Thank you to the author, publisher, and NetGalley for gifting me an ARC in exchange for my honest review.

SGJ hits the high note EVERY. SINGLE. TIME. This was historical fiction and horror told partially through an interview lens, diary entries, and anecdotes and I absolutely loved it. I found this to be complex but in the absolute best way and the layers of the story were so impressively written that I just flew through this book. I really have a deep appreciation for Jones' commitment to telling Indigenous stories but the cinematic element that he weaves into the story make it compulsive and impossible to put down. This was his best work yet, in my opinion. Five stars.

Holy moly I started this book and didn’t stop until I reached the ending. SGJ has written good books in the past, but this - THIS - is on another level. Not only does he bring something new to the vampire genre, but I do believe he’s written a vampire classic. This is going to be one of the most talked about books of 2025. Thanks to the publisher for allowing me to read early!

Stephen Graham Jones has done it again. This book is an absolutely masterpiece. Taking the vampire mythos and making it completely his own, Jones has made a vital piece of fiction that should be read, studied, and passed down for generations. This book brings in a tragic real life incident and just builds so much around it, creating a Shakespeare level revenge story that absolutely wrecked me in the best possible way. Shortlisted for the best book of 2025.

I will never shut up about this book. NEVER. SGJ knows how to use the dagger, then dig it in and twist it. There is so much to unpack here but this book gets all the stars from me. Thank you so much to Saga Press books for sending me a manuscript ARC copy a couple of months ago. Also thank you NetGalley for the eARC. For those SGJ fans out there, you do not want to miss this one so check it out when it publishes March 18, 2025.