Fans of Leno's Horrid (BCCB 9/20) and Ernshaw's The Wicked Deep (BCCB 3/18) will appreciate this story of family legacies gone wrong. The tight control threatens to tip into chaos at any moment, keeping the reader breathless with anticipation of what is certainly going to be a terrifying climax. Eleanor herself is a bit of a contradiction, sympathetic in her insecurities but terrifying in not only the power she eventually gains but also her thirst for it.

This is deliciously Gothic and wonderfully creepy, especially as Szabo sinks the readers into what is clearly a very strange place with descriptions of bloody family feasts and ambiguous magic but then matches it with a matter-of-fact narrative tone from Eleanor, who looks upon the whole affair as messy but familiar. What Big Teeth was written by non-binary author Rose Szabo form Richmond Virginia they live with a wonderful assortment of people and animals, and teach writing at VCU. They hold an MFA from VCU, which is where they currently teach writing. Right before her sudden death, Persephone makes Eleanor promise to take care of the family when it becomes clear that Eleanor cannot manage her family's violent chaos, she writes to her other grandmother in Paris, begging for her help, but what she gets is only life-threatening trouble. Rose Szabo is a queer writer from Richmond, Virginia who loves horror, tabletop games, and material culture, particularly fashion. Her sister, cousin, and grandfather still regularly turn into bloodthirsty wolves to hunt in the nearby forest her mother, half covered in sucking sea polyps, spends her days mostly in barrel of water her witchy grandmother Persephone presides over them all-and normal, everyday Eleanor still doesn't belong. 8-12Īn unfortunate incident at boarding school sends Eleanor home to a family she hasn't seen in eight years.

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