{"product_id":"9781035067930-honeysuckle","title":"Honeysuckle","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cb\u003eA literary folklore retelling – put through a horror blender. Perfect for fans of Katherine Arden and unremitting dread, \u003ci\u003eHoneysuckle \u003c\/i\u003eis a dark and twisted fairy tale with rot at its heart .\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e‘A lush, dreamlike, wholly intoxicating novel . \u003ci\u003eHoneysuckle\u003c\/i\u003e is a fever dream that I won’t soon forget’ –\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eAva Reid, \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eA Study in Drowning\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eOnce upon a time, on the edge of a forest, there was a lonely child with only his older sister for company. So his sister made him a playmate: Daye, a girl woven from carefully selected flowers and words.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRory is gloriously happy, until he learns that Daye is a seasonal creature. At the end of each season, she must be woven back together or fall gruesomely apart. And when, one autumn, his sister fails to return home from university in time, Rory has no choice but to watch his best friend slowly crumble.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRealizing he can no longer rely on his sister to keep Daye alive, Rory determines he must leave home to learn how to do it himself. Rory sinks deeper into research and experiments to end the cycle of bloom and decay. But as Rory grows older, his thoughts turn darker .\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn entrancing, inventive and unsettling reimagining of the story of Blodeuwedd from Welsh mythology, \u003ci\u003eHoneysuckle\u003c\/i\u003e by Bar Fridman-Tell is a feminist \u003ci\u003eFrankenstein\u003c\/i\u003e with flowers; a deliciously dark, twisted, horror-tinged fairy tale with rot at its heart .\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhat readers are saying about \u003ci\u003eHoneysuckle\u003c\/i\u003e:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A very original and engaging story with lots to keep you hooked.'\u003cbr\u003e'A folk horror  . with an effective blend of gothic and botanical horror.'\u003cbr\u003e'I was totally mesmerized by this book. I couldn’t put it down.'\u003cbr\u003e'Bloody brilliant. Read it in one sitting, and felt every emotion under the Sun. I could write pages about this amazing book, but you should take this journey as blind as Daye did . then have your eyes opened for you .'\u003cbr\u003e'this was beautifully written and so immersive'\u003cbr\u003e'Life-changing'\u003cbr\u003e'This is not a love story.  This is a read that will stay with you for a long time and touches many questions of ethics and morale which we could also face some time in the future considering AI and everything.'\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57881794052470,"sku":"9781035067930","price":8.09,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_41514875.jpg?v=1780539491","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781035067930-honeysuckle","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}