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- One of Goodreads Most Popular Horror of 2022 Named one of Esquire's Best Horror of the Year "Brutal and shocking.
- About the Author: KRISTI DEMEESTER is the author of Beneath, a novel published by Word Horde Publications, and Everything That's Underneath, a short fiction collection from Apex Books.
- 320 Pages
- Fiction + Literature Genres, Horror
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One of Goodreads Most Popular Horror of 2022
Named one of Esquire's Best Horror of the Year "Brutal and shocking." - emily m. danforth "Razor-sharp. This one will cut you." - Christopher Golden In this biting and electrifying novel from bold horror talent Kristi DeMeester, there's something out there that's murdering young women--until an overwhelmed mother and her secretive daughter refuse to live without answers any longer. He's known as The Cur, and he leaves no trace--except for the victims he viciously slays every fifteen years. Young women who refuse to conform and don't know when to shut up. 2019: Thirteen-year-old Lila Sawyer has secrets she can't share with anyone. But when young women around her begin dying, wild speculation ensues. Soon Lila feels haunted from within, terrorized by a delicious evil that shows her how to find her voice--until she's in danger for using it. 2004: Caroline Sawyer sees dogs everywhere that no one else seems to notice. As these snarling, teeth-bared delusions begin to take shape in the sculptures she makes in a trance-like state, her fiancé is convinced she needs help from a professional. But Caroline's past is a dark cellar, filled with repressed memories and a lurking horror that others around her can't understand. As past and present demons converge, Caroline and Lila must chase the source of this unrelenting power to its core, either to obliterate it, or lose themselves forever. Brilliantly paced and unapologetically fierce, Such a Pretty Smile will make you want to stand up and rage at everyone who ever told you to shut up and smile pretty. "Compulsive and horrifyingly entertaining." - Liz NugentAbout the Author
KRISTI DEMEESTER is the author of Beneath, a novel published by Word Horde Publications, and Everything That's Underneath, a short fiction collection from Apex Books. Her short fiction has appeared in publications such as Ellen Datlow's The Year's Best Horror Volume 9, 11, and 12; and Stephen Jones' Best New Horror, Year's Best Weird Fiction Volumes 1, 3, and 5; in addition to publications such as Pseudopod, Black Static, Fairy Tale Review, and several others. In her spare time, she alternates between telling people how to pronounce her last name and how to spell her first.Dimensions (Overall): 8.18 Inches (H) x 5.48 Inches (W) x .57 Inches (D)
Weight: .61 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Sub-Genre: Horror
Genre: Fiction + Literature Genres
Number of Pages: 320
Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
Format: Paperback
Author: Kristi Demeester
Language: English
Street Date: October 10, 2023
TCIN: 88231599
UPC: 9781250785497
Item Number (DPCI): 247-34-4882
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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Bookish Apple - 3 years ago
Such a Pretty Smile is told through dual timelines from the perspective of a single mother, Caroline, and her 13 year old daughter, Lila. Lila starts seeing things that make her question her sanity. Pretty soon, Caroline catches wind of something happening to Lila that feels familiar and terrifying. All of this takes place during a bout of murders of young girls by a notorious serial killer, The Cur. Brimming with anger, Such a Pretty Smile is a female-centric horror novel that puts a face on the fear that plagues people who feel the muzzle of “being a good girl”. Kristi Demeester has written a book that uses horror conventions as a way to illustrate the frustration that most women feel toward a society, dominated by older white men who cannot fathom a woman having her own power. That all being said, this was an effective scary story from start to finish. I was engrossed from its first chapter. What I love most is Demeester’s use of horror conventions that throw the reader off. There are hints of werewolf, possession, as well as, haunting tropes that are used to further the central themes of sexism and power inequality. Such a Pretty Smile takes the fear every woman faces and filters it through a chilling horror novel.