Night's Edge
A Novel
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4.6 • 8 Ratings
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- $11.99
Publisher Description
“Complex and fully realized, Kerin’s vampire apocalypse has a palpable beating heart."—Olivie Blake, New York Times bestselling author of The Atlas Six
Night’s Edge by Liz Kerin takes a bite out of vampire lore in this blood-soaked novel about the darkest secrets we hide and how monstrous we can be to the ones we love most.
Having a mom like Izzy meant Mia had to grow up fast. No extracurriculars, no inviting friends over, and definitely no dating. The most important rule: Tell no one of Izzy’s hunger – the kind only blood can satisfy.
But Mia is in her twenties now and longs for a life of her own. One where she doesn’t have to worry about anyone discovering their terrible secret, or breathing down her neck. When Mia meets rebellious musician Jade she dares to hope she’s found a way to leave her home – and her mom – behind.
It just might be Mia’s only chance of getting out alive.
“Night’s Edge is a gruesome and surprisingly heartfelt page-turner.”—Alexis Henderson, author of House of Hunger
Also by Liz Kerin:
First Light
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APPLE BOOKS REVIEW
In this urban horror tale, a daughter loses herself in her mother’s toxic supernatural struggles. Mia’s life changed at 10 years old when she walked in on her mom’s dirtbag boyfriend drinking her mother’s blood. Now 13 years later, Mia struggles to keep her mother’s affliction secret while fulfilling her need for blood. But their precarious house of cards is put at risk when a face from their past returns with a devious plan to change the world. Liz Kerin brilliantly blends classic vampire mythology with modern-day pandemic paranoia to create a haunting twist on the genre. With its unique blend of science, lore, and deeply meaningful subtext, Night’s Edge is sure to find a lasting place in horror fiction.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Vampires are given a brutal yet refreshing update in this addictive outing from Kerin (The Phantom Forest) that's equal parts horror thriller and bildungsroman. The narration jumps between past and present: in 2010, fifth grader Mia's mother, Izzy, catches a vampiric condition from her emotionally manipulative boyfriend, Devon. Forced into a caregiving role, Mia learns the ins and outs of her mother's condition and that keeping it quiet means keeping others at arm's length. In the present, 20-something Mia dreams of escaping their codependent dynamic and beginning a relationship with a beautiful barista named Jade—until Devon reappears and threatens to destroy the fragile life Mia's spent more than a decade building. Kerin's prose is razor-sharp, and the fraught mother-daughter relationship at the heart of the novel is devastatingly rendered. It's a fast-paced story with rich, complex characters, making the cliffhanger ending especially frustrating—but only because readers will be desperate to see how all the blood comes out in the wash. Vampire fans looking for a fresh take on the monsters should snap this up.
