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A powerful, remarkable debut novel filled with sublime prose, a warm quiet queerness, and a feral female rage'   ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'\u003c\/b\u003eSimply breathtaking, this book was unstoppable'   ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'When I tell you I absolutely devoured this book, I mean it. She's sapphic, she's feral, and she's very difficult to put down'  ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'The poetry of Twigg's words...I wanted to swallow them whole and have them sit in me forever. 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