This Ravenous Fate
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Published: 30th October 2024
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Publishing Details
This Ravenous Fate
By (Author) Hayley Dennings
Hodder & Stoughton
Hodderscape
30th October 2024
United Kingdom
Classifications
General
Fiction
Mythical creatures: Vampires, werewolves and other shapeshifters
813.6
Physical Properties
Paperback
480
Width 152mm, Height 232mm, Spine 40mm
580g
Description
During the most morally disruptive period in US history, 18-year-old Elise Saint returns to Harlem to become heiress of her family's reaper hunting empire. Reapers, the result of unethical testing by white physicians on African Americans, feed on human blood. But when new players enter the chessboard with promises of a cure-or eradication-Elise's loyalty and worthiness is tested, especially when bodies start turning up. A perfectionist at her core and with the fate of her younger sister hanging in the balance, Elise would not dare to disappoint her family. Failure is not an option.
Although Layla Quinn has been dead for years, her heart still beats. As a reaper, she lives a damned life of murderous impulses and is tormented by a constant need for blood. The only thing she hates more than her reaperhood is the person who caused it, her ex best friend, Elise Saint. Consequences be damned, Layla wants her dead. As reapers start turning human, a potential cure for both the spreading poison and reaperhood alters the power imbalance in Harlem. And when Layla is blamed for a Saint murder, Elise is the only one who can offer her immunity from prison. While Layla must team up with the person who damned her for a chance to become human once more, Elise tests the boundaries between humans and reapers, where blood bled is just blood owed and one wrong turn could mean toppling her family's empire and becoming damned herself. If they can settle their strife, they might get what they want, but risk inciting new mutinies, destroying their homes and themselves in the process.Reviews
A blood-soaked tale of ancestral rage, forbidden love, and dangerous magic, with a richly imagined setting as alive as any character. Deliciously dark and beautifully vicious, This Ravenous Fate is the vampire romance I've been waiting for. A glorious, electrifying draught of a novel. * Ava Reid, #1 New York Times bestselling author of A Study in Drowning *
This Ravenous Fate has it all. Vampires, a tasty friends-to-enemies-to-lovers sapphic romance, and a brilliant plot filled with mystery and heartache and history. I mean, cannibalism as a metaphor for love Need I say more * Rachael Lippincott, New York Times bestselling author of She Gets the Girl *
Dennings has crafted the sweetly vicious take on vampires we've been longing for. This book is the perfect combination of passion, violence, and longing that straddles that razor-thin line between love and hate. * Gabi Burton, Sunday Times bestselling author of Sing Me to Sleep *
Author Bio
Hayley Dennings grew up in the Bay Area, where she spent most of her time writing and reading in between being a three-sport athlete. Her love of words and championing queer Black voices led her to getting a BA in English and French from Loyola Marymount University with a concentration in diversity and inclusion. When she isn't writing or reading, she's working her tech day job, managing her YouTube channel, spending time with her dogs, painting, or baking.
