
In comparison to some of their previous books, this one is much less “weird” and perhaps a little more commercial, which makes it easier to recommend to a wider audience. However, I just struggled to connect to our protagonist and, thus, struggled to become engrossed in the larger story.
There is lot of good parts to this one and I would still encourage readers to give it a try but it just wasn't the home run I expected.
Disclaimer I received a copy of this book from the publisher.
September 26, 2024
My feelings are hurt, I should of known they would be, one does not simply read Hailey Piper and leave with their feelings intact, no one leaves unscathed or not forever changed, this was a carnivorous book that ate my own heart and spat it back out.
A brutal yet beautiful exploration of life, death, love, friendships and identity pitted against a backdrop of Pipers unique spin on vampiric lore, much like Cassidy's Nestlings or Compton's Devils Kills Devils this was refreshing and satisfying, and incredibly clever, the correlation between vampirism and identity, specifically the theme of transformation just OMMPHH! I also appreciated how the sea was a metaphor for a lot of the themes explored, it's how I took it anyway, the first line alone suggests it too. The characters are complex and authentic which is expected with Piper, there is a palpable rawness and intimacy between the pages and a permeating sense of melancholy throughout, Pipers words wrap tight around your heart leaving a lasting impression, told in five acts with a construct that mimicked the waves of the small seaside town of Cape Morning, at first the unease laps at your ankles then wave after wave of some of Hailey's best prose yet that blurs the lines between reality and the supernatural with stunning lyricism leaving you riding a tidal wave of unrelenting dread and violence until the inevitable crash of existential horror that washes over the reader resulting in tangible heart break.
A brutal yet beautiful exploration of life, death, love, friendships and identity pitted against a backdrop of Pipers unique spin on vampiric lore, much like Cassidy's Nestlings or Compton's Devils Kills Devils this was refreshing and satisfying, and incredibly clever, the correlation between vampirism and identity, specifically the theme of transformation just OMMPHH! I also appreciated how the sea was a metaphor for a lot of the themes explored, it's how I took it anyway, the first line alone suggests it too. The characters are complex and authentic which is expected with Piper, there is a palpable rawness and intimacy between the pages and a permeating sense of melancholy throughout, Pipers words wrap tight around your heart leaving a lasting impression, told in five acts with a construct that mimicked the waves of the small seaside town of Cape Morning, at first the unease laps at your ankles then wave after wave of some of Hailey's best prose yet that blurs the lines between reality and the supernatural with stunning lyricism leaving you riding a tidal wave of unrelenting dread and violence until the inevitable crash of existential horror that washes over the reader resulting in tangible heart break.
December 19, 2024
I don't really know where to start...I've loved some of Hailey Piper's previous works, most notably, The Worm and his Kings. This just felt off and so different from what I've come to expect from Piper's work, which isn't necessarily a bad thing but this didn't work for me at all.
The prose was far too flowery for my taste and I found it dragged on and on and on. I found myself wanting the chapters to end. It's a rather large read at around 450 pages but it could've had about 250 knocked off it and I think that the pacing would have been far better.
For me the book was just all over the place. A real disappointing read!
The prose was far too flowery for my taste and I found it dragged on and on and on. I found myself wanting the chapters to end. It's a rather large read at around 450 pages but it could've had about 250 knocked off it and I think that the pacing would have been far better.
For me the book was just all over the place. A real disappointing read!
November 21, 2024
This book is all over the fucking place.
90% of it seems more written for booktok or goodreads quotes than it does for an actual reading experience. It's all edgy dialogue and narration that doesn't provide substance to the story. The best way I can describe it is "chronically online."
There way too many scenes that could be wonderfully vivid and immersive if only the author had taken the flowery descriptions and put it in the narration describing what's going on instead of interrupting the scene with PAGES AND PAGES OF INTROSPECTION. There's way too much just explaining what the characters think and why and it's all repetitive and boring.
I'm all for surrealist fantasy and monsters that don't make sense. But the HUMANS don't make sense either. They don't act like humans. There's conversations that skip past "hello human I do not know who are you I am [name] why are you at my best friends grave" and straight into sounding like they already know each other. Rex just fucking skims over Marla's death. (WHY did she die anyways? There's no narrative purpose. It's just for shock value.) Xi seems to somehow know what's going on more than I do as the reader, and I have all this insider knowledge of alternative perspectives and she's working off of... some hallucinations and the strange vague ramblings of a suicidal teen's diary?
The book flip flops on who it wants the protagonist to be and who I'm supposed to sympathize with. Maybe it's both, but it successfully achieves neither. Is this a story of feminine rage and trans revenge? Is this a story of friendship and togetherness? I have no fucking clue what it's trying to achieve.
I did manage to get all the way through it so that's some points above other books, but it didn't do much to encourage me to get there.
90% of it seems more written for booktok or goodreads quotes than it does for an actual reading experience. It's all edgy dialogue and narration that doesn't provide substance to the story. The best way I can describe it is "chronically online."
There way too many scenes that could be wonderfully vivid and immersive if only the author had taken the flowery descriptions and put it in the narration describing what's going on instead of interrupting the scene with PAGES AND PAGES OF INTROSPECTION. There's way too much just explaining what the characters think and why and it's all repetitive and boring.
I'm all for surrealist fantasy and monsters that don't make sense. But the HUMANS don't make sense either. They don't act like humans. There's conversations that skip past "hello human I do not know who are you I am [name] why are you at my best friends grave" and straight into sounding like they already know each other. Rex just fucking skims over Marla's death. (WHY did she die anyways? There's no narrative purpose. It's just for shock value.) Xi seems to somehow know what's going on more than I do as the reader, and I have all this insider knowledge of alternative perspectives and she's working off of... some hallucinations and the strange vague ramblings of a suicidal teen's diary?
The book flip flops on who it wants the protagonist to be and who I'm supposed to sympathize with. Maybe it's both, but it successfully achieves neither. Is this a story of feminine rage and trans revenge? Is this a story of friendship and togetherness? I have no fucking clue what it's trying to achieve.
I did manage to get all the way through it so that's some points above other books, but it didn't do much to encourage me to get there.
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August 3, 2024
This is a viscerally grotesque, twisted, and disturbingly heart breaking novel about identity and some of the most terrifying "vampires" you'll ever read about.
Unapologetically queer and deliciously disgusting, this story follows Ivory who happens to be on the beach one morning when the body of a teenage girl is discovered.
Something will follow her home that day. Something hungry and full of malice. But what starts as a haunting soon turns to something much more horrific. And just when you think you know what's going on, you absolutely don't.
This is as much about love as it is the creatures. And love can be selfish and cruel and cut you deep at times. The themes of identity and isolation, feeling as if you don't belong, are dealt with throughout this book but the crushing terrifying narrative begs you to keep reading until the horrible truth is laid bare.
This one is frightening, amazing, and is un-put-down-able. I highly recommend it.
I received a copy through Netgalley. This review is voluntary and is my own personal opinion.
Unapologetically queer and deliciously disgusting, this story follows Ivory who happens to be on the beach one morning when the body of a teenage girl is discovered.
Something will follow her home that day. Something hungry and full of malice. But what starts as a haunting soon turns to something much more horrific. And just when you think you know what's going on, you absolutely don't.
This is as much about love as it is the creatures. And love can be selfish and cruel and cut you deep at times. The themes of identity and isolation, feeling as if you don't belong, are dealt with throughout this book but the crushing terrifying narrative begs you to keep reading until the horrible truth is laid bare.
This one is frightening, amazing, and is un-put-down-able. I highly recommend it.
I received a copy through Netgalley. This review is voluntary and is my own personal opinion.
June 20, 2024
Reading for review in a future issue of Booklist
Three Words That Describe This Book: Visceral, Terrifying (from every vantage point), anchored by love
This is an epic story told in 5 acts; in fact, it reads like an epic, 5 Act Opera ala Wagner. I say this as a HUGE positive. It has the pacing with each act having its own pacing and story arcs, that build on top of each other. As the story and the world building emerge, the pacing increases until the action, blood, destruction, revenge, violence, and emotions literally engulf the reader in the final act. But each act is definitely needed to build to that 5th act.
And engulf is a great word for this book in every act. It is an adjective I will work into the 170 words I get for my review.
“What's out there that’s so bad even a dead girl is scared of the dark?” Asks Xi early on. Just as the story’s epic scope begins to emerge. And the answer may be EVERYTHING. Pg 140
4 main narrators and they are all trans which I will say now and then refer to them by their correct pronouns for their true selves. Ivy, a grown woman. Cabrina, the found dead girl of high school age (though diaries). And her two best friends Xi, a teen woman and Rex, a teen man. Xi and Rex are accepted by their moms (Xi has a single mom and Rex 2 moms), but Cabrina is not. Her mother, the local politician in their seaside, MA, holiday town, has locked Cabrina up to stop her from being a woman.
In terms of plot, this is NOT a book that I want to tell you what happens more than the plot description. What I said above about the operatic nature of the storytelling gives you a sense of what you expect which is what you need here.
I suggest you sit with this book and try to read each Act in one sitting. Take an intermission between to digest and again, let the story engulf you. And then read another act. The story has a dreamlike quality at times but I also think that is a trick of the light as well because as it gets more into its own speculative world, the story also gets more real.
As a vampire story, this reminded me of Compton's Devil Kill Devils of Cassidy's Nestlings-- it is informed by classic vampire lore but also sets out its own rules, creates new fear, and new mythology that is fascinating on its own. I love this sub trend in the re-emergence of the Vampire story in particular.
Also, this story is intimate and follows a few key character in a small town, but it has implications for the entire world. Again-- terrifying from every vantage point. When you catch your breath with the end of the story, you-- the reader-- have to sit with a whole other set of emotions and fear that Piper has made clear but also left to you to imagine. And that is just the supernatural terror. There is also the horror of living in a trans body, or worse, being trapped in a body that is not the right one for you.
Get ready to feel all of your mentions with this one. fear, anger, love, existential dread, revenge, horror, sadness, joy, tumult, and even peace.
In the acknowledgements Piper thanks little Hailey for sticking it out, even when she didn't want to. That did break me at the end.
In terms of readalike, it is hard because this book is very unique (as all of Piper's books are). I do feel like this story and Queen of Teeth are family. Like this is the older, sister story. Yes I know it came second, but without Queen of Teeth, I don't think Piper writes this book.
But I did write in my notes that it is Devils Kills Devils by Compton meets Cuckoo by Felker-Martin meets the grief and comic horror of This Thing Between us by Moreno.
Three Words That Describe This Book: Visceral, Terrifying (from every vantage point), anchored by love
This is an epic story told in 5 acts; in fact, it reads like an epic, 5 Act Opera ala Wagner. I say this as a HUGE positive. It has the pacing with each act having its own pacing and story arcs, that build on top of each other. As the story and the world building emerge, the pacing increases until the action, blood, destruction, revenge, violence, and emotions literally engulf the reader in the final act. But each act is definitely needed to build to that 5th act.
And engulf is a great word for this book in every act. It is an adjective I will work into the 170 words I get for my review.
“What's out there that’s so bad even a dead girl is scared of the dark?” Asks Xi early on. Just as the story’s epic scope begins to emerge. And the answer may be EVERYTHING. Pg 140
4 main narrators and they are all trans which I will say now and then refer to them by their correct pronouns for their true selves. Ivy, a grown woman. Cabrina, the found dead girl of high school age (though diaries). And her two best friends Xi, a teen woman and Rex, a teen man. Xi and Rex are accepted by their moms (Xi has a single mom and Rex 2 moms), but Cabrina is not. Her mother, the local politician in their seaside, MA, holiday town, has locked Cabrina up to stop her from being a woman.
In terms of plot, this is NOT a book that I want to tell you what happens more than the plot description. What I said above about the operatic nature of the storytelling gives you a sense of what you expect which is what you need here.
I suggest you sit with this book and try to read each Act in one sitting. Take an intermission between to digest and again, let the story engulf you. And then read another act. The story has a dreamlike quality at times but I also think that is a trick of the light as well because as it gets more into its own speculative world, the story also gets more real.
As a vampire story, this reminded me of Compton's Devil Kill Devils of Cassidy's Nestlings-- it is informed by classic vampire lore but also sets out its own rules, creates new fear, and new mythology that is fascinating on its own. I love this sub trend in the re-emergence of the Vampire story in particular.
Also, this story is intimate and follows a few key character in a small town, but it has implications for the entire world. Again-- terrifying from every vantage point. When you catch your breath with the end of the story, you-- the reader-- have to sit with a whole other set of emotions and fear that Piper has made clear but also left to you to imagine. And that is just the supernatural terror. There is also the horror of living in a trans body, or worse, being trapped in a body that is not the right one for you.
Get ready to feel all of your mentions with this one. fear, anger, love, existential dread, revenge, horror, sadness, joy, tumult, and even peace.
In the acknowledgements Piper thanks little Hailey for sticking it out, even when she didn't want to. That did break me at the end.
In terms of readalike, it is hard because this book is very unique (as all of Piper's books are). I do feel like this story and Queen of Teeth are family. Like this is the older, sister story. Yes I know it came second, but without Queen of Teeth, I don't think Piper writes this book.
But I did write in my notes that it is Devils Kills Devils by Compton meets Cuckoo by Felker-Martin meets the grief and comic horror of This Thing Between us by Moreno.
September 16, 2024
This is a ghost story.
This is a vampire tale.
It's all of that, none of that.
This isn't a helpful review.
If you're a Hailey Piper reader, you know you're getting brutality between the pages, albeit one infused with a poetic beauty that makes one think, the world is a shit place, but maybe not all the time. All the Hearts You Eat is no exception. Piper's longest work yet, the story is divided into five acts, each of which feel meticulously plotted and measured, designed to unravel and pull back the shadows of Cape Morning.
There is loss, acceptance, buckets of blood, and some of the most visceral, stomach-churning scenes the author has put to page to date. If you're a Piper fan, you're going to want this on day one. If not, this is a great place to start.
This is a vampire tale.
It's all of that, none of that.
This isn't a helpful review.
If you're a Hailey Piper reader, you know you're getting brutality between the pages, albeit one infused with a poetic beauty that makes one think, the world is a shit place, but maybe not all the time. All the Hearts You Eat is no exception. Piper's longest work yet, the story is divided into five acts, each of which feel meticulously plotted and measured, designed to unravel and pull back the shadows of Cape Morning.
There is loss, acceptance, buckets of blood, and some of the most visceral, stomach-churning scenes the author has put to page to date. If you're a Piper fan, you're going to want this on day one. If not, this is a great place to start.
October 22, 2024
This is one of those books, that I'm completely baffled when I don't read the book blurb and just dive in. 👏
December 16, 2024
Great concept, but I didn’t love the execution. This was too long and quite confusing at times.
October 16, 2024
In her new novel, Bram Stoker award winner, Hailey Piper turns her hand to the vampire novel. Combining epistolary storytelling with a traditional narrative, Piper tells the story of two trans women, Ivory Sloan and Cabrina Bright.
The story centres around Ivory Sloan, who in order to fit in following a terrifying ordeal in her teens hides behind an almost Victorian epitome of womanhood, quiet and subservient. Hiding in plain sight, Ivy comes across the body of Cabrina Bright after her morning swim. Whilst examining the body she finds her suicide note, which turns out to be more of a poem rather than a message of pain. This leads Ivory to find out more about the dead girl and the reasons why she was found washed up on a beach.
As she digs deeper, her search leads her to the terrifying secrets of Ghost Cat Island and the bloodthirsty entity that wants to be set free on the world.
Now I have to say, I wanted to love this book, and guess what? I bloody well did. The story starts off small, examining the lives of the people that live in the town of Cape Morning, slowly transforming to a murder mystery to finally reaching its gore soaked crescendo and going absolutely batshit crazy.
Piper presents a different vampire story, and with her inimitable ability to draw from absolutely all the influences and a few more besides. The vampires themselves at times reminded me of those ones in the Stephen King film, Sleepwalkers as they are kind of a werecat. However, with her ability to use all the influences from both horror cinema and fiction, Piper crafts something new.
The book uses all the elements of gothic fiction, but changes them to give a distinctive feel, such as changing the looming, dark castle for a haunted island. However, the other elements are there, such as the ghostly figure, the malignant atmosphere and the ominous and superstitious elements, but the direction changes dramatically in the fourth act.
Throughout the book there is a definite argument against the traditional TERF diatribe that demoralise and stigmatise trans women, which is encapsulated by the two main characters, both the alive one and the dead one.
However, Piper hides this in the story and never hits you over the head with it, as this not only an angry shout at those that deny transwomen their womanhood and the trauma they inflict, it is also entertainment and Piper does this with style. Especially in the last act of the book, where the story becomes a climactic battle of Ivory’s rage and those around her.
All The Hearts You Eat is a brilliantly original take on the vampire legend and gives it a fresh vibrancy that blows the dust off the genre.
The story centres around Ivory Sloan, who in order to fit in following a terrifying ordeal in her teens hides behind an almost Victorian epitome of womanhood, quiet and subservient. Hiding in plain sight, Ivy comes across the body of Cabrina Bright after her morning swim. Whilst examining the body she finds her suicide note, which turns out to be more of a poem rather than a message of pain. This leads Ivory to find out more about the dead girl and the reasons why she was found washed up on a beach.
As she digs deeper, her search leads her to the terrifying secrets of Ghost Cat Island and the bloodthirsty entity that wants to be set free on the world.
Now I have to say, I wanted to love this book, and guess what? I bloody well did. The story starts off small, examining the lives of the people that live in the town of Cape Morning, slowly transforming to a murder mystery to finally reaching its gore soaked crescendo and going absolutely batshit crazy.
Piper presents a different vampire story, and with her inimitable ability to draw from absolutely all the influences and a few more besides. The vampires themselves at times reminded me of those ones in the Stephen King film, Sleepwalkers as they are kind of a werecat. However, with her ability to use all the influences from both horror cinema and fiction, Piper crafts something new.
The book uses all the elements of gothic fiction, but changes them to give a distinctive feel, such as changing the looming, dark castle for a haunted island. However, the other elements are there, such as the ghostly figure, the malignant atmosphere and the ominous and superstitious elements, but the direction changes dramatically in the fourth act.
Throughout the book there is a definite argument against the traditional TERF diatribe that demoralise and stigmatise trans women, which is encapsulated by the two main characters, both the alive one and the dead one.
However, Piper hides this in the story and never hits you over the head with it, as this not only an angry shout at those that deny transwomen their womanhood and the trauma they inflict, it is also entertainment and Piper does this with style. Especially in the last act of the book, where the story becomes a climactic battle of Ivory’s rage and those around her.
All The Hearts You Eat is a brilliantly original take on the vampire legend and gives it a fresh vibrancy that blows the dust off the genre.
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February 10, 2025DNF halfway through.
THIS WAS SO UNFORTUNATE.
This story was very boring and the events happening on page left me with a lot of questions, but no desire for answers. Things were slightly too surreal for me to feel truly uneasy or scared. I was just annoyed by the main character Ivory. I don’t like characters who have no personalities, passions, or interests other than some weird obsession that only exists to further the plot. The dialogue between any of the characters (including with themselves) made the scenes feel like a bad play rehearsal.
I still love Hailey and I’m not giving up on her!! This book was just not for me. I know others will enjoy it. 🤘🏻🖤🏳️⚧️✨
Stick together and be safe out there, my fellow Trans friends 🧚🏻
THIS WAS SO UNFORTUNATE.
This story was very boring and the events happening on page left me with a lot of questions, but no desire for answers. Things were slightly too surreal for me to feel truly uneasy or scared. I was just annoyed by the main character Ivory. I don’t like characters who have no personalities, passions, or interests other than some weird obsession that only exists to further the plot. The dialogue between any of the characters (including with themselves) made the scenes feel like a bad play rehearsal.
I still love Hailey and I’m not giving up on her!! This book was just not for me. I know others will enjoy it. 🤘🏻🖤🏳️⚧️✨
Stick together and be safe out there, my fellow Trans friends 🧚🏻
October 21, 2024
I will start by saying that I consider myself a huge Hailey Piper fan. I love her gruesome flavor of horror, I love the quirky sentimentality that she can instill into horrific body horror, I love her word use. But I will readily admit that when I saw the latest was a 450-page doorstopper that appeared to be a murder mystery, I was less than enthused.
Piper, my dear, how could I have ever doubted your talents?
So, indeed, "All the Hearts You Eat" is a door-stopper of a murder mystery, with a creepy gothic feeling of a small beach town that contains the brightness of Cape Morning, with its noisy tourists and party-friendly beach locals, and the shadowy Cape Shadow with Ghost Cat Island and the mysterious thing that followed Cabrina back from her swim.
The discovery of Cabrina's dead body on the beach by another trans woman, Ivory Sloan, sets the story in motion, particularly when Ivory also discovers a portion of Cabrina's 'suicide poem.' Ivory's search for answers sets in motion a series of actions that ultimately culminate in an orgy of death and dismemberment, as the denizens of Ghost Cat Island are finally able to emerge into the human world. Blood flows freely and viscera is flung about like so much meat in a slaughterhouse as Ivory and her inhuman lover unleash their strange vampiric horde onto the town.
All of this is well and good, but there's still a human story beneath it all, which is the story of two trans women, one undead and one alive, and the demons that they face with their families, their friends, and their communities. I think it is this message, underneath it all, that is the more powerful one.
I have to say that I loved the ending with Ivory and Honey, the two lovers, finally alone, curling up around one another. The gothic romantic in me forgave them for all their sins, in the face of their love. Sigh.
Piper, my dear, how could I have ever doubted your talents?
So, indeed, "All the Hearts You Eat" is a door-stopper of a murder mystery, with a creepy gothic feeling of a small beach town that contains the brightness of Cape Morning, with its noisy tourists and party-friendly beach locals, and the shadowy Cape Shadow with Ghost Cat Island and the mysterious thing that followed Cabrina back from her swim.
The discovery of Cabrina's dead body on the beach by another trans woman, Ivory Sloan, sets the story in motion, particularly when Ivory also discovers a portion of Cabrina's 'suicide poem.' Ivory's search for answers sets in motion a series of actions that ultimately culminate in an orgy of death and dismemberment, as the denizens of Ghost Cat Island are finally able to emerge into the human world. Blood flows freely and viscera is flung about like so much meat in a slaughterhouse as Ivory and her inhuman lover unleash their strange vampiric horde onto the town.
All of this is well and good, but there's still a human story beneath it all, which is the story of two trans women, one undead and one alive, and the demons that they face with their families, their friends, and their communities. I think it is this message, underneath it all, that is the more powerful one.
I have to say that I loved the ending with Ivory and Honey, the two lovers, finally alone, curling up around one another. The gothic romantic in me forgave them for all their sins, in the face of their love. Sigh.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
October 10, 2024
A small town gothic horror that will chill your heart. The sea is full of wonder and darkness in this folklore inspired book. I enjoyed the mystery of what happened to Cabrina Brite and how this impacted on the characters we follow. The book is deep, covering topics such as identity, human connection and acceptance. I loved the vampiric aspects as well, it was raw and brutal. The book expertly blends realism with the supernatural and leave the reader feeling unnerved. If you like a twisted and disturbing read then I recommend. Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for an ARC. This is a voluntary review of my own thoughts.
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October 11, 2024DNF. Not for me.
The themes in this book seemed to be something I would be interested in, but I cannot get through it. The writing is very juvenile and random. It reads like a middle school diary entry to me and I cannot get invested in the book. Some of the language and descriptions are a little crude. Describing body parts as “meat shapes.” Ick. It seems very aimed towards Gen Z to me.
Thank you to the author, the publisher, and NetGalley for access to the ARC of this book. I truly appreciate the opportunity.
The themes in this book seemed to be something I would be interested in, but I cannot get through it. The writing is very juvenile and random. It reads like a middle school diary entry to me and I cannot get invested in the book. Some of the language and descriptions are a little crude. Describing body parts as “meat shapes.” Ick. It seems very aimed towards Gen Z to me.
Thank you to the author, the publisher, and NetGalley for access to the ARC of this book. I truly appreciate the opportunity.
October 12, 2024
This was a difficult read. I found myself engrossed in the central mystery, but I struggled with Piper's imagery and descriptions. it wasn't always clear to me what was real and what was a dream. I had to go back and re-read chapters several times to follow the plot. Unfortunately, this wasn't for me.
Thanks to NetGalley & Titan Books for this ARC in exchange for my honest review.
Thanks to NetGalley & Titan Books for this ARC in exchange for my honest review.
dropped
December 15, 2024dnf @ 42%. there is just too much prose in this for you to really ever understand what’s going on
October 4, 2024
2.5 stars thank you to Titan books for an early copy in exchange for my honest thoughts!
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July 9, 2025
I really liked the idea of this book, but as I read, I felt like there was something I was missing. May have just been me, or maybe it was supposed to feel that way. It was still an interesting ride.
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November 26, 2024I'm not rating this out of respect for the author but it's a DNF for me. I tried to get into the story but I don't know. Maybe I'm not smart enough for the writing or maybe the writing is just all over the place, I don't know. I just know I couldn't get into it and I actively disliked most of the characters in the book.
This might be controversial but Cabrina should not have added to the narrative or maybe her appearance should have retooled or something. Her story is sad and her struggles are real but she feels less like a person and more like the walking personification of trauma. Her diary reads less like a diary and more like pretentious exposition that does nothing to show who Cabrina is besides a trans girl with abusive parents. Maybe this is expanded on in the later chapters but I'm not curious enough to find out.
Ivory is a character that showed promise in the beginning and I found her story to be engaging until it became convoluted with the vampire stuff. I don't know why she believes in ghost or why she never questions anything and just spends chapter upon chapter introspecting around but I genuinely don't care.
The problem I had with this book is not really the characters, it's the prose. It does not engage me and maybe that's 'cause I'm dumb but who knows? It was too much and too little at the same time.
As for the side characters, Rex and Xi specifically. I did not warm up to them and I kinda just wish they would drop out of the story. In fact, the only person I remotely liked was Ivory but even that didn't last.
I'm sure most people loved this book, there is a lot to love but I'm not one of those and that's sad
This might be controversial but Cabrina should not have added to the narrative or maybe her appearance should have retooled or something. Her story is sad and her struggles are real but she feels less like a person and more like the walking personification of trauma. Her diary reads less like a diary and more like pretentious exposition that does nothing to show who Cabrina is besides a trans girl with abusive parents. Maybe this is expanded on in the later chapters but I'm not curious enough to find out.
Ivory is a character that showed promise in the beginning and I found her story to be engaging until it became convoluted with the vampire stuff. I don't know why she believes in ghost or why she never questions anything and just spends chapter upon chapter introspecting around but I genuinely don't care.
The problem I had with this book is not really the characters, it's the prose. It does not engage me and maybe that's 'cause I'm dumb but who knows? It was too much and too little at the same time.
As for the side characters, Rex and Xi specifically. I did not warm up to them and I kinda just wish they would drop out of the story. In fact, the only person I remotely liked was Ivory but even that didn't last.
I'm sure most people loved this book, there is a lot to love but I'm not one of those and that's sad
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August 28, 2024"Soon after Ivory, a trans woman in a small, seaside town in Massachusetts, comes upon the body of a trans girl, Cabrina, washed up on shore, she is visited by a ghost cat (is it Cabrina?), who takes her to a hidden world just off the coast. Xi and Rex, trans girl and boy and Cabrina’s best friends, also still feel her presence. The search for answers about Cabrina begins intimately, but as the five operatic acts layer on top of one another, the world and its characters are fleshed out, and the pacing, action, blood, and destruction build, engulfing all in intense and visceral emotions until Piper breaks everything open, releasing the existential terror (both real and supernatural) into the world—but not without anchoring it all with love and hope. A great choice for fans of original takes on the vampire trope like Devils Kill Devils, by Johnny Compton (2024), the queer, teen found family of Cuckoo, by Gretchen Felker-Martin (2024), or the grief and cosmic horror of This Thing between Us, by Gus Moreno (2021)." -- Becky Spratford (Reviewed 8/1/2024) (Booklist, vol 120, number 22, p39)
November 17, 2024
Thank you so much to Titan Books for the ARC of All the Hearts You Eat & Libro.FM for the ALC!
I strongly believe there’s a Hailey Piper book for everyone. She’s taken on demons, Halloween slashers, vagina monsters, vampires & more in her works! & I’m always impressed by her writing.
I absolutely adored the characters in All of the Hearts You Eat but the story itself isn’t one that worked for me. With there being a Hailey Piper book for everyone, I also feel that maybe a reader wouldn’t necessarily love every book by her, depending on tropes, subgenre, etc. — & that’s a good thing because it shows Piper got range in her writing & books. We love to see it.
If you’re into vampires or coastal settings, then definitely give this one a try!
I strongly believe there’s a Hailey Piper book for everyone. She’s taken on demons, Halloween slashers, vagina monsters, vampires & more in her works! & I’m always impressed by her writing.
I absolutely adored the characters in All of the Hearts You Eat but the story itself isn’t one that worked for me. With there being a Hailey Piper book for everyone, I also feel that maybe a reader wouldn’t necessarily love every book by her, depending on tropes, subgenre, etc. — & that’s a good thing because it shows Piper got range in her writing & books. We love to see it.
If you’re into vampires or coastal settings, then definitely give this one a try!
October 19, 2024
Thanks to Libro.Fm and Titan Books for providing an ALC in exchange for an honest review. 1.5. This was definitely a hate read for the last half. The whole thing was absolutely incomprehensible. Why the hell were there 5 NARRATORS?! I can’t even really say much because it was so confusing. 0.5 added on because i liked Ivory
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November 22, 2024Gave up
Just over half way through due to not caring enough about the vampire- esc story.
Just over half way through due to not caring enough about the vampire- esc story.
September 29, 2024
All the Hearts You Eat is stunningly good. It's macabre, poetic, disturbing, and beautiful - a trans horror tour de force. My first experience with Hailey Piper reminds me in many ways of my first encounter with Clive Barker. She has a way with language, a mastery of imagery and theme, that draws you in and demands you read every single word. This is a stunningly good story, but it's an even better telling, the likes of which I have not encountered in years.
I mentioned trans horror because that's exactly what lies at the heart (pun intended) of All the Hearts You Eat, but part of what makes it so powerful is how carefully crafted the trans identities and experiences are, and how their place in the world imbues the story with so much meaning. Piper introduces us to four characters who came out in their own ways and at their own time, transitioned differently, and encountered very different reactions from those around them. While there is love and a sense of shared identity here, there's also fear, longing, hurt, and (oh yes!) anger.
What's most interesting about the anger is that it's so often felt on behalf of others, an intense emotional reaction mirroring that of the reader.
The story transitions as well, starting out as a sad tale of death before shifting into a very gothic sort of ghost story, a viscerally unsettling vampire tale, and a surreally beautiful story of monsters and mythology, only to circle right back around to a story of death - the death of lives, friendships, loves, and families. It's jarring (and I suspect deliberately so), but it's all connected, part of the theme of the underlying transformation. Everything about this story is, in some way, transformed along the way, including two of my favorite aspects - the transformation of doorways between worlds (I'll never forget that living room) and the transformation of bodies (you'll never think of oral sex or green sea glass the same way again) - not to mention our perspective on who or what a monster really is.
One of the most subtle things that Piper does with the narrative comes in the final part of the book, and it's nothing more than the haunting presence of a pronoun. You're reading it, wondering if it's a mistake, a reference to someone off the page, a hint of someone waiting ahead, or (most frightening) a deliberate slipping of gender. It's one tiny word, repeated over and over, but the power it has over the narrative and your experience is precisely that which it has over lives. Paired with it is the breaking of a character, the removal of their awareness, transforming our anger at someone to anger at the world.
For all that All the Hearts You Eat is a story of trans characters and themes of transformation, and while you can't remove the trans experience from the story any more than you can remove it from the characters, it's not just about that. There's a line near the end that I love for its simplicity:
I think the best way I can sum up the book is this: I questioned some of the transitions along the way, lamenting the loss of some aspects and chafing against the introduction of others, but once I understood why things changed and appreciated that what I thought lost was still very much there, I was blown away by how deftly Piper enlightened my experience, transforming my anger into something more akin to sorrow, while simultaneously strengthening my love and compassion for Cab, Xi, Rex, Ivory, and even Honey.
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I mentioned trans horror because that's exactly what lies at the heart (pun intended) of All the Hearts You Eat, but part of what makes it so powerful is how carefully crafted the trans identities and experiences are, and how their place in the world imbues the story with so much meaning. Piper introduces us to four characters who came out in their own ways and at their own time, transitioned differently, and encountered very different reactions from those around them. While there is love and a sense of shared identity here, there's also fear, longing, hurt, and (oh yes!) anger.
What's most interesting about the anger is that it's so often felt on behalf of others, an intense emotional reaction mirroring that of the reader.
The story transitions as well, starting out as a sad tale of death before shifting into a very gothic sort of ghost story, a viscerally unsettling vampire tale, and a surreally beautiful story of monsters and mythology, only to circle right back around to a story of death - the death of lives, friendships, loves, and families. It's jarring (and I suspect deliberately so), but it's all connected, part of the theme of the underlying transformation. Everything about this story is, in some way, transformed along the way, including two of my favorite aspects - the transformation of doorways between worlds (I'll never forget that living room) and the transformation of bodies (you'll never think of oral sex or green sea glass the same way again) - not to mention our perspective on who or what a monster really is.
One of the most subtle things that Piper does with the narrative comes in the final part of the book, and it's nothing more than the haunting presence of a pronoun. You're reading it, wondering if it's a mistake, a reference to someone off the page, a hint of someone waiting ahead, or (most frightening) a deliberate slipping of gender. It's one tiny word, repeated over and over, but the power it has over the narrative and your experience is precisely that which it has over lives. Paired with it is the breaking of a character, the removal of their awareness, transforming our anger at someone to anger at the world.
For all that All the Hearts You Eat is a story of trans characters and themes of transformation, and while you can't remove the trans experience from the story any more than you can remove it from the characters, it's not just about that. There's a line near the end that I love for its simplicity:
"You boiled her down to one thing, like that's all she's ever been, but Cab has a whole universe inside."
I think the best way I can sum up the book is this: I questioned some of the transitions along the way, lamenting the loss of some aspects and chafing against the introduction of others, but once I understood why things changed and appreciated that what I thought lost was still very much there, I was blown away by how deftly Piper enlightened my experience, transforming my anger into something more akin to sorrow, while simultaneously strengthening my love and compassion for Cab, Xi, Rex, Ivory, and even Honey.
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September 2, 2024
All The Hearts You Eat
Hailey Piper
October 15, 2024
5 / 5 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Combining the picturesque with the grotesque, Hailey Piper delivers one of the most beautiful and heartbreaking horror novels I've read in a very, very long time. Atmospheric, captivating, creepy and so viscerally written ... A strong sense of dread permeates the pages.
** Little ole' critical me (according to BookSirens, Lol) couldn't find ANYTHING to critique about this horror masterpiece. **
My only real gripe is that I wish I'd written it. 😆 The concepts, the writing, the gruesome body horror, the pacing, the way it's all formatted and put together ... I'm jealous of the raw talent that is All The Hearts You Can Eat; scary, sad, surreal, and - above all else - so SMART.
(Maybe a tad long-winded in sporadic spots, but when you're as talented a writer as Hailey, that's not necessarily a negative. This is perfection on paper.
I can't wait to recommend this book to my friends, my family, and my AgoraphoBookClub members ... as well as my mother's Barnes and Nobel bookclub - 'Hippies, Homos, and Horror Hounds'.
I'm just genuinely eager for others to enjoy it as much as I did. And I'm betting high that they will.
Bravo, Hailey. What an important voice to have in the horror-sphere.
Thanks to Netgalley, Titan, and Hailey Piper for this ARC in exchange for an optional review and my honest thoughts.
Honestly, it's my favorite book of 2024, hands down ... Not the SCARIEST, but the one that got under my skin most effectively ... and the one that I'm most eager to purchase, pass around, and read again.
Horror lovers ... don't sleep on the one. October 15.
You won't regret it.
Hailey Piper
October 15, 2024
5 / 5 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Combining the picturesque with the grotesque, Hailey Piper delivers one of the most beautiful and heartbreaking horror novels I've read in a very, very long time. Atmospheric, captivating, creepy and so viscerally written ... A strong sense of dread permeates the pages.
** Little ole' critical me (according to BookSirens, Lol) couldn't find ANYTHING to critique about this horror masterpiece. **
My only real gripe is that I wish I'd written it. 😆 The concepts, the writing, the gruesome body horror, the pacing, the way it's all formatted and put together ... I'm jealous of the raw talent that is All The Hearts You Can Eat; scary, sad, surreal, and - above all else - so SMART.
(Maybe a tad long-winded in sporadic spots, but when you're as talented a writer as Hailey, that's not necessarily a negative. This is perfection on paper.
I can't wait to recommend this book to my friends, my family, and my AgoraphoBookClub members ... as well as my mother's Barnes and Nobel bookclub - 'Hippies, Homos, and Horror Hounds'.
I'm just genuinely eager for others to enjoy it as much as I did. And I'm betting high that they will.
Bravo, Hailey. What an important voice to have in the horror-sphere.
Thanks to Netgalley, Titan, and Hailey Piper for this ARC in exchange for an optional review and my honest thoughts.
Honestly, it's my favorite book of 2024, hands down ... Not the SCARIEST, but the one that got under my skin most effectively ... and the one that I'm most eager to purchase, pass around, and read again.
Horror lovers ... don't sleep on the one. October 15.
You won't regret it.
November 13, 2024
Thank you to NetGalley and Titan Books for an e-arc in exchange for an honest review. 4.25 rounding down to 4 for GoodReads. This was my first full-length Hailey Piper read after reading a variety of her short fiction in various collections. She has been on my radar for so long and I was absolutely thrilled to begin my journey into her longer works. All the Hearts You Eat is a very interesting one to start with. I went into this one thinking it was a ghost story mystery and on some level it is, but it quickly gets so much more cosmic and much more unique. I am not the standard audience for cosmic horror as I typically struggle to connect with horror at that large of a scale. But this book may have convinced me otherwise. I was having an okay time with this one but felt the pacing was a bit slow until about the 60% mark when things turned up a notch. When the cosmic pieces started to come together I wanted to start shouting from the rooftops about this book. The last forty percent were absolutely brilliant!! I have never read anything quite like the horror in this book and Piper manages to take different horror tropes/classics and combine them in such a distinctive way in this one. I struggled before I had all the pieces of the puzzle but once I had them I was floored. I feel like I don't even have to mention the LGBTQIA+ representation in this one but in case you didn't know, yes this book has representation, yes it is important to the story, and yes these characters are masterfully crafted. They are not there to be representation markers or boxes to be checked off, they are there because that is who they are as characters. I cannot wait to read more of Piper's backlist novels while anticipating her new ones.
October 5, 2024
Thank you to NetGalley and the publishers for this ARC in exchange for my honest review!
I was skeptical going into this book. I have read 2 of Hailey Piper’s novellas and was not a fan. A full length novel seemed like something I wasn’t going to enjoy. However, all the reviews were so positive I knew I had to give it a shot. I’m glad I did.
This was heartbreaking, beautiful, raw, visceral, and just so so sad. I actually shed a few tears. Ivory is a strong character to follow and we see her spiral from beginning to end. My heart also broke for poor Cabrina.
The vampire element to this I didn’t see coming and it was a wild ride. The whole end of this book felt like a fever dream, which Hailey Piper seems to be good at in their books. There was so much plot to this it sometimes felt overwhelming. However, this was an amazing book. There is so much going on and it is so good. I got emotional reading it and it’s going to stick with me for a while. The gory bits were so detailed. There is no shying away from anything is this book.
There is rage. Rage at yourself, at others, at life, and at how things could have and should have been. There’s abuse from partners and parents. There’s transphobia. But there’s also love. Love that knows no bounds. Unconditional love. A trio of friends who would do anything for each other. Even bring their lost loved one back from the clutches of a monster Queen. I’m awed by this book and look forward to more novels by Hailey.
I was skeptical going into this book. I have read 2 of Hailey Piper’s novellas and was not a fan. A full length novel seemed like something I wasn’t going to enjoy. However, all the reviews were so positive I knew I had to give it a shot. I’m glad I did.
This was heartbreaking, beautiful, raw, visceral, and just so so sad. I actually shed a few tears. Ivory is a strong character to follow and we see her spiral from beginning to end. My heart also broke for poor Cabrina.
The vampire element to this I didn’t see coming and it was a wild ride. The whole end of this book felt like a fever dream, which Hailey Piper seems to be good at in their books. There was so much plot to this it sometimes felt overwhelming. However, this was an amazing book. There is so much going on and it is so good. I got emotional reading it and it’s going to stick with me for a while. The gory bits were so detailed. There is no shying away from anything is this book.
There is rage. Rage at yourself, at others, at life, and at how things could have and should have been. There’s abuse from partners and parents. There’s transphobia. But there’s also love. Love that knows no bounds. Unconditional love. A trio of friends who would do anything for each other. Even bring their lost loved one back from the clutches of a monster Queen. I’m awed by this book and look forward to more novels by Hailey.
October 15, 2024
When Ivory discovers a body on the beach, with a poem indicating it was not intentional... she needs to know more about the mysterious Cabrina Brite
She tries to talk to the people she knows but gets the feeling they don't get it, or don't believe her. But when strange things start happening, and Cabrina may be back in a different way, she will need to dig deeper
However, Ivory isn't alone, in a small town everyone is connected and Cabrinas closest friends Xi and Rex have also been experiencing strange things, Xi especially
What happened to Cabrina and what is happening to them all now... and how will it affect the small town as a whole...
Definitely the strangest take on the vampire lore I've read, but kept me wanting to turn those pages to see where it was going
For warning, this book deals with a lot of tough issues around the characters and their real life going ons and challenges in addition from the fantasy horror portrayed here. Also has a lot of horror, especially body horror, so please check triggers if you need to
Out today! Go pick this up for spooky season if it sounds like your thing!
Thank you to NetGalley and Titan for the review copy.. all opinions my own
She tries to talk to the people she knows but gets the feeling they don't get it, or don't believe her. But when strange things start happening, and Cabrina may be back in a different way, she will need to dig deeper
However, Ivory isn't alone, in a small town everyone is connected and Cabrinas closest friends Xi and Rex have also been experiencing strange things, Xi especially
What happened to Cabrina and what is happening to them all now... and how will it affect the small town as a whole...
Definitely the strangest take on the vampire lore I've read, but kept me wanting to turn those pages to see where it was going
For warning, this book deals with a lot of tough issues around the characters and their real life going ons and challenges in addition from the fantasy horror portrayed here. Also has a lot of horror, especially body horror, so please check triggers if you need to
Out today! Go pick this up for spooky season if it sounds like your thing!
Thank you to NetGalley and Titan for the review copy.. all opinions my own
April 23, 2025
”I’m not a girl for blood and teeth. I feel like I’m supposed to love.”
This was an absolute whirlwind of a book, and I felt completely swept up in it. The backdrop of the ocean is extremely fitting because it really does feel like you’re getting pulled out to sea. This novel is ultimately about the trans experience, which felt very fitting to read following the recent news in the UK. It was unapologetic, and most of all there was rage in these pages – palpable anger that made me angry alongside the characters. But there was also love and tenderness and friendship; I feel like ultimately it proved in the end that love prevails, especially when you compare Ivory’s ending with Cabrina’s. The quote above really summarised this feeling for me. But I really appreciated Ivory’s raw anger, and I could almost feel the author’s catharsis through her story.
It was definitely one of the most unique stories I have ever read, and I feel slightly torn apart by it. There were elements that were confusing, perhaps lines I think could’ve been edited, but I haven’t had a reading experience like this in a long time. Definitely not for everyone, but I loved it.
This was an absolute whirlwind of a book, and I felt completely swept up in it. The backdrop of the ocean is extremely fitting because it really does feel like you’re getting pulled out to sea. This novel is ultimately about the trans experience, which felt very fitting to read following the recent news in the UK. It was unapologetic, and most of all there was rage in these pages – palpable anger that made me angry alongside the characters. But there was also love and tenderness and friendship; I feel like ultimately it proved in the end that love prevails, especially when you compare Ivory’s ending with Cabrina’s. The quote above really summarised this feeling for me. But I really appreciated Ivory’s raw anger, and I could almost feel the author’s catharsis through her story.
It was definitely one of the most unique stories I have ever read, and I feel slightly torn apart by it. There were elements that were confusing, perhaps lines I think could’ve been edited, but I haven’t had a reading experience like this in a long time. Definitely not for everyone, but I loved it.
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