{"product_id":"9780143796992","title":"House of Hollow","description":"Author: Sutherland, Krystal\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9780143796992\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Penguin Australia Pty Ltd\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 30 Mar 2021\u003cbr\u003ePages: 304 \u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Bestseller!\u003cbr\u003eAn Instant Indie Bestseller!\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'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 \u003ci\u003eHouse of Hollow\u003c\/i\u003e.' Louise O'Neill, author of Printz Honor Book, \u003ci\u003eAsking For It\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Stepping nimbly among the liminal spaces and eerie real-world haunts of our heroine's cipher-sister, this haunting modern fairytale will wrap you up like a glittering fog, before going for your throat.' Melissa Albert, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Hazel Wood\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIris Hollow and her two older sisters are unquestionably strange. Ever since they disappeared on a suburban street in Scotland as children only to return a month a later with no memory of what happened to them, odd, eerie occurrences seem to follow in their wake. And they're changing. First, their dark hair turned white. Then, their blue eyes slowly turned black. People find them disturbingly intoxicating, unbearably beautiful and inexplicably dangerous.\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNow, ten years later, seventeen-year-old Iris Hollow is doing all she can to fit in and graduate high school - something her two famously glamorous globe-trotting older sisters, Grey and Vivi, never managed to do. But when Grey goes missing, leaving behind only bizarre clues, Iris and Vivi are left to trace her last few days. They aren't the only ones looking for her. As they brush against the supernatural, they realise that the story they've been told about their past is unravelling and the world that returned them seemingly unharmed ten years ago, might just be calling them home.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eKrystal Sutherland's latest novel is a dark and twisty modern-day fairytale that expertly melds the fantastical with the real as the Hollow sisters discover just how much horror can lie beneath the surface.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eA 2022-2023 Florida Teens Read Pick\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA 2022 Bank Street Best Children's Book of the Year\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA 2022 International Thriller Writer Award Finalist\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA 2022 Texas Tayshas Reading List Pick\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA 2021 New York Public Library Best Book Pick\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"This is \u003cb\u003eslow-burn horror\u003c\/b\u003e with \u003cb\u003eimagery steeped in the senses\u003c\/b\u003e . . . and Sutherland \u003cb\u003emaximizes tension\u003c\/b\u003e by playing into familiar tropes and then tearing away from them . . . The ending manages to be both horrific and heartbreaking . . .  with a  \u003cb\u003elingering chill\u003c\/b\u003e.\" -\u003ci\u003eThe Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003cb\u003estarred review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003cb\u003eWonderfully creepy\u003c\/b\u003e and full of unnerving \u003cb\u003esupernatural flourishes\u003c\/b\u003e.\" -\u003ci\u003ePopSugar\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003cb\u003e Readers  will be eviscerated\u003c\/b\u003e. . . \u003cb\u003eAlive with lush language and a dark fairy tale feel\u003c\/b\u003e, this is a \u003cb\u003ecompelling\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003ereadalike for lovers of Holly Black's\u003c\/b\u003e many wonderful fair folk standalones and series.\" -\u003ci\u003eSchool Library Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003cb\u003eSmart\u003c\/b\u003e and assured narration easily carries a \u003cb\u003efast-paced \u003c\/b\u003estory entwining themes of grief and loss with elements of folklore and some very inventive body horror. The pervasive feeling of dread \u003cb\u003ebuilds to a shocking twist\u003c\/b\u003e. A\u003cb\u003e lush and darkly twisted \u003c\/b\u003emodern fairy tale.\" -\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Filled with \u003cb\u003eevocative detail\u003c\/b\u003e, Sutherland's dark fantasy teems with \u003cb\u003eeerie atmosphere\u003c\/b\u003e . . .  in  Sutherland's \u003cb\u003ecarefully crafted fantasy world\u003c\/b\u003e. Readers who are delighted by stories of the uncanny . . . \u003cb\u003ewill find themselves enchanted\u003c\/b\u003e.\" -\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"In \u003ci\u003eHouse of Hollow\u003c\/i\u003e, Krystal Sutherland turns her \u003cb\u003erazor-sharp\u003c\/b\u003e imagination to new horizons and proves, once again, that words blossom at her command. \u003cb\u003eThis story will steal up your spine, slip beneath your skin, and stick to you like honey\u003c\/b\u003e.\" -Samantha Shannon, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of the Bone Season series and \u003ci\u003eThe Priory of the Orange Tree\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\"Filled with \u003cb\u003elush language\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003ea fairy tale feel\u003c\/b\u003e, this horror story takes readers on a rollercoaster ride of emotions. . . Hand this to your \u003cb\u003ereaders who love Holly Black books\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003edark twisted fairytales\u003c\/b\u003e. This high speed ride \u003cb\u003ewill catapult readers\u003c\/b\u003e to an end many may see coming, but which is nevertheless \u003cb\u003eshocking\u003c\/b\u003e when it finally arrives.\" -\u003ci\u003eSchool Library Connection\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\"\u003cb\u003eDark and delicious\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHouse of Hollow\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cb\u003ehums with malice and mystery\u003c\/b\u003e. I devoured it whole.\" -Kiran Millwood Hargrave, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Mercies\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\"An\u003cb\u003e intoxicating\u003c\/b\u003e, gorgeously grotesque fever dream full of the impossible stench of carrion flowers, the allure of haunted stairways in the woods and doors leading nowhere. \u003cb\u003eA beautifully crafted, addictively dark fairy tale with horns\u003c\/b\u003e!\" -Dawn Kurtagich, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Dead House\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48185129566366,"sku":"UBD-9780143796992","price":19.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9780143796992.jpg?v=1787485773","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9780143796992","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}