Description
The blood
Feeds the hunger
That threatens everything
It starts when Claudia offers her a yellow rose.
Immy has been in love before - many times, across many lifetimes. But never as deeply, as intensely as this.
Claudia has never been in love like this either. But then, this is her first time with a vampire.
The forbidden thirst for blood runs deep in Immy. And within her mind clamour the voices, of all the others she has been, their desires, and their wrongs.
A unique verse novel by the award-winning author of The Deepest Breath and The Space Between.
About the Author
Meg Grehan is an Irish writer of verse novels for young readers. Her debut, The Space Between, won the 2017 Eilis Dillon award for a first book. The Deepest Breath won the Honour Award for Fiction at the 2020 KPMG-Children's Books Ireland awards, was selected for the Read for Empathy reading list and shortlisted for the Waterstones Children's Book Prize 2020. Meg lives in Donegal in the north-west of Ireland with a very ginger girlfriend, an even more ginger dog and an undisclosed number of cats (none of whom is ginger).
Reviews
"By linking vampirism to themes of queer desire and community as well as repeating personal cycles, Grehan freshens an old trope, building both a central romance and lifetimes-long connections that are by turns realistically sweet and thorny." * Publishers Weekly, starred review *
"Grehan's verse novel skilfully charts uncertainty, temptation and the course of a strange, desperate love."
-- Imogen Russell Williams * The Guardian *"Emotionally rich and gloriously queer."
* Kirkus, starred review *"A fresh, dark take on the vampire myth and desire, Baby Teeth shows vampires haunted by their pasts and memories, where immortality is not one long life but a broken patchwork of different experiences. It will twine around your heart and bite, ever so gently. I adored it."
-- Helen Corcoran"Delicious and unsettling."
-- Claire Hennessey * The Irish Times *"An intense, immersive read from one of Ireland's most interesting and innovative young writers."
-- Sarah Webb * Irish Independent *"Grehan evocatively conjures Immy's tragic sense of isolation and hard-won self-acceptance."
* Financial Times *'Grehan is not the first Irish writer to push the boundaries of vampire fiction ... Yet Grehan delves much deeper into the risky relationship between vampire and lover, as a means of exploring modern LGBTQ identity for her
young adult readership.'
"It's personal. Powerful. Passionate."
-- Hanna-Rose Sullivan * Paper Lanterns *'Beautifully crafted.'
* Kirkus, 'Best of 2022: Our Favourite Teen & YA Books' list *"Absolutely beautiful."
* Down the Rabbit Hole *"This enchanting work is an excellent addition to LGBTQIA+ and verse novel collections."
* School Library Journal *"Grehan keeps the vampiric vibes flowing with this unique, darkly beautiful and emotional read."
* CultureFly *"Baby Teeth is an unexpected LGBTQ+ novel in verse; it takes elements of horror and mixes them with romance, resulting in a changeling of a book that reimagines vampire myths for the twenty-first century.
* Foreword Reviews *"...queer vampire stories are still relatively uncommon, and this will be welcomed."
* Booklist *"This book is heady, it pulls you into it, capturing so beautifully love and longing, particularly between women. A moving story of what it is to be accepted for who you are completely." ***** reader review
* Swear by the Books *"Very weirdly uniquely wonderful."
* NetGalley *"I'll be delighted to recommend this book to a wide range of folks who are looking for something fresh and attractive."
* NetGalley *"Soft and sweet, tender and dark, and helplessly sad. The desire-filled romance evokes a specific type of fresh, earthy, heartfelt sapphic wonder which I absolutely adore."
* NetGalley *"A really engaging read."
* NetGalley *"I am such a sucker for a novel in verse and this was excellent."
* NetGalley *"I recommend it to anyone who needs more sapphic vampires in their lives."
* NetGalley *"I highly recommend this book, especially if you love paranormal stories or just want to try out a lyrical novel in verse story. BUT SERIOUSLY A NOVEL IN VERSE FEATURING A SAPPHIC VAMPIRE!! YOU ALL NEED IT."
* NetGalley *"An absolutely lovely little book with beautiful writing. There needs to be more sapphic vampires because hello wow."
* NetGalley *"Recommend for those looking for something new in their reading routine."
* NetGalley *"I loved this, this was an amazingly written story! There isn't enough sapphic stories but this sapphic vampire one is amazing."
* NetGalley *'It's toasty, ribbon in hair, sexy, lusty, heart breaking, woods, moss, cottagecore vibes.'
* NetGalley *'I would recommend this to anyone who likes novels in verse, vampires and lesbian stories.'
* NetGalley *Awards
Short-listed for An Post Irish Book Awards Teen / Young Adult Book of the Year 2021. Nominated for Yoto Carnegie Medal for Writing 2023.
Book Information
ISBN 9781912417902
Author Megan Grehan
Format Paperback
Page Count 192
Imprint Little Island
Publisher Little Island
Weight(grams) 220g
