I Feed Her to the Beast and the Beast Is Me

There will be blood. Ace of Spades meets House of Hollow in this villain origin story. Laure Mesny is a perfectionist with an axe to grind. Despite being constantly overlooked in the elite and cutthroat world of the Parisian ballet,she will do anything to prove that a Black girl can take center stage. To level the playing fieldLaure ventures deep into the depths of the Catacombs and strikes a deal with a pulsating river of blood. The primordial power Laure gains promises influence and adorationeverything sheΓÇÖs dreamed of and worked toward. With retribution on her mindshe surpasses her bitter and privileged peersleaving broken bodies behind her on her climb to stardom. But even as undeniable as she isLaure is not the only monster around. And her vicious desires make her a perfect target for slaughter. As she descends into madness and the mystifying underworld beneath hershe is faced with the ultimate choice: continue to break herself for scraps of validation or succumb to the darkness that wants her exactly as she isΓÇömonstrous heart and all. That isif the god-killer doesnΓÇÖt catch her first. From debut author Jamison Shea comes I Feed Her to the Beast and the Beast Is Mea slow-burn horror that lifts a veil on the institutions that profit on exclusion and the toll of giving everything to a world that will never love you back.