This Delicious Death, Kayla Cottingham
This Delicious Death, Kayla Cottingham
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This Delicious Death

Author: Kayla Cottingham

Narrator: Sophie Amoss

Unabridged: 8 hr 30 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 06/06/2023


Synopsis

This summer is going to get gory.

Two years ago, a small percentage of the population underwent a transformation known as the Hollowing. Those affected were only able to survive by consuming human flesh. The people who went without quickly became feral, turning on their
friends and family. Luckily, scientists were able to create a synthetic version of human meat that would satisfy their hunger. As a result, humanity slowly began to return to normal.

Cut to Zoey, Celeste, Valeria, and Jasmine, four hollow girls living in Southern California. As a last hurrah before graduation, they attend a musical festival in the heart of the desert. They have a cooler filled with seltzer, vodka, and Synflesh
… and are ready to party.

But on the first night of the festival, Val goes feral and ends up killing and eating a boy in one of the bands. As other festival guests start disappearing around them, the girls soon discover someone is targeting people like them. If they can’t figure
out how to stop it, and soon, no one at the festival is getting out alive.

About Kayla Cottingham

Kayla Cottingham is a YA author and librarian. Originally from Salt Lake City, Utah, Kayla lives in Boston where she loves to go hiking in the woods, pet any and all dogs, and play RPGs. She is passionate about connecting young people with books featuring diverse voices so they can see themselves and their communities represented on the page. My Dearest Darkest is her debut novel.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Mallory on April 14, 2023

This was the queer, flesh eating, best friends love story that I never knew I needed. This book is about a pandemic, but this pandemic left some individuals craving human flesh. The ghouls were initially quarantined but when synthetic flesh was invented ghouls were given basically a pass for killing......more

Goodreads review by Chloe on November 05, 2022

CASUAL CANNIBALISM? SAPPHIC BEST FRIENDS TO LOVERS WITH A TRANS GIRL LOVE INTEREST? FREAKY MONSTERS? CAMPY VIBES THAT ABSOLUTELY HIT THE MARK? EPIGRAPHS THAT ARE SO FREAKING HILARIOUS (like, one is Buzzfeed headline, that’s amazing)? It’s such a wonderful blend of humor and horror, its an absolute bl......more

Goodreads review by Faith on April 21, 2023

This Delicious Death had real potential. They could have done so much more with The Hallowing. Instead, this is a shallow attempt to gross you out. There is no horror or thrill. No scares. No real mystery. C’mon, we all can see what is coming a mile away. Why ruin such a good idea?......more

Goodreads review by Jenny on August 08, 2023

What a weird ass book!!......more

Goodreads review by Laurie (barksbooks) on May 05, 2023

This Delicious Death caught my attention with its eye-catching bloody cooler cover. I mean, what’s not to love there? The cooler is actually filled with synthetic meat because in this story the world has experienced something called “The Hollowing” which appears to be a plague that turned some peopl......more