Título: My Dearest Darkest: Sapphic Horror
Autor: Kayla Cottingham
Sinopse: *Bustle Best Book of March 2022
*Buzzfeed Highly Anticipated YA Novel
*Lambda Literary Most Anticipated LGBTQIA+
*BookRiot Best New Dark Academia YA Book
Wilder Girls meets The Craft in this Sapphic horror debut that asks: what price would you be willing to pay to achieve your deepest desires?
Finch Chamberlin is the newest transfer student to the ultra-competitive Ulalume Academy... but she's also not what she seems. Months before school started, Finch and her parents got into an accident that should have left her dead at the bottom of the river. But something monstrous, and ancient, and terrifying, wouldn't let her drown. Finch doesn't know why she woke up after her heart stopped, but since dying she's felt a constant pull from the school and the surrounding town of Rainwater, like something on the island is calling to her.
Selena St. Clair sees right through Finch, and she knows something is seriously wrong with her. But despite Selena's suspicion, she feels drawn to Finch and has a sinking feeling that from now on the two will be inexplicably linked to one another.
One night Finch, Selena, and her friends accidentally summon a carnivorous creature of immense power in the depths of the school. It promises to grant every desire the girls have kept locked away in their insecure hearts―beauty, power, adoration―in exchange for a price: human body parts. But as the cost of their wanting becomes more deadly, Finch and Selena must learn to work together to stop the horror they unleashed, before it consumes the entire island.
Contexto da obra
Como livro em inglês, esta obra costuma ganhar também uma camada própria de interesse editorial e linguístico. “My Dearest Darkest: Sapphic Horror”, de Kayla Cottingham, publicado pela editora Sourcebooks Fire, em 2022 e com 368 páginas, integra a categoria Livros em Inglês. Por isso, o interesse da obra tende a se ampliar quando o leitor considera também a relação com a língua em que ela circula.
Editora: Sourcebooks Fire
Páginas: 368
Ano: 2022-03-29
Edição:
Linguagem: en
ISBN: 172823641X
ISBN13: 9781728236414
Sobre a editora
Os livros da editora Sourcebooks Fire trazem narrativas intensas que combinam fantasia contemporânea, suspense e dramas pessoais com toques de realismo mágico e distopias. As histórias frequentemente exploram conflitos internos e externos de jovens protagonistas, imersos em cenários que vão desde ilhas sombrias e florestas misteriosas até ambientes urbanos e futuristas. O ritmo costuma ser ágil, com tensão crescente e reviravoltas que mantêm o leitor envolvido, enquanto o tom varia entre sombrio, emocional e por vezes carregado de mistério. O catálogo revela uma preferência por tramas que envolvem segredos, ameaças ocultas e jornadas de autodescoberta, com personagens que enfrentam dilemas morais e desafios de sobrevivência.
