“One of the best debuts I’ve ever read. Eleanor Davies has a brilliant, unique voice and it sizzles in We Shall Be Monsters. Page-turner feels like an understatement for this gorgeous, unsettling, twisty tour de force.”—Sarah Pekkanen, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Women in White
“We Shall Be Monsters is a novel as all-consuming as the glamorous clique it depicts. Davies’s brilliant debut allows dread, seduction and beauty to live side-by-side. Every scene is vivid, from the darkness of a lecture hall to the loom of a stately home: this is a novel you’ll live inside. But it’s also a story of misogyny, of the lurking monsters behind erudite, glittering youth, and there’s never been a better time to read it.”—Abigail Dean, New York Times bestselling author of Girl A
“Beautifully written and impossibly tense, with a twist that will stop you in your tracks, We Shall Be Monsters is The Secret History for a new generation. I devoured this in two sittings. Eleanor Davies is a genius and this deserves to be an instant feminist classic.”—Emilia Hart, bestselling author of Weyward and The Sirens
“Dark academia at its finest, this is a rich and wild debut novel with more than one twist that utterly shocked me.”—Jessica Goodman, New York Times bestselling author of The Counselors
“I was astonished by this seductive, secretive debut, which offers shades of Saltburn and The Secret History. There are suffocating friendships and intoxicating scholarship, all told with an exceptional and intelligent command of voice. Biting and blissful, with delicious twists that made me gasp. Dark academia has a new face, and it’s monstrous.”—Emma van Straaten, author of Creep: A Love Story
“Delicious, wicked, and totally addictive. Davies writes with complete and utter assurance, unafraid to dive head-first into her morally gray characters’ psyches. I could not guess where this twisted journey would take me next.”—Kirsten King, author of A Good Person
“A darkly evocative tale of lust, ambition, secrets, and lies. The plot simmers with tension and then explodes with a blindsiding twist. Beautifully written and completely unexpected, I loved it all.”—Rebecca Hannigan, author of Darkrooms