Where Sleeping Girls Lie, Faridah AbikeIyimide
Where Sleeping Girls Lie, Faridah AbikeIyimide
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Where Sleeping Girls Lie

Author: Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé

Narrator: Natalie Simpson

Unabridged: 16 hr 57 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 03/19/2024


Synopsis

In Where Sleeping Girls Lie — a YA contemporary mystery by Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé, the New York Times-bestselling author of Ace of Spades — a girl new to boarding school discovers dark secrets and coverups after her roommate disappears.

It’s like I keep stumbling into a dark room, searching for the switch to make things bright again...

Sade Hussein is starting her third year of high school, this time at the prestigious Alfred Nobel Academy boarding school after being home-schooled all her life. Misfortune has been a constant companion all her life, but even Sade doesn’t expect her new roommate, Elizabeth, to disappear after Sade’s first night. Or for people to think she had something to do with it.

With rumors swirling around her, Sade catches the attention of the girls collectively known as the ‘Unholy Trinity’ and they bring her into their fold. Between learning more about them—especially Persephone, who Sade is inexplicably drawn to—and playing catchup in class, Sade already has so much on her plate. But when it seems people don't care enough about what happened to Elizabeth to really investigate, it's up to she and Elizabeth's best friend to solve it.

And then a student is found dead.

As they keep trying to figure out what’s going on, Sade realizes there’s more to Alfred Nobel Academy and its students than she thought. Secrets lurk around every corner and beneath every surface…secrets that rival even her own.

A Macmillan Audio production from Feiwel & Friends.

About Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé

Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé is the instant New York Times, international bestselling, & award-winning author of Ace of Spades. She is an avid tea drinker, a collector of strange mugs, and a graduate from a university in the Scottish Highlands where she received a BA in English Literature. She also has an MA in Shakespeare Studies from Kings College London. When she isn’t spinning dark tales, Faridah can be found examining the deeper meanings in Disney channel original movies.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Faridah on February 06, 2024

Morse code is a major plot element in this story and so I will be writing the rest of this message in morse code... .. / .- -- / ... --- / . -..- -.-. .. - . -.. / - --- / -... . / .-. . .-.. . .- ... .. -. --. / -- -.-- / ... . -.-. --- -. -.. / -... --- --- -.- / .- - / .-.. --- -. --. / .-.. .- ........more

Goodreads review by emma on February 05, 2025

i love boarding school books. well, usually. this is a creepy spooky fun little book, except for being riddled with low level errors that continually frustrate me.  (such as: sade is in bed sometime between 12 am and school starting on a monday, unable to sleep, and then texts one friend to come over a......more

Goodreads review by Nilufer on February 19, 2025

I wholeheartedly loved this book and added it to my list of best dark academia thrillers and best YA books of the year! It’s dark, sad, intense, heart-wrenching, powerful, and engaging. Some parts made me scream and cry as if somebody had stabbed pieces of glass into my heart! I loved some of the ch......more

Goodreads review by Chloe on February 08, 2024

Flawless mystery. Where Sleeping Girls Lie builds with riveting intrigue, peeling back the facade of institutions and exposing the tender beating hearts of the girls trying to survive.......more

Goodreads review by Mel on July 03, 2024

*3.5 stars*......more


Quotes

"Àbíké-Íyímídé (Ace of Spades) presents a powerful look at grief, rape culture, and moving on from loss in this exquisitely crafted paranormal mystery." —Publishers Weekly, starred review

Enthralling from the very first page, WHERE SLEEPING GIRLS LIE sinks you into a world flooded with deception and secrets. Unexpected but utterly earned twists and turns lead Sade deeper into this mystery, pulling the reader right alongside her. Àbíké-Íyímídé has expertly constructed a thrilling story anchored by pain and kept afloat by hope.” —Racquel Marie, author of Ophelia After All

A harrowing mystery about a school festering with rot and a girl ready to walk right into its ugliest depths, with twists that made me gasp out loud. Àbíké-Íyímídé is back with a knife-sharp novel pointed right at the heart of society’s darkest corners.” —Andrew Joseph White, NY Times bestselling author of Hell Followed With Us and The Spirit Bears Its Teeth

"Flawless mystery. Where Sleeping Girls Lie builds with riveting intrigue, peeling back the facade of institutions and exposing the tender beating hearts of the girls trying to survive." —Chloe Gong, #1 New York Times bestselling author of These Violent Delights

Incisive and devastatingly insightful, Àbíké-Íyímídé rends a thriller in which every character is hiding painful secrets from themselves and each other, and true to life, justice is a hard-won thing. Where Sleeping Girls Lie paints an honest portrait of the rage of teenage girls and the catharsis found thereafter.” —Joelle Wellington, author of Their Vicious Games

"Where Sleeping Girls Lie seductively blends the irresistible camp of Mean Girls with the propulsive campus whodunnit of Wednesday and the vigilante thrill of Promising Young Woman. Àbíké-Íyímídé is an incisive force—and a total vibe." —Olivie Blake, New York Times bestselling author of The Atlas Six


Awards

  • CPL: Chicago Public Library Best of the Best
  • Audible.com Best of the Year