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‘Do you mind me asking—what kind of help do you need?’
After losing her job and her fiancé and moving back from the city to live with her parents, Shell Pine needs some help. And according to the sign in the window, the florist shop in the mall does too. Shell gets the gig, and the flowers she works with there are just the thing she needs to cheer up. Or maybe it'''s Neve, the beautiful shop manager, who is making her days so rosy?
But you have to get your hands dirty if you want your garden to grow—and Neve’s secrets are as dark and dangerous as they come. In the back room of the flower shop, a young sentient orchid actually runs the show, and he is hungry . . . and he has a plan for them all.
When the choices are to either bury yourself in the warmth of someone else’s fertile soil, or face the cold and disappointing world outside—which would you choose? And what if putting down roots came at a cost far higher than just your freedom?
This is a story about desire, dreams, decay—and working retail at the end of the world.
At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
Genre: Horror
After losing her job and her fiancé and moving back from the city to live with her parents, Shell Pine needs some help. And according to the sign in the window, the florist shop in the mall does too. Shell gets the gig, and the flowers she works with there are just the thing she needs to cheer up. Or maybe it'''s Neve, the beautiful shop manager, who is making her days so rosy?
But you have to get your hands dirty if you want your garden to grow—and Neve’s secrets are as dark and dangerous as they come. In the back room of the flower shop, a young sentient orchid actually runs the show, and he is hungry . . . and he has a plan for them all.
When the choices are to either bury yourself in the warmth of someone else’s fertile soil, or face the cold and disappointing world outside—which would you choose? And what if putting down roots came at a cost far higher than just your freedom?
This is a story about desire, dreams, decay—and working retail at the end of the world.
At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
Genre: Horror
Praise for this book
"Sarah Maria Griffin is an artist of the rarest kind: genuine, vulnerable, funny, tragic and wise." - Sarah Rees Brennan
"I devoured this book in a matter of days, but it will be snaking through my mind for a long time to come." - Adrienne Celt
"Eat the Ones You Love is a beautiful, dark gem of a book. Sarah Maria Griffin writes with acute attention to the intersection between class and relationships, and the all-consuming effects of possession." - Zoraida Córdova
"Eat the Ones You Love is a visceral experience akin to stepping into a lush greenhouse and feeling your skin come alive, blood warm and tingling, as spring green vines brush your cheeks whispering promises of hunger. Decadent, heartfelt, delicious, dark, broken, sweet, and horrifying, this book is a journey of verdant, blooming love and creeping terror not to be missed." - Delilah S Dawson
"Eat the Ones You Love is a story that has everything: monsters, malls, and minimum wage. Griffin is a genius of suburban gothic, and like Baby, I'm always hungry for more." - Caroline O'Donoghue
"Deliciously strange, delightfully wicked... Griffin thrives in the liminal space between genres, throwing out roots and blooming in weird and wonderful ways." - V E Schwab
"Sarah Maria Griffin's prose is intoxicatingly verdant - I found myself dying to get back to reading any time life forced me to put it down. Griffin's voice holds your hand through the pages with compelling surety. It's a palpable, skilfully executed horror where you can't see the florist for the trees until it's too late. This one lingers and I loved it." - Courtney Smyth
"Eat The Ones You Love is a masterpiece inventive, intimate, and so incisive on the way class shapes human relationships. Griffin's voice is absolutely singular; scalpel-sharp and deeply lyrical, every word unexpected and yet precise. Simply put, this book redefines the literary horror genre. Fans of Paul Tremblay and T. Kingfisher have found their new obsession." - Laura Steven
"I devoured this book in a matter of days, but it will be snaking through my mind for a long time to come." - Adrienne Celt
"Eat the Ones You Love is a beautiful, dark gem of a book. Sarah Maria Griffin writes with acute attention to the intersection between class and relationships, and the all-consuming effects of possession." - Zoraida Córdova
"Eat the Ones You Love is a visceral experience akin to stepping into a lush greenhouse and feeling your skin come alive, blood warm and tingling, as spring green vines brush your cheeks whispering promises of hunger. Decadent, heartfelt, delicious, dark, broken, sweet, and horrifying, this book is a journey of verdant, blooming love and creeping terror not to be missed." - Delilah S Dawson
"Eat the Ones You Love is a story that has everything: monsters, malls, and minimum wage. Griffin is a genius of suburban gothic, and like Baby, I'm always hungry for more." - Caroline O'Donoghue
"Deliciously strange, delightfully wicked... Griffin thrives in the liminal space between genres, throwing out roots and blooming in weird and wonderful ways." - V E Schwab
"Sarah Maria Griffin's prose is intoxicatingly verdant - I found myself dying to get back to reading any time life forced me to put it down. Griffin's voice holds your hand through the pages with compelling surety. It's a palpable, skilfully executed horror where you can't see the florist for the trees until it's too late. This one lingers and I loved it." - Courtney Smyth
"Eat The Ones You Love is a masterpiece inventive, intimate, and so incisive on the way class shapes human relationships. Griffin's voice is absolutely singular; scalpel-sharp and deeply lyrical, every word unexpected and yet precise. Simply put, this book redefines the literary horror genre. Fans of Paul Tremblay and T. Kingfisher have found their new obsession." - Laura Steven
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