Wise Creatures
Age 14 +
28 September 2023Imprint: Hot Key Books
Synopsis
SHORTLISTED FOR THE AN POST IRISH BOOK AWARDS 2023
'When it comes to writing YA fiction as beautiful, eerie and utterly chilling as WISE CREATURES, Deirdre Sullivan is in a league of her own' - Louise O'Neill, author of ONLY EVER YOURS
I always thought that hauntings began with houses. They don't, of course.
It's people, isn't it? They begin with people.
...
'When it comes to writing YA fiction as beautiful, eerie and utterly chilling as WISE CREATURES, Deirdre Sullivan is in a league of her own' - Louise O'Neill, author of ONLY EVER YOURS
I always thought that hauntings began with houses. They don't, of course.
It's people, isn't it? They begin with people.
...
Details
28 September 2023384 pages
9781471411205Imprint: Hot Key Books
Reviews
Equal parts eerie and beautiful, terrifying and tender, WISE CREATURES wraps you deep in its hypnotic dark so lushly, you may not care whether you surface.Kiran Millwood Hargrave
When it comes to writing YA fiction as beautiful, eerie and utterly chilling as WISE CREATURES, Deirdre Sullivan is in a league of her own.Louise O'Neill, author of ONLY EVER YOURS
Deirdre Sullivan serves up her usual deft portrayal of modern Irish teenhood here, and her usual laugh out loud witty dialogue - but this modern wit and brightness is glazed over a deep, domestic and personal horror like toffee on a rotten Halloween apple. Bite in and you're infected.Celine Kiernan, author of THE WILD MAGIC TRILOGY
Deirdre Sullivan handles darkness in a way that instills addictive dread, but also, somehow, hope.Sarah Maria Griffin, author of SPARE AND FOUND PARTS (praise for PERFECTLY PREVENTABLE DEATHS)