A Guardian Book of the Month
An Irish Times Best YA Read for Halloween
A Foyles Halloween Highlight
Kirkus starred review
Publishers Weekly starred review
An Armadillo Magazine Spooky Reads Selection
Shortlisted for the Spark! Book Awards
Shortlisted for the Bristol Teen Book Award
Shortlisted for the ELS Edge Award
A School Reading List Recommended Read
A Bounce Book of the Year

‘In the prosperous village of Maimsbury, everyone accepts that a farm animal drowned in the river buys a year’s prosperity. Until a Brim Year brings greater riches, and demands a greater sacrifice … This creepy, compelling YA folk horror boasts a transporting sense of ritual and place.’
Imogen Russell Williams, The Guardian

‘Creepy and thought-provoking.’
Claire Hennessy, The Irish Times

‘To describe this page-turner as compelling would be an understatement … An excellent work of fiction.’
Danuta Zalega, The School Librarian

‘A wholly original novel, enthralling in its descriptive writing style and character development … Folk horror at its finest.’
Kirkus starred reviews

Eerie, atmospheric prose twinesmounting supernatural dread with keenpsychological insight, exploring how fear, loyalty,and self-preservation can erode moral certainty.Dark, haunting, and deeply unsettling, this is folkhorror at its most immersive.”
Publishers Weekly starred review

‘A gripping tale infused with dark secrets and superstitions’
Phil Hickes

‘What a story! Properly creepy Wicker Man vibes with seemingly effortless world building and characters you’ll take to your heart. Loved it.’
Jennifer Killick

‘This gruesomely imagined folk horror is the most brilliantly dark and dangerously fun book I’ve read all year.’
Keith Gray

Thirst is available from bookshop.org, your local bookshop and the usual online places.

For any questions about rights to the novel, please contact my literary agent, Laura Susijn of the The Susijn Agency, at info@thesusijnagency.com.