Part fantasy, part horror, if you liked The Handmaid’s Tale but yearn for queer representation and feminine rage fulfilled, then this is the book for you. With their lineages dwindling and female births rare, each female Book Eater is forced into marriage contracts and required to produce two children before being sequestered back into her family’s estate.ĭevon, after being ripped away from her first child after the marriage contract ended, delivers a Mind Eater child to her second husband and must choose between staying in line with the family’s rules or fleeing with her son before he is taken and either killed or turned into a true monster to serve the family’s twisted machinations. When not reading, running, falling over in yoga, or rolling d20s, she sometimes escapes the city to wildswim in lonely dales. Originally born in the States and raised in Hong Kong, she now lives in Yorkshire with her children. Sunyi Deans The Book Eaters is a darkly sweet pastry of a book about family, betrayal, and the lengths we go to for the ones we love. I got bored often and sat this book down multiple times. Find helpful customer reviews and review ratings for The Frost Eater (The Magic Eaters Trilogy Book 1) (English Edition) at . Sunyi Dean is an autistic author of fantasy fiction.

I loved the way the culture of the Book Eaters was explored and revealed, with its struggle to stay unknown in a modern world that moves increasingly fast. However, the plot does not carry the idea very well. Instead, the reader is distanced from the events as Devon distances herself from what happens, as a way to survive.

In order to survive, they must consume books, but every so often a Mind Eater is born who must consume human minds instead. The Book Eaters by Sunyi Dean (Goodreads Author) Danielle Collmar s review it was ok I wanted to get lost in this book so badly. Everything from the pseudo-gothic setting, the wholly unique premise, and the incredibly complex character development made it difficult to put this novel down.Ī species of humanoid creatures known as Book Eaters live in six families on the fringes of humankind across the United Kingdom. The Book Eaters is an absolute gem of a book.

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