Delicious Monsters

Contents Cover Title Page Dedication Author Note Chapter One: Daisy Chapter Two Chapter Three: Brittney Chapter Four: Daisy Chapter Five Chapter Six Chapter Seven: Brittney Chapter Eight: Daisy Chapter Nine Chapter Ten Chapter Eleven Chapter Twelve: Brittney Chapter Thirteen: Daisy Chapter Fourteen Chapter Fifteen Chapter Sixteen Chapter Seventeen Chapter Eighteen: Brittney Chapter Nineteen: Daisy Chapter Twenty Chapter Twenty-One Chapter Twenty-Two Chapter Twenty-Three Chapter Twenty-Four: Brittney Chapter Twenty-Five: Daisy Chapter Twenty-Six Chapter Twenty-Seven Chapter Twenty-Eight Chapter Twenty-Nine Chapter Thirty Chapter Thirty-One Chapter Thirty-Two Chapter Thirty-Three: Brittney Chapter Thirty-Four: Daisy Chapter Thirty-Five Chapter Thirty-Six Chapter Thirty-Seven Chapter Thirty-Eight Chapter Thirty-Nine Chapter Forty Chapter Forty-One Chapter Forty-Two Chapter Forty-Three: Brittney Chapter Forty-Four: Daisy Chapter Forty-Five Chapter Forty-Six Chapter Forty-Seven Chapter Forty-Eight: Brittney Chapter Forty-Nine: Daisy Acknowledgments About the Author Copyright Guide Cover Start of Content Title Page Dedication Author’s Note Acknowledgments Copyright I III V VI VII VIII 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130 131 132 133 134 135 136 137 138 139 140 141 142 143 144 145 146 147 148 149 150 151 152 153 154 155 156 157 158 159 160 161 162 163 164 165 166 167 168 169 170 171 172 173 174 175 176 177 178 179 180 181 182 183 184 185 186 187 188 189 190 191 192 193 194 195 196 197 198 199 200 201 202 203 204 205 206 
 
 Delicious Monsters
 Liselle Sambury
 Author of Blood Like Magic and Blood Like Fate
 
 
 
 
 
 EARLY PRAISE FOR DELICIOUS MONSTERS
 
 “One part breathtaking ghost horror, one part gripping thriller, and an all-round absorbing read, Delicious Monsters turns an unflinching light onto the cycles of trauma and the ghosts that follow.”
 —CHLOE GONG, #1 New York Times bestselling author of the These Violent Delights Duet
 “A haunted house thriller packed with cryptic mystery, dark humor, and bone-chilling twists. Sambury approaches the grim recesses of intergenerational trauma with diligence and bravery. The odd ghosts, fearless prose, and raw character dynamics make this an absolute page-turner and a win for psychic fiction.”
 —RYAN DOUGLASS, New York Times bestselling author of The Taking of Jake Livingston
 “Full of eerie ghosts and secrets most sinister, Delicious Monsters is the perfect read for a dark and stormy night. I read most of it from behind the safety of my fingers and was left thoroughly haunted.”
 —ERIN A. CRAIG, New York Times bestselling author of House of Salt and Sorrows and Small Favors
 “On one page, this book sings a lullaby, and on the next, it throws you into a whirlwind you never could’ve seen coming. At its core, Delicious Monsters is a screaming declaration to the world that Black girls are complex and flawed, capable of everything, and that we matter. I’ll be putting Delicious Monsters into the hands of everyone I know with a pulse.”
 —BRITTNEY MORRIS, author of Slay and The Cost of Knowing
 “Scary, complex, emotional, lived-in, ambitious, Liselle Sambury’s Delicious Monsters is a can’t-miss. A Canadian gothic epic (northern gothic?) that has a lot to say about the stories and lies we tell ourselves about our own families. Oh, and did I mention it’s scary?”
 —ADAM CESARE, author of Clown in a Cornfield and Video Night
 “Delicious Monsters grabs you by the throat in the first chapter and refuses to let go until the very end. I was on the edge of my seat for this whole book. Sambury’s chillingly beautiful prose will stay with you for