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Praise for I'll Watch Your Baby:
"Viel (Listen To Your Sister) skewers the racist stereotype of the “welfare queen” in this delightfully gruesome larvae-infested tale... Readers will find these antiheroines’ fierceness and determination to survive in a world that hates them impossible to look away from." —Publishers Weekly (Starred Review)
"Evocative... A thoughtprovoking climax examines the lingering impacts of generational trauma and misogynoir. For fans of novels that combine supernatural horror with social commentary, like the works of Tananarive Due and LaTanya McQueen." —Booklist
"Sure to be one of the year’s most unforgettable horror novels." —Library Journal
Praise for Listen to Your Sister:
"This twisted love letter to family uses humor to look at race, trauma, and parentification." —People Magazine
"Speculative fiction was invented so stories like Listen to Your Sister could be told. What a knockout debut." —Ashley Winstead, author of Midnight is the Darkest Hour and In My Dreams I Hold a Knife
"Gripping and powerful, this is horror at its finest." —Nick Medina, author of Sisters of the Lost Nation
"A brilliant fever-dream of a novel that effortlessly dances between horror, literary, and family saga—sure to appeal to fans of Grady Hendrix, Tananarive Due, Mona Awad, and Stephen King." —Maria Dong, author of Liar, Dreamer, Thief
"Viel faces the dark side of family head on, painting a fever dream of the nightmarish obligations of love." —Maggie Thrash, author of Rainbow Black
"Wonderfully weird and inventive. Viel's tale of siblings' love and struggle in modern America is as affecting as it is thought-provoking." —T.L. Huchu, USA Today bestselling author of The Library of the Dead
"If you're looking for a smart, contemporary take on the classic cabin in the woods horror novel, look no further than Listen To Your Sister." —Erika T. Wurth, author of White Horse
“Equal parts haunting and humane, Listen to Your Sister moves with breathtaking velocity.” —Omar El Akkad, bestselling and award-winning author of What Strange Paradise and American War
“Viel brilliantly pulls off both the comic and the terrifying in a skillfully crafted voice that will have you laughing right before it knocks you down with grief.” —Claire Jimenez, author of What Happened to Ruthy Ramirez
"[An] addictive supernatural thriller." —Publishers Weekly
"Heartfelt and darkly humorous...Fans of Jordan Peele’s films will want to check this out." —Booklist
"Anxiety metamorphoses into terror for a young Black woman fiercely protecting her own... A relentless descent into familial fears made manifest, both haunting and terribly familiar." —Kirkus
"Unique and compelling...a terrifying and immerse supernatural horror story that is clearly underpinned with love." —Library Journal
"Deliciously terrifying and belly laugh-inducing...Viel incorporates well worn genre tropes in new ways and provides plenty of bloodcurdling surprises along the way." —BookPage (Starred review)