Margot and Mama have lived by the forest since Margot can remember. When Margot isn’t at school, they spend quiet days together in their cottage, waiting for strangers to knock on their door. Strays, Mama calls them. Mama loves the strays. She feeds them wine, keeps them warm. Then she satisfies her burning appetite by picking apart their bodies.
But Mama’s want is stronger than her hunger sometimes, and when a white-toothed stray named Eden turns up in the heart of a snowstorm, little Margot must confront the shifting dynamics of her family, untangle her own desires and make a bid for freedom.
On my fourth birthday, I plucked six severed fingers from the shower drain (ONE).
(W&N, Hardback, 30 January 2025, 336 pages, borrowed from Irvine Library)
This is another book I’ve seen all over TikTok. It sounded like the kind of twisted delight I could get lost in so I had to read it. There’s only one copy across all the libraries in my region and I’ve been waiting weeks for this. It was worth the wait. I really loved this book. It’s a mesmerising horror. It’s dark, twisted and delightful. I devoured it. I loved this book and would recommend it.
