Where the Dead Brides Gather, Nuzo Onoh
Where the Dead Brides Gather, Nuzo Onoh
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Where the Dead Brides Gather

Author: Nuzo Onoh

Narrator: Nene Nwoko

Unabridged: 12 hr 23 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 04/15/2025


Synopsis

A powerful Nigeria-set horror tale of possession, malevolent ghosts, family tensions, secrets, and murder from the recipient of the Bram Stoker Award for Lifetime Achievement and 'Queen of African Horror'. For fans of Octavia Butler, Ben Okri, and Koji Suzuki.

Bata, a young girl tormented by nightmares, wakes up one night to find herself standing sentinel before her cousin's door. Her cousin is to get married the next morning, but only if she can escape the murderous attack of a ghost-bride, who used to be engaged to her groom.

A supernatural possession helps Bata battle and vanquish the vengeful ghost bride, and following a botched exorcism, she is transported to Ibaja-La, the realm of dead brides. There, she receives secret powers to fight malevolent ghost-brides before being sent back to the human realm, where she must learn to harness her new abilities as she strives to protect those whom she loves.

By turns touching and terrifying, this is vivid supernatural horror story of family drama, long-held secrets, possession, death—and what lies beyond.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Esta on March 04, 2025

If you’re an avid horror reader and haven’t read African-set horror before, then you need to get onto it. Nuzo Onoh has been dubbed the Queen of African Horror and Where the Dead Brides Gather proves why. My much younger self tried to watch The Exorcist movie, but I got freaked the hell out and noped......more

Goodreads review by Rachel (TheShadesofOrange) on September 15, 2024

3.5 Stars I always love finding horror stories written from different perspectives so I was very excited to learn about this one. I typically love possession stories but can struggle with ghost stories. I liked this one but wished I had been more engrossed. Personally, I think it would have worked bet......more

Goodreads review by Becky on October 04, 2024

Review in the October 2024 issue of Library Journal Three Words That Describe This Book: Strong sense of place, women power, folklore Draft Review: Bata is a typical 10 year old in her village outside Lagos living with her father, his two wives, and her siblings. Typical, that is, until the evening be......more

Goodreads review by Sydney on August 17, 2024

I absolutely adore dark fantasy and this story with its roots in African folklore was unlike anything I've ever read before. I love those books that spur you to research- to better understand the roots of the story. "Where the Dead Brides Gather" follows Bata an eleven year-old girl from a small vil......more

Goodreads review by Brian on October 25, 2024

Nuzo Rules! I'm a huge Onoh fan, and with this dazzling novel, the Queen of African Horror delivers possibly her best work yet. WHERE THE DEAD BRIDES GATHER is simply brilliant, filled with haunting imagery and otherworldly terrors that will linger somewhere in my mind forever. Highly recommended to......more