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A Best Book of the Year in HARPER'S BAZAAR, BBC, THE NEW YORKER, GLAMOUR, GAL-DEM and HUFFPOST

Lydia is hungry. She's always wanted to try sashimi and ramen, onigiri and udon - the food her Japanese father liked to eat - but the only thing she can digest is blood. Yet Lydia can't bring herself to prey on humans, and sourcing fresh pigs' blood in London - where she is living away from her Malaysian-British mother for the first time and trying to build a career as an artist - is much more difficult than she'd anticipated.

If Lydia is to find a way to exist in the world, she must reconcile the conflicts within her - between her demon and human sides, her mixed ethnic heritage and her relationship with food, and, in turn, humans. Before any of this, however, she must eat.

©2022 Claire Kohda (P)2022 Hachette Audio UK Dark Humour Fantasy Fiction Historical Fiction Literature & Fiction Satire World Literature Scary Comedy Paranormal

Critic reviews

"Absolutely brilliant - tragic, funny, eccentric.... Claire Kohda takes the vampire trope and makes it her own." (Ruth Ozeki)

"Witty and thought-provoking." (Stylist)

"A modern day vampire thriller." (BBC)
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A great story & narrator but did anyone edit it? The narrator re reading lines jolts the reader from immersion in the story to the reality that someone is reading this aloud. Feel the editing has let the author, narrator & audience down a bit.

Good story but disappointing editing

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Great set up & a vaguely original take on a much exploited genre. But then it goes absolutely nowhere. I understand this is probably the point and an interesting metaphor about being a creature that never ages & sees & does it all. And yet it’s just boring.

Dreary & depressing workout much to say

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this book was somber and deeply human disguised in the skin of a vampire novel.
it’s less about horror and more about the hunger we all carry: to belong, to be seen, to feel at home in our own skin. A little slow at times, but the hauntingly gorgeous writing and themes honestly make up for it

beautifully human

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It was just getting good. But then it was over and just left me wanting. It feels more like a half formed short story. Also, the recording has some repeated lines that I doubt a written in the book. I'm likely to return this.

It was just getting good. But then it was over and

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i wished she ate Ben, he was a bitch! the story was interesting but kinda slow, its all vibes, little plot. but i enjoyed it nonetheless. finished this during my vacation in Gdansk, a quite fitting place to be while reading/listening about a vampire's desire & thirst for humans blood

are too little men, and took too long to eat

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