One of Goodreads Most Popular Horror of 2022 Named one of Esquire's Best Horror of the Year "Brutal and shocking." - emily m. danforth Razor-sharp. This one will cut you. - Christopher Golden In this biting and electrifying novel from bold horror talent Kristi DeMeester, theres something out there thats murdering young womenuntil an overwhelmed mother and her secretive daughter refuse to live without answers any longer. Hes known as The Cur, and he leaves no traceexcept for the victims he viciously slays every fifteen years. Young women who refuse to conform and dont know when to shut up. 2019: Thirteen-year-old Lila Sawyer has secrets she cant share with anyone. But when young women around her begin dying, wild speculation ensues. Soon Lila feels haunted from within, terrorized by a delicious evil that shows her how to find her voiceuntil shes in danger for using it. 2004: Caroline Sawyer sees dogs everywhere that no one else seems to notice. As these snarling, teeth-bared delusions begin to take shape in the sculptures she makes in a trance-like state, her fiancE is convinced she needs help from a professional. But Carolines past is a dark cellar, filled with repressed memories and a lurking horror that others around her cant understand. As past and present demons converge, Caroline and Lila must chase the source of this unrelenting power to its core, either to obliterate it, or lose themselves forever. Brilliantly paced and unapologetically fierce, Such a Pretty Smile will make you want to stand up and rage at everyone who ever told you to shut up and smile pretty. "Compulsive and horrifyingly entertaining." - Liz Nugent
- | Author: Kristi Demeester
- | Publisher: Griffin
- | Publication Date: Oct 10, 2023
- | Number of Pages: 320 pages
- | Language: English
- | Binding: Paperback
- | ISBN-10: 1250785499
- | ISBN-13: 9781250785497