We Ate the Dark: A Novel

By Mallory Pearson

Four women investigating the haunting murder of their friend discover more than they ever imagined in a terrifying novel about good and evil, love and death, and the spaces between.

Five years after Sofia Lyon disappeared, her remains are found stuffed into the hollow of a tree bursting through the floorboards of an abandoned house in the woods. The women who loved her flock home to the North Carolina hills to face their grief.

Frankie, Sofia's twin, is in furious mourning. Poppy is heartbroken. Cass has never felt more homesick. And Marya knows something the rest of them don't. Determined to find Sofia's murderer, they share more than a need to see justice done for their friend. Each woman is haunted, bound to the next by something both cruel and kind, and now stalked by a shadowy presence they've yet to understand. Only to question, and to fear.

As Sofia's secrets unravel, so do those of the woods, and the women soon realize that Sofia might not be who they thought she was at all. And that whoever--or whatever--killed her is coming after them.

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Published Feb 1, 2024

438 pages

Average rating: 5.46

13 RATINGS

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ClaireN
May 12, 2024
7/10 stars
Slow start, a bit confused with all the main characters. But the story grows on you the further you go in the book. Ended up being a nice read.
Shahna
Jul 18, 2024
4/10 stars
I should have liked this. A murder mystery, magic. Girl gang.
I wouldn't call this horror.

The writing is exhausting. Too many synonyms. Failing at purple prose.
I hate the Finder chapters.



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