Description: Winner of the Oregon Book Award''s Leslie Bradshaw Award for Young Literature, 2022 BOOK RIOT, "Most Anticipated Books of 2021" BOSTON MAGAZINE, "42 Books to Help You Get Through the Rest of Quarantine" BUZZFEED, "The Best YA Books of 2021" CULTURESS, "21 exciting new YA book releases arriving in the summer of 2021" FROLIC, "Dark YA to watch for in 2021" DEN OF GEEK, "Top New YA Books in August 2021" GEEK GIRL AUTHORITY, "21 Queer Books To Look Out for This Summer and Fall" GIZMODO, "49 New Sci-Fi and Fantasy Books to Keep You turning Pages in August" LAMBDA LITERARY, "August''s Most Anticipated LGBTQ Literature" MEDIUM, "New Book Releases: August 3, 2021" OPRAH DAILY, "45 Best LGBTQ Books That Will Heat Up the Literary Landscape This Fall" POPSUGAR, "Best New YA Books Releasing in August 2021" PRIDE.com, "25 New LGBTQ+ YA Books to Add to Your 2021 Reading List" SHEREADS, "Best LGBTQA+ Books of 2021" THE NERD DAILY, "Get Your Hands On These Anticipated July To December 2021 Book Releases" UNITED BY POP, "20+ Exciting New YA Releases For August 2021" "Gould''s debut is haunting... Characters are the focal strength of this book, which is a slow-burn story with an immersive setting that feels like a character in and of itself. The darkness spreading over Snakebite exposes the truth about small-town ideology and oppressioto Add to Your 2021 Reading List" SHEREADS, "Best LGBTQA+ Books of 2021" THE NERD DAILY, "Get Your Hands On These Anticipated July To December 2021 Book Releases" UNITED BY POP, "20+ Exciting New YA Releases For August 2021" "Gould''s debut is haunting... Characters are the focal strength of this book, which is a slow-burn story with an immersive setting that feels like a character in and of itself. The darkness spreading over Snakebite exposes the truth about small-town ideology and oppression, loneliness, secrecy, and what makes a family or a home."- Booklist "A complex and sophisticated thriller with haunting real-world connections." - Kirkus (Starred Review) "Gould''s supernaturally spooky debut is filled with all manner of creepy inventiveness...an intriguing read." - Publishers Weekly "Spooky atmosphere seeps out of every pore of this slow burn ghost story." - Buzzfeed "There are plenty of ghosts in The Dead and the Dark , but they''re not necessarily the villains. Instead, the story is about how hatred and fear go hand in hand." - Paste "A thoroughly creepy ride from start to finish...Gould has a gift for supernatural storytelling. The story is fast-paced and quick-moving - it''s easy to find yourself lost in its pages and finish the book in just a day or so." - Culturess "Courtney Gould''s setting descriptions create a blistering, tense atmosphere in an isolated and spooky town." - Geek Girl Authority "It''s perfectly written to give us a slow burn while simultaneously teasing a new aspect of the mystery in every single chapter...But this book was so much more than the mystery--it''s also about that feeling of darkness and depression that lives in all of us; it''s about standing up to hate and realizing we''re not as different from each other as we might think; and it''s about queerness, love, acceptance and, most importantly, hope for the future." - Hypable "Imagine Riverdale crossing streams with Stephen King''s The Outsider and you''ll get a sense of this gripping supernatural mystery...Gould''s debut begins as a snappy paranormal yarn and unspools into a profound story about the complex interplay between grief, guilt, and identity." - Oprah Daily "Gould''s atmospheric writinto Add to Your 2021 Reading List" SHEREADS, "Best LGBTQA+ Books of 2021" THE NERD DAILY, "Get Your Hands On These Anticipated July To December 2021 Book Releases" UNITED BY POP, "20+ Exciting New YA Releases For August 2021" "Gould''s debut is haunting... Characters are the focal strength of this book, which is a slow-burn story with an immersive setting that feels like a character in and of itself. The darkness spreading over Snakebite exposes the truth about small-town ideology and oppressioto Add to Your 2021 Reading List" SHEREADS, "Best LGBTQA+ Books of 2021" THE NERD DAILY, "Get Your Hands On These Anticipated July To December 2021 Book Releases" UNITED BY POP, "20+ Exciting New YA Releases For August 2021" "Gould''s debut is haunting... Characters are the focal strength of this book, which is a slow-burn story with an immersive setting that feels like a character in and of itself. The darkness spreading over Snakebite exposes the truth about small-town ideology and oppression, loneliness, secrecy, and what makes a family or a home."- Booklist "A complex and sophisticated thriller with haunting real-world connections." - Kirkus (Starred Review) "Gould''s supernaturally spooky debut is filled with all manner of creepy inventiveness...an intriguing read." - Publishers Weekly "Spooky atmosphere seeps out of every pore of this slow burn ghost story." - Buzzfeed "There are plenty of ghosts in The Dead and the Dark , but they''re not necessarily the villains. Instead, the story is about how hatred and fear go hand in hand." - Paste "A thoroughly creepy ride from start to finish...Gould has a gift for supernatural storytelling. The story is fast-paced and quick-moving - it''s easy to find yourself lost in its pages and finish the book in just a day or so." - Culturess "Courtney Gould''s setting descriptions create a blistering, tense atmosphere in an isolated and spooky town." - Geek Girl Authority "It''s perfectly written to give us a slow burn while simultaneously teasing a new aspect of the mystery in every single chapter...But this book was so much more than the mystery--it''s also about that feeling of darkness and depression that lives in all of us; it''s about standing up to hate and realizing we''re not as different from each other as we might think; and it''s about queerness, love, acceptance and, most importantly, hope for the future." - Hypable "Imagine Riverdale crossing streams with Stephen King''s The Outsider and you''ll get a sense of this gripping supernatural mystery...Gould''s debut begins as a snappy paranormal yarn and unspools into a profound story about the complex interplay between grief, guilt, and identity." - Oprah Daily "Gould''s atmospheric writin Snakebite exposes the truth about small-town ideology and oppression, loneliness, secrecy, and what makes a family or a home."- Booklist "A complex and sophisticated thriller with haunting real-world connections." - Kirkus (Starred Review) "Gould''s supernaturally spooky debut is filled with all manner of creepy inventiveness...an intriguing read." - Publishers Weekly "Spooky atmosphere seeps out of every pore of this slow burn ghost story." - Buzzfeed "There are plenty of ghosts in The Dead and the Dark , but they''re not necessarily the villains. Instead, the story is about how hatred and fear go hand in hand." - Paste "A thoroughly creepy ride from start to finish...Gould has a gift for supernatural storytelling. The story is fast-paced and quick-moving - it''s easy to find yourself lost in its pages and finish the book in just a day or so." - Culturess "Courtney Gould''s setting descriptions create a blistering, tense atmosphere in an isolated and spooky town." - Geek Girl Authority "It''s perfectly written to give us a slow burn while simultaneously teasing a new aspect of the mystery in every single chapter...But this book was so much more than the mystery--it''s also about that feeling of darkness and depression that lives in all of us; it''s about standing up to hate and realizing we''re not as different from each other as we might think; and it''s about queerness, love, acceptance and, most importantly, hope for the future." - Hypable "Imagine Riverdale crossing streams with Stephen King''s The Outsider and you''ll get a sense of this gripping supernatural mystery...Gould''s debut begins as a snappy paranormal yarn and unspools into a profound story about the complex interplay between grief, guilt, and identity." - Oprah Daily "Gould''s atmospheric writintense atmosphere in an isolated and spooky town." - Geek Girl Authority "It''s perfectly written to give us a slow burn while simultaneously teasing a new aspect of the mystery in every single chapter...But this book was so much more than the mystery--it''s also about that feeling of darkness and depression that lives in all of us; it''s about standing up to hate and realizing we''re not as different from each other as we might think; and it''s about queerness, love, acceptance and, most importantly, hope for the future." - Hypable "Imagine Riverdale crossing streams with Stephen King''s The Outsider and you''ll get a sense of this gripping supernatural mystery...Gould''s debut begins

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