First impressions for Val were altered as motivations and context were introduced.

It was interesting, the journey that Claire took me on as a reader with the characters.

Rep: Asexual Biracial MC, Bisexual MC, Lesbian MCĬW: animal death (not a pet), scenes that may be disturbing but especially to those with arachnophobia (spiders)/entomophobia (bugs)/mottephobia (moths specifically)/lepidopterophobia (butterflies/moths), parental abuse (physical), anti-asexual commentary, violence, blood, gore Where girls have been disappearing for decades, stolen away by a ravenous evil no one has dared to fight…until now. Where kids whisper the legend of an insidious monster at parties and around campfires. Their stories come together on the island of Sawkill Rock, where gleaming horses graze in rolling pastures and cold waves crash against black cliffs. Words like silk and eyes like knives a heart made of secrets and a mouth full of lies. Gorgeous and privileged, ruthless and regal. Maybe she’s broken-or maybe everyone else is. Aching with grief and dreaming of vanished girls. Luckless and lonely, hurting but hiding it. Weighed down by tragedy and hungry for love she’s sure she’ll never find. Awkward and plain, steady and dependable. Sawkill Girls is a frightening stand-alone contemporary teen horror novel about three girls who take on an insidious monster that preys upon young women. Who they are, who they’ve been made by others and who they make themselves before the last page turns, will be an amazing story to read.Īmazon | Audible | Barnes & Noble | Book Depository | Goodreads | Indiebound | Libro.fmĬategory: Young Adult/Fantasy/Horror/LGBT+ Claire Legrand has written one of my favorite novels of the year in this book with three of the most interesting girls (Marion, Val, and Zoey) who are also engaging in their exploration of their agency, their identities, their loves. Sawkill was also creepy, character driven, a bit gorey at times. 😮 The characters were engaging, the plot intense.

Sawkill Girls by Claire Legrand