Wrath Becomes Her, Aden Polydoros
Wrath Becomes Her, Aden Polydoros
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Wrath Becomes Her

Author: Aden Polydoros

Narrator: Emily Lawrence

Unabridged: 9 hr 25 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 10/10/2023

Includes: Bonus Material Bonus Material Included


Synopsis

2024 Sydney Taylor Book Award Young Adult Honor 

"Haunting, exhilarating, and a howl of vengeance." —Andrew Joseph White, New York Times bestselling author of Hell Followed With Us

Frankenstein meets Inglourious Basterds in this stunning Jewish historical horror novel from the award-winning author of The City Beautiful

Vera was made for vengeance.

Lithuania, 1943. A father drowns in the all-consuming grief of a daughter killed by the Nazis. He can’t bring Chaya back from the dead, but he can use kishuf — an ancient and profane magic — to create a golem in her image. A Nazi killer, to avenge her death.

When Vera awakens, she can feel her violent purpose thrumming within her. But she can also feel glimpses of a human life lived, of stolen kisses amidst the tragedy, and of a grisly death. And when she meets Akiva, she recognizes the boy with soft lips that gave warm kisses. But these memories aren’t hers, and Vera doesn’t know if she gets—or deserves—to have a life beyond what she was made for.

Vera’s strength feels limitless—until she learns that there are others who would channel kishuf for means far less noble than avenging a daughter’s death. As she confronts the very basest of humanity, Vera will need more than what her creator gave her: Not just a reason to fight, but a reason to live. 

Supplemental enhancement PDF accompanies the audiobook.

About Aden Polydoros

Aden Polydoros is an award-winning author who transitioned from female-to-male when he was 14. After going ‘stealth’ for over 10 years, he came out as transgender in order to support trans youth and vocalize how transitioning saved his life. His YA gothic fantasy novel, The City Beautiful, won the Sydney Taylor Book Award and was a finalist for the Lambda Award, the National Jewish Book Award, the Cybils Award, the South Carolina Book Award, and the 2022 World Fantasy Award.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Marieke

A gorgeous cover. Lyrical descriptive writing. A golem made for vengeance. Jewish MCs in WWII in Lithuania. Somehow I’m a sucker for beautifully written historical stories these days. I’m there for the pain, the grief, the rage, to acknowledge we did so much wrong in the past and still do. Wrath Becom......more

Goodreads review by Mallory

This was a strange and unique story, which I must say was a little refreshing as sometimes the stories if this time can start to blend together. I was interested at reading the description, but I think the idea would have made a better action movie, I wanted more wrath and vengeance and I feel like......more

Goodreads review by Lance

E-ARC generously provided by Inkyard Press in exchange for an honest review. Thank you so much! 4 stars. Combining Polydoros' signature evocative writing with a story about vengeance, Wrath Becomes Her is a Frankenstein-esque tale that is equally harrowing and haunting as it is compulsively readable......more

A title like Wrath Becomes Her promises a vengeful and angry woman, but Vera moseyed her way through this book. Vera was created for the sole purpose of vengeance. After losing his daughter, Chaya, a father takes part in dark magic to create a golem to track down his daughter’s killer. The golem, Ver......more