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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.
Devon is part of The Family, an old and reclusive clan of book eaters. Her brothers grow up feasting on stories of valor and adventure, and Devon—like all other book eater women—is raised on a carefully curated diet of fairytales and cautionary stories.
But real life doesn't always come with happy endings, as Devon learns when her son is born with a rare and darker kind of hunger—not for books, but for human minds.
At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
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.
Devon is part of The Family, an old and reclusive clan of book eaters. Her brothers grow up feasting on stories of valor and adventure, and Devon—like all other book eater women—is raised on a carefully curated diet of fairytales and cautionary stories.
But real life doesn't always come with happy endings, as Devon learns when her son is born with a rare and darker kind of hunger—not for books, but for human minds.
At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
69 pages, Kindle Edition
Published May 31, 2022
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Sunyi Dean
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Sunyi Dean is a writer of speculative fiction. Originally born in Texas and raised in Hong Kong, she now resides in a Yorkshire cottage full of music and books.
Her most recent novel, THE GIRL WITH A THOUSAND FACES, was inspired by her upbringing: her old high school was once a mission house on the edge of the original Walled City, and her grandparents survived the Japanese occupation during WW2.
In her spare time, she likes buying whisky, collecting dumbbells, and dying in jiu-jitsu. She also founded the Hugo-nominated Publishing Rodeo Podcast with fellow Tor author, Scott Drakeford.
Sunyi Dean is a writer of speculative fiction. Originally born in Texas and raised in Hong Kong, she now resides in a Yorkshire cottage full of music and books.
Her most recent novel, THE GIRL WITH A THOUSAND FACES, was inspired by her upbringing: her old high school was once a mission house on the edge of the original Walled City, and her grandparents survived the Japanese occupation during WW2.
In her spare time, she likes buying whisky, collecting dumbbells, and dying in jiu-jitsu. She also founded the Hugo-nominated Publishing Rodeo Podcast with fellow Tor author, Scott Drakeford.
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September 4, 2023
Absolutely loved this! Twisted take on fairy tales & vampires. Best book I read so far this year!
September 26, 2022
This is now my favorite book! I could not put this down. There was so much depth to the characters and diversity in the growth those characters. Very easy to be sucked into and grow affection for it just the main character but several aide characters. The author really build a complex world and I loved being immersed in it and every time I put it down it’s all I could think about. I just wanted to learn more about book eaters and know everything that Devon was going through and be there with her. I also loved not just the racial diversity but it truly brought in all kinds of minorities that you rarely get to see.
I love that this book explored the concept of family and traditions and religion. This book told a beautiful heart breaking tale and it’s totally gay and slaps and I was so shocked and pleasantly surprised 🥰
I love that this book explored the concept of family and traditions and religion. This book told a beautiful heart breaking tale and it’s totally gay and slaps and I was so shocked and pleasantly surprised 🥰
June 29, 2022
Wow
This book was a real surprise and was not at all what I expected to read and my wife does not know how she feels about it but I think it's great.
This book was a real surprise and was not at all what I expected to read and my wife does not know how she feels about it but I think it's great.
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