House of Hollow

stopped.
 
By the time the police arrived, the woman s eyes were wide and faraway, her limbs so liquid she could no longer stand and had to be carried out, limp as a drunk, by three officers.
 
I wonder if Grey already knew then what we were.
 
***
 
The woman, the police would later tell us, had read about us on the internet and stalked us for several weeks before the break-in.
 
We were famous for a bizarre thing that had happened to us three years earlier, when I was seven, a thing I couldn t remember and never thought about but that apparently intrigued many other people a great deal.
 
I was keyed into our strangeness after that. I watched for it in the years that followed, saw it bloom around us in unexpected ways. There was the man who tried to pull Vivi into his car when she was fifteen because he thought she was an angel; she broke his jaw and knocked out two of his teeth. There was the teacher, the one Grey hated, who was fired after he pressed her against a wall and kissed her neck in front of her whole class. There was the pretty, popular girl who had bullied me, who stood in front of the entire school at assembly and silently began to shave her own head, tears streaming down her face as her dark locks fell in spools at her feet.
 
When I found Grey s eyes through the sea of faces that day, she was staring at me. The bullying had been going on for months, but I d only told my sisters about it the night before. Grey winked, then returned to the book she was reading, uninterested in the show. Vivi, always less subtle, had her feet up on the back of the chair in front of her and was grinning from ear to ear, her crooked nose wrinkled in delight.
 
Dark, dangerous things happened around the Hollow sisters.
 
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builds to a shocking twist. A lush and darkly twisted modern fairy tale. Kirkus Reviews

Filled with evocative detail, Sutherland s dark fantasy teems with eerie atmosphere . . . [in] Sutherland s carefully crafted fantasy world. Readers who are delighted by stories of the uncanny . . . will find themselves enchanted. Publishers Weekly

In House of Hollow, Krystal Sutherland turns her razor-sharp imagination to new horizons and proves, once again, that words blossom at her command. This story will steal up your spine, slip beneath your skin, and stick to you like honey. Samantha Shannon, New York Times bestselling author of the Bone Season series and The Priory of the Orange Tree
 
Filled with lush language and a fairy tale feel, this horror story takes readers on a rollercoaster ride of emotions. . . Hand this to your readers who love Holly Black books and dark twisted fairytales. This high speed ride will catapult readers to an end many may see coming, but which is nevertheless shocking when it finally arrives. School Library Connection

This dark, deliciously twisted novel has everything you could hope for as a reader a brilliant concept, glamorous characters with secrets to hide, immersive world-building, and some of the finest writing I ve seen in YA fiction. I ll put it like this I am obsessed with House of Hollow. Louise O Neill, author of Printz Award Honoree Asking for It
 
Dark and delicious, House of Hollow hums with malice and mystery. I devoured it whole. Kiran Millwood Hargrave, author of The Mercies
 
An intoxicating, gorgeously grotesque fever dream full of the impossible stench of carrion flowers, the allure of haunted stairways in the woods and doors leading nowhere. A beautifully crafted, addictively dark fairy tale with horns! Dawn Kurtagich, author of The Dead House


Praise for A Semi-Definitive List of Worst Nightmares:
An Amazon Editor's Favorite YA Book for Fall 2017 
An Amazon September Best of the Month Pick  YA/Teens
A Hello Giggles Best of September Pick
A Bustle Best of September YA Pick
A 2017 B&N Best Young Adult Book

[A] magical take on mental illness that feels very real. Bustle

Rainbow Rowell devotees, John Green junkies, and fans of This Song Will Save Your Life by Leila Sales will find a lot to love here. School Library Journal

The story is fantastic. Making the most of magic realism and with a perfectly paced plot, easy-to-love characters, and a touching array of interesting and relevant topics, Sutherland s book should be on everyone s bookshelves an alluring exploration of the human mental landscape. The Nerd Daily
 
Entirely pure pleasure, a sweet and heartfelt story of love, fear, and mental illness. It s funny and touching in all the best ways. Vox


Praise for Our Chemical Hearts:
Indies Introduce Summer 2016 Pick
Autumn 2016 Kids' Indie Next List "Inspired Recommendations for Kids from Indie Booksellers"

The most romantic read of the season is an arguably anti-YA story It s the complex chemistry between Henry and Grace that touches the heart and doesn t let go. USA Today

This much-buzzed-about debut captures the messy, awkward, all-consuming emotions of a teen s first love. Entertainment Weekly, Fall Books Preview

  This book delves far deeper than the typical high school romance, and its savvy wordplay and Henry s self-deprecating charm will win over fans of Stephen Chbosky s The Perks of Being a Wallflower and John Green s The Fault in Our Stars. School Library Journal