This bookish meme tells the blogosphere what we’re waiting patiently (and sometimes not so patiently) for! It’s hosted by Jill over at Breaking the Spine!
A chilling Gothic horror novel set at a coed boarding school in Scotland, where a teen girl must not only fight against her monstrous male classmates but the monster growing within her after being cursed.
Every wish granted comes with strings attached. That’s how Catriona Cameron gets a scholarship to Floodbane Academy—an elite boarding school in the Scottish Lowlands she never applied to—where she’ll be one of only six girls to enter the castle’s unwelcoming halls.
She’s not looking for trouble, but after a violent attack, mischievous dark fairies grant cruel wishes made against her. Catriona is blessed with devastatingly good looks and unpredictable new powers, but cursed with an insatiable hunger to devour anyone who preys upon women.
As the carnage mounts, Catriona faces the possibility that she is becoming as monstrous as those she hunts. Ultimately, is vengeance worth the loss of her humanity?
Published by: Delacorte Press
Expected Publication: September 22, 2026
Why I’m Waiting: Do you see this cover? I just KNEW this wasn’t a real thing and was going to hurt me when I found out it wasn’t real, but so far it is LOL But then there’s other buzz words for me as well, like “monstrous male”, “monster growing within her”, and “an insatiable hunger to devour anyone who preys upon women.” Lordt I need this like yesterday! As soon as I saw this cover, this became my most anticipated read for the rest of the year. Please someone at Delacorte have pity on me and just send me one lol Please I beg of you lol
What about you? Have you read anything by Erica Ridley? Will you read this? What do you think about the cover? Let me know in the cover!