Bunny: A Novel

NATIONAL BESTSELLER
Enter the Bunnyverse with the “wild, audacious . . . unforgettable” (Los Angeles Times) #DarkAcademia novel that started it all – the precursor to We Love You, Bunny
“[A] cult classic.” —People
“[A] viral sensation.” —USA Today
“O Bunny you are sooo genius!” —Margaret Atwood
“We were just these innocent girls in the night trying to make something beautiful. We nearly died. We very nearly did, didn't we?”
Samantha Heather Mackey couldn't be more of an outsider in her small, highly selective MFA program at New England's Warren University. A scholarship student who prefers the company of her dark imagination to that of most people, she is utterly repelled by the rest of her fiction writing cohort--a clique of unbearably twee rich girls who call each other "Bunny," and seem to move and speak as one.
But everything changes when Samantha receives an invitation to the Bunnies' fabled "Smut Salon," and finds herself inexplicably drawn to their front door--ditching her only friend, Ava, in the process. As Samantha plunges deeper and deeper into the Bunnies' sinister yet saccharine world, beginning to take part in the ritualistic off-campus "Workshop" where they conjure their monstrous creations, the edges of reality begin to blur. Soon, her friendships with Ava and the Bunnies will be brought into deadly collision.
The spellbinding new novel from one of our most fearless chroniclers of the female experience, Bunny is a down-the-rabbit-hole tale of loneliness and belonging, friendship and desire, and the fantastic and terrible power of the imagination.
Named a Best Book of the year by TIME, Vogue, Electric Literature, and The New York Public Library
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Readers say *Bunny* is a wild, surreal blend of dark humor, horror, and feminist themes with a *Heathers* vibe and magical realism. Reviewers agree it...
I loved the Bunnies themselves. Samantha was an amusing character. For me, the writing style is the most fun part, and never knowing what's going to happen next.
This book was the three-est of three stars for me. I didn’t hate all of it. I didn’t love much of it. I don’t think I really even liked most of it, but the parts I liked, I liked just enough to not hate it? Maybe? I don’t know.
I’m glad I finally read it. I’m equally glad it’s over, but I do want to read the sequel (We Love You, Bunny coming in September 2025) because it has Bunny backstories, and they seem infinitely more interesting than sad-sack Samantha who was annoying AF.
This book was an emotional rollercoaster. I did not see anything coming. I was kept on the edge of my seat, just waiting for what happened next. This was so creative and original. Ava, poor Ava. I loved the good, the bad, the ugly lol.
What a wild ride. I was confused, intrigued, horrified, and repeat.
holy shit. this book was a quick read for me and i'm glad it was. this is definitely a book you want to get through because u really do not know what the fuck is going on, but in the best way? if you love surrealism then this is the book for you. the plot twist had me in a chokehold as i slowly figured it out. a book i will definitely want to read again.