Blood Moon, Lucy Cuthew
Blood Moon, Lucy Cuthew
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Blood Moon

Author: Lucy Cuthew

Narrator: Jess Nahikian

Unabridged: 4 hr 7 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 09/01/2020

Synopsis

This powerful, timely novel in verse exposes provocative truths about periods, sex, shame, and going viral for all the wrong reasons.After school one day, Frankie, a lover of physics and astronomy, has her first sexual experience with quiet and gorgeous Benjamin—and gets her period. It’s only blood, they agree. But soon a gruesome meme goes viral, turning an intimate, affectionate afternoon into something sordid, mortifying, and damaging. In the time it takes to swipe a screen, Frankie’s universe implodes. Who can she trust? Not Harriet, her suddenly cruel best friend, and certainly not Benjamin, the only one who knows about the incident. As the online shaming takes on a horrifying life of its own, Frankie begins to wonder: is her real life over? Author Lucy Cuthew vividly portrays what it is to be a teen today with this fearless and ultimately uplifting novel in verse. Brimming with emotion, the story captures the intensity of friendships, first love, and female desire, while unflinchingly exploring the culture of online and menstrual shaming. Sure to be a conversation starter, Blood Moon is the unforgettable portrait of one girl’s fight to reclaim her reputation and to stand up against a culture that says periods are dirty.

About Lucy Cuthew

Lucy Cuthew has an MA in writing for young people from Bath Spa University. Her published works include picture books, stories, and poetry. The manuscript for Blood Moon, her first novel, was short-listed for the Bath Children’s Novel Award. Lucy Cuthew lives in Cardiff, Wales, with her family.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Elizabeth

What a GREAT book!!! This is a story about friendships, relationships, high-school, first sexual relationship, bullying, periods, social media and many more. I related to the main character A LOT and I think EVERY girl out there needs to read this. It's such an IMPORTANT story. I don't usually use c......more

Goodreads review by Claude's

4.5 Stars CW: Horrific period shaming (view spoiler)[sexual content, slut shaming, threats of rape, sexualisation of periods, cyber bullying (hide spoiler)] Well I feel like I have just read something incredibly important. This verse novel looks at changing the narrative around women, periods and sex. Lucy explores period shaming,......more

Goodreads review by hillary

This was a powerful book about period shaming and I liked it. It doesn't shy away from showing what cyber bullying really looks like and what it can do to you, even in the long run. I loved that this book was told in verse and with a particular use of typography. These aspects gave the narrative an i......more

Goodreads review by Emma

The ARC of this book was provided by the publisher via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Full review HERE I really loved the empowering message of this book and I also appreciated how it didn't shy away from depicting the brutality and effects of being publicly shamed. Unfortunately it's s......more

Quotes

“Frankie’s story is piercing, raw, and true—not to mention relentlessly gripping. It’s also suffused with the sweetness and joy of being young and soaking up the marvels of our wondrous universe. This is female adolescence, crystallized. And it’s astounding.”
—Lauren Myracle, New York Times best-selling author“With every verse of her debut, Cuthew shouts down the shame, chips away at the period taboo, and firmly establishes herself as a bold and vital new voice in feminist literature.”
—Samantha Shannon, author of The Bone Season

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