This Delicious Death
Books | Young Adult Fiction / LGBTQ
3.8
Kayla Cottingham
From the author of the New York Times bestselling My Dearest Darkest comes another incredible sapphic horror. When four best friends with a hunger for human flesh attend a music festival in the desert they discover a murderous plot to expose and vilify the girls and everyone like them. This summer is going to get gory.Two years ago, a small percentage of population underwent a transformation known as the Hollowing. Those affected were only able to survive by consuming human flesh. The people who went without quickly became feral, turning on their friends and family. Luckily, scientists were able to create a synthetic version of human meat that would satisfy their hunger. As a result, humanity slowly began to return to normal.Cut to Zoey, Celeste, Valeria, and Jasmine, four hollow girls living in Southern California. As a last hurrah before graduation they decide to attend a musical festival in the heart of the desert. They have a cooler filled with seltzer, vodka, and Synflesh... and are ready to party. But on the first night of the festival Val goes feral and ends up killing and eating a boy in one of the bands. As other festival guests start disappearing around them the girls soon discover someone is targeting people like them. And if they can't figure out how to stop it, and soon, no one at the festival is getting out alive.
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Author
Kayla Cottingham
Pages
304
Publisher
Sourcebooks, Inc.
Published Date
2023-04-25
ISBN
1728236452 9781728236452
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"I LOVED IT!!! It was so fun, and right up my alley, though usually I prefer TV shows about this sort of stuff. I enjoyed it so much!"
RanchyFinch
"This book was pretty mid, it reminded me of something you would watch on a low-budget teen horror show on Netflix. I don’t have much to say about this book. I strongly preferred her first book over this one."
Sniper 🖤
"Good, if a little cliche. I love the transfem representation; I almost never see it in books, especially in a love interest"
𝔏𝔦𝔪𝔢 𝔏𝔞𝔴𝔰𝔬𝔫
"It was fine. I thought I would like it more. It wasn’t really chilling, but I liked that there was a diverse cast of people in the group."
Z G
Zariah Grant
"Fun fast read. Enjoyed the story, it’s definitely something you’d see on a tv show for teens but it’s worth it for the escapism. "
Sandy
"This book was on a reccomdation list and I was not disappointed. It gave me The Strain mixed with iZombie vibes. The author does a beautiful job of representation as well as description of Hollow people. It was delightful to see a group of friends work through various obstacles thrown at them instead of turning against each other especially female characters; all too often women are pitted against each"
Acasha Wilkie
"READ THE WARNINGS! THE AUTHOR PUTS THEM IN THE BOOK READ THEM"
Vixen (He/they/She)
"Honestly this book was amazing, as a high schooler I really enjoyed reading this book, if you’re looking for a lgbtq+ book with horror then this is the book for you, overall 10 out of 10 would definitely read it again."
Allie P
"this was okay not amazing though... none of the characters had any real distinct character traits & it felt surprisingly light on the actual horror elements honestly"
orpheus jay
"Who knew a zombie apocalypse would be this wholesome in the end?<br/>Well. Zombie would be too broad a term. Hollow apocalypse, if you will.<br/><br/>Found family fighting off a resurgence of the virus that afflicted them once? While finding love? And solving a mystery? Yes to all. This book has EVERYTHING.<br/>Fyre Festival eat your lab-grown heart out. <br/><br/>And such wonderful representation too. Not to mention a list of triggers right on the first pages of the book, so no surprise will sneak up on you. I love this trend and hope more people join up."
Agustina Aceste