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Delicious Monsters
Liselle Sambury
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“A haunted house thriller packed with cryptic mystery, dark humor, and bone-chilling twists.” —Ryan Douglass, New York Times bestselling author of The Taking of Jake Livingston
The Haunting of Hill House meets Sadie in this “genuinely terrifying” (School Library Journal, starred review) psychological thriller following two teen girls navigating the treacherous past of a mysterious mansion ten years apart.
Daisy sees dead people—something impossible to forget in bustling, ghost-packed Toronto. She usually manages to deal with her unwanted ability, but she’s completely unprepared to be dumped by her boyfriend. So when her mother inherits a secluded mansion in northern Ontario where she spent her childhood summers, Daisy jumps at the chance to escape. But the house is nothing like Daisy expects, and she begins to realize that her experience with the supernatural might be no match for her mother’s secrets, nor what lurks within these walls…
A decade later, Brittney is desperate to get out from under the thumb of her abusive mother, a bestselling author who claims her stay at “Miracle Mansion” allowed her to see the error of her ways. But Brittney knows that’s nothing but a sham. She decides the new season of her popular Haunted web series will uncover what happened to a young Black girl in the mansion ten years prior and finally expose her mother’s lies. But as she gets more wrapped up in the investigation, she’ll have to decide: if she can only bring one story to light, which one matters most—Daisy’s or her own?
As Brittney investigates the mansion in the present, Daisy’s story runs parallel in the past, both timelines propelling the girls to face the most dangerous monsters of all: those that hide in plain sight.
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💭 what scares you the most?
to me, it’s usually not a creature or a random serial killer. it’s when you can’t trust your own mind or your own instincts or your own home or your own friends. when real-life terrors (often built from hatred) and something … beyond … combine for the ultimate sort of horror.
📚 books mentioned: - Bat Eater and Other Names for Cora Zeng by Kylie Lee Baker - Fever Dream by Samanta Schweblin, translated by Megan McDowell - Delicious Monsters by Liselle Sambury
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thank you to MIRA/HTP and Simon Teen for the gifted copies!
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Celestial\ \ Steph\ \ • Feb 13
what could possibly be scarier than your own family, am i right?
📚 books mentioned: - Delicious Monsters by Liselle Sambury - The Coven Tendency by Zoe Hana Mikuta - Model Home by Rivers Solomon
👗💄: - dress is from Bellevue (rented from Nuuly) - eyeshadow is The Spring Symphony Palette from Dandy Lion Cosmetics and Ellis Atlantis Palette from Blend Bunny Cosmetics - eyeliner is Epiphany Glow Melt-On (Solaris) from Kaleidos - lip combo is The Easy Way Effortless Lip Liner (Infra Red) and The Easy Way Hydrating Satin Lipstick (Infra Red) from Tilt Beauty, and Jelly Job Lip Gloss (Jelly Frost) from NYX Cosmetics - (also if you have a question about my makeup or something i’m wearing, most of it is curated in my shopmy!)
thank you to Simon Teen and Disney Hyperion for the gifted copies!
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my passion is just shouting horror books at you until you read them. do it.
my passion is just shouting horror books at you until you read them. do it.
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thank you to MIRA/HPT Hive, Simon Teen, Sourcebooks, Inkyard Press, Scholastic, Bantam, and William Morrow for the gifted copies!
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what's your favorite horror read? let's get ready for spooky season together. :)
☆ everything I mentioned (in order) ↓ - Jackal by Erin E. Adams - The Only Good Indians by Stephen Graham Jones - Ring Shout by P. Djèlí Clark - Delicious Monsters by Liselle Sambury - The Blonde Dies First by Joelle Wellington
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ring shout by p djeli clark absolutely needs to be made into an hbo mini series. it’s SO cinematic.
and delicious monsters by liselle sambury tackles childhood trauma in a beautiful (and paranormal) way.
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💭 what scares you the most?
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what could possibly be scarier than your own family, am i right?
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thank you to Simon Teen and Disney Hyperion for the gifted copies!
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my passion is just shouting horror books at you until you read them. do it.
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thank you to MIRA/HPT Hive, Simon Teen, Sourcebooks, Inkyard Press, Scholastic, Bantam, and William Morrow for the gifted copies!
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amazing horror by Black authors!
if you’re ready for your next SPOOKY SCARY read, please please please let it be one of these three incredible picks.
jackal by erin e. adams had chilling supernatural elements and was written by a playwright!
ring shout by p djeli clark absolutely needs to be made into an hbo mini series. it’s SO cinematic.
and delicious monsters by liselle sambury tackles childhood trauma in a beautiful (and paranormal) way.
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Paws, Pages and Brews\ \ Sammie\ \ • Nov 10 2023
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Review of Delicious Monsters by Liselle Sambury
If you liked the haunting of hill house, especially the bent neck lady episode THIS BOOK IS FOR YOU! Sambury does a phenomenal job of making this a piece about the trauma of young black girls along side a chilling haunted house tale. Delicious Monsters follows two time lines, the first is Daisy. Whose mom inherits a house that is said to be haunted. The other is told a decade later from Brittney’s pov, a podcaster who tells the story of forgotten black girls. She wants to find out just what happened 10 years ago at this mysterious house.
Both of these young women have such trauma with their mothers and the world around them. Liselle did a wonderful job writing this. My jaw was on the floor for the last 20% of this book and it is absolute must read.
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