Journal
"Legrand crafts a fiercely unsubtle feminist fantasy that takes on the patriarchy and the toxicity of hate." -
Booklist"Entertaining." -
Kirkus ReviewsPraise for
Sawkill Girls: "Through this dank, atmospheric, and genuinely frightening narrative, Legrand weaves powerful threads about the dangerous journey of growing up female...an intensely character-driven story about girls who support each other, girls who betray each other, and girls who love each other in many complicated ways. Strange, eerie, and unforgettable." -
ALA Booklist (starred review)"Legrand's lush and pensive prose matches the murky, dangerous, and beautiful island setting.... Rich and earthy horror." -
School Library Journal (starred review)"This atmospheric, Gothic-flavored chiller, which mingles elements of dark fairy tales and outright horror... includes an asexual character and a beautifully wrought queer romance, [and] focuses on the power of female friendship and what it means to pit women against one another in fiction and in life." -
Publishers Weekly (starred review)"Cinematically, gorgeously creepy and horrific, sliding between breathlessly suspenseful and disturbingly grotesque." -
Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books (starred review)"Legrand accomplishes the kind of slow-building tension and mounting horror that will give readers night terrors. Read this book, then lock it in the freezer." -
Shelf Awareness"Part spine-chilling horror story and part coming-of-age lesbian romance... If you are looking for something to scare you awake at night, this is the book for you." -
Kirkus Reviews"Claire Legrand tells an eerie, feminist horror story that's perfect for reading close to Halloween." -
Bustle"With prose as fierce and uncompromising as its three main characters, SAWKILL GIRLS is a fresh and unflinching exploration of female friendship wrapped in a spine-tingling page-turner. Claire Legrand doesn't hold back--and you won't be able to put this book down." -
Courtney Summers, New York Times bestselling author of Sadie"Reader, hang on for dear life.
Sawkill Girls is a wild, gorgeous, and rich coming-of-age story about complicity, female camaraderie, and power." -
Sarah Gailey, author of River of Teeth"An eerie, atmospheric assertion of female strength." -
Mindy McGinnis, author of The Female of the Species"Old-school horror meets fresh, female-forward fury. Claire Legrand masterfully paints this island world of terror with a blood-soaked brush." -
Elana K. Arnold, author of National Book Award finalist What Girls Are Made Of
