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A review by sandreline
Feast While You Can by Onjuli Datta, Mikaella Clements
dark
emotional
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Meaty and satieting.
Angelina is the defacto princess of the small mountain town of Cadenze. Mixed-race and queer, she uses her charisma and deep familial roots to charm her town into accepting her. Where some might find her role suffocating, she revels in it, loving her town with her whole self.
On the day that her handsome childhood crush reluctantly returns to Cadenze, Angelina awakens a hungry monster.
Full of rich allegory and beautiful prose, Feast While You Can stradles that fantastic line between being literary and being eminently readable.
With so many moving parts, it would be easy to lose sight of one in favor of the other. Slow-burn horror, queer romance, dynastic family drama. But they are interwoven expertly.
In a year full of fantastic books, this one is easily a top contender for my book of the year. Absolutely delicious.
ARC provided by NetGalley and Grand Central Publishing.
Angelina is the defacto princess of the small mountain town of Cadenze. Mixed-race and queer, she uses her charisma and deep familial roots to charm her town into accepting her. Where some might find her role suffocating, she revels in it, loving her town with her whole self.
On the day that her handsome childhood crush reluctantly returns to Cadenze, Angelina awakens a hungry monster.
Full of rich allegory and beautiful prose, Feast While You Can stradles that fantastic line between being literary and being eminently readable.
With so many moving parts, it would be easy to lose sight of one in favor of the other. Slow-burn horror, queer romance, dynastic family drama. But they are interwoven expertly.
In a year full of fantastic books, this one is easily a top contender for my book of the year. Absolutely delicious.
ARC provided by NetGalley and Grand Central Publishing.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Sexual content, and Cannibalism
Moderate: Homophobia and Outing