The Beast Is an Animal, Peternelle van Arsdale
The Beast Is an Animal, Peternelle van Arsdale
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The Beast Is an Animal

Author: Peternelle van Arsdale

Narrator: Candace Thaxton

Unabridged: 8 hr 48 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 02/28/2017


Synopsis

A girl with a secret talent must save her village from the encroaching darkness in this “achingly poetic” (Kirkus Reviews) and deeply satisfying tale.

Alys was seven the first time she saw the soul eaters.

These soul eaters are twin sisters who were abandoned by their father and slowly grew into something not quite human. And they feed off of human souls. When her village was attacked, Alys was spared and sent to live in a neighboring village. There the devout people created a strict world where fear of the soul eaters—and of the Beast they believe guides them—rule village life. But the Beast is not what they think he is. And neither is Alys.

Inside, Alys feels connected to the soul eaters, and maybe even to the Beast itself. As she grows from a child to a teenager, she longs for the freedom of the forest. And she has a gift she can tell no one, for fear they will call her a witch. When disaster strikes, Alys finds herself on a journey to heal herself and her world. A journey that will take her through the darkest parts of the forest, where danger threatens her from the outside—and from within her own heart and soul.

About Peternelle van Arsdale

Peternelle van Arsdale is a book editor, essay and short story writer, and the author of The Beast Is an Animal and The Cold Is in Her Bones. She lives in Brooklyn, New York, where she is at work on her third novel. Visit her at PeternellevanArsdale.com.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Elle

This review can be split in two: the first half and the second half. The first half is a solid 4 stars. The second half is 2 stars. The first half of this book is a claustrophobic, well-written, suspenseful tale of witches in the Middle Ages, with magical realism thrown in. The plotting is a bit slow......more

Haunting, creepy and fascinating. I loved it! A supernatural story about a Beast fabled to be the ruler of the Soul-eaters, twin sisters who are part of the forest and live in the trees who float into villages at night and sing to lure adults to the forest in order to eat their souls. Alys is the one......more

Goodreads review by Ninoska

English - Español This book has a simply perfect cover and an interesting synopsis, but the name has little to do with it. The beast almost doesn't appear and it isn't as you think. Our protagonist and narrator for the most part is Alys, when she was seven years old she sees the twins known as the "s......more

Goodreads review by Meli

¿Premisa? Increíble ¿Narración? Fantástica ¿Ambientación y atmósfera? Impecables ¿Y la trama? ¡¡Doña, vuelva que se olvidó de la trama!!......more

Goodreads review by Alyssa

Gaaaahhhh. This was so good! What did I just read? I'm mystified and intrigued by this story. It has an original fairy tale vibe to it. It was wonderful! ***Review posted on The Eater of Books! blog*** The Beast Is an Animal by Peternelle van Arsdale Publisher: Margaret K. McElderry Books Publication Da......more