“Griffin spins a surreal and haunting tale. . .Family problems and adolescent trials tether the narrative to reality, while heightening the otherworldly threats surrounding its characters. Griffin’s hallucinatory novel creeps under the skin, unnerving readers while urging them forward.” — Booklist (starred review)
“Utterly enthralling. . .Griffin writes with metaphors steeped in loss and imagery seared with pain. . .Somewhere between Cashore’s Jane Unlimited, and Legrand’s Sawkill Girls, this reminds readers that the emotional triumphs and failures of humans can be both inconsequential and far reaching.” — Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books (starred review)
“A beautiful novel woven from magic that seeps into your blood and bones and lingers there...Sarah’s gorgeous prose will haunt you.” — – Christina Henry, bestselling author of Alice and Lost Boy
“A fascinating coming-of-age story...Griffin has a keen eye for the beautiful agony of adolescence, and that’s what makes this book such a compelling read.” — —Charlie Jane Anders, bestselling author of All the Birds in the Sky
“To say this novel, dripping with pull and promise, is good, would be an understatement and an oversimplification. It’s the kind of good that is both wonderful and horrifying simultaneously, awful and wrong and gorgeous as its shadowy and powerful wallpaper owl. ...A brilliant piece of feminine-powered complexity.” — —Matt Killeen, bestselling author of Orphan Monster Spy
“Making use of horror tropes. . .Griffin combines the distasteful aspects and ordinary grubbiness of the human condition. . .with shadowy, unsettling hungers, mystical protective rituals, and unseen threats.” — The Horn Book