There will be blood.
Ace of Spades meets House of Hollow in this villain origin story.
Laure Mesny is a perfectionist with an axe to grind. Despite being constantly
overlooked in the elite and cutthroat world of the Parisian ballet, she will do
anything to prove that a Black girl can take center stage. To level the playing
field, Laure ventures deep into the depths of the Catacombs and strikes a deal
with a pulsating river of blood.
The primordial power Laure gains promises influence and adoration,
everything shea's dreamed of and worked toward. With retribution on her
mind, she surpasses her bitter and privileged peers, leaving broken bodies
behind her on her climb to stardom.
But Laure quickly learns shea's not the only monster around, and her vicious
desires make her a perfect target for slaughter. As she descends into
madness and the mystifying underworld beneath her, she is faced with the
ultimate choice: continue to break herself for scraps of validation or succumb
to the darkness that wants her exactly as she isa€monstrous heart and all.
That is, if the god-killer doesna't catch her first.
From debut author Jamison Shea comes I Feed Her to the Beast and the
Beast Is Me, an edge-of-your-seat thriller that lifts a veil on the institutions that
profit on exclusion and the toll of giving everything to a world that will never
love you back.
Jamison Shea was once a flautist, violist, anthropologist, linguist,
choreographer, dancer, professional fire alarm puller, digital producer, and
account executive--but they've always been a writer. Born in Buffalo, NY and
now surrounded by darkness and gloom in Finland, when Jamison isn't writing
horror, they're drinking milk tea and searching for long-forgotten gods in eerie
places
Henry Holt & Co
On Sale: Aug 29/23
6 x 9 • 368 pages
9781250909565 • $26.99 • CL - With dust jacket
YA Fic / Horror • Ages 14-18 years