Book description
Two girls, inexplicably linked. An ancient creature rising in the dark. And a town on the verge of being devoured. My Dearest Darkest is a sharp, feminist horror debut, about girls claiming their power, and the price we sometimes pay for wanting.
Finch Chamberlin is the newest transfer student to…
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1 author picked My Dearest Darkest as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
In this book, one of the main characters comes back wrong—early on, too. I really felt for poor Finch, who was saved by something mysterious in the lake after a car crash with her parents. She’s grieving their loss, dealing with her strange new reality, and adjusting to life at boarding school.
Finch’s tie to the mysterious being that saved her made this book hard to put down and added an intriguing element to the story after Finch and her friends let out a monster under their school. I loved the explorations of self-identity and what we value that this…
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