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DOE
A Publishers Weekly Buzz Book A Kids' Indie Next Pick Thrilling crossover YA Horror perfect for fans of Krystal Sutherland and Tiffany Jackson, where the captain of a high school cheer team is caught in a bitter rivalry and turns to an ancient, supernatural creature for help, not knowing she’s just made a deal with a devil and could lose everything that matters, including her life. Maris Larsen is the captain of the West Eaton High cheer team. She’s Coach’s favorite and the team worships her. Being on the team makes her feel special—powerful. When she’s leading the girls on the mat, Maris doesn’t have to think about her dead-end life in a dead-end town. She can forget about her depressed mother and absent father and the fact that her girlfriend doesn’t really love her. But when newcomer and Coach’s new golden girl, Genevieve Ray, joins the team, the only thing going right in Maris’s life is suddenly in jeopardy. A bitter rivalry develops between the two, but Maris is determined to take Genevieve down. The knife she needs to wield comes to Maris in her dreams. While sleepwalking, Maris is visited by a monstrous, decaying beast in the shape of an enormous deer. Doe is an ancient, tired creature who has been wandering, trapped in her current form for decades. She cannot die, but she cannot go on living as she has. Only a girl related by blood to those who bound her in this form can free her, but those girls she loved died years ago—murdered in a fire. But Maris is somehow linked to Doe’s beloved girls—linked by blood—and so she has the power to free Doe, to unleash her immense power. In Maris’s dreams, she and Doe form a bond, but Maris doesn’t know the creature from her dreams is real. Maris doesn’t understand the danger she’s in. She only knows Doe has promised her a way to win her battle with Genevieve. But for Maris to win, someone has to die, and the only real winner in the end will be Doe. BUY: Bookshop // Barnes & Noble // Indigo // Amazon |
Praise for DOE:
🌟 "This chilling portrait of adolescent rivalry is both captivating and quietly disturbing." Publishers Weekly Starred Review
🌟 "Barrow's novel in verse weaves together a story that offers a compassionate but visceral look at how girlhood, race, and socioeconomic status impact the teen girls... Hand to readers looking for a grittier Bring It On mixed with Jamison Shea's I Feed Her to the Beast and the Beast is Me." BCCB Starred Review
🌟 "Barrow creates a visceral image of how misogyny keeps girls fighting one another for scraps, how shared solidarity within a group can turn into violence against anyone deemed an outsider, and how power is a volatile double-edged sword." The Horn Book Starred Review
"An emotionally rich, immersive narrative that unflinchingly explores power and the weight of wanting to be seen." Kirkus Reviews
"A haunting and deeply human exploration of girlhood." School Library Journal
"DOE represents YA at is best and horror at its finest because it so unflinchingly confronts the brutal realities that underpin both. Rebecca has spun a story that is so viscerally and electrically alive and emerges a writer at the top of her craft. I will remember this book, and I will follow its author wherever she goes. Brilliant. I loved it." Courtney Summers, New York Times bestselling author of Sadie
"Perfect for fans of Megan Abbott's Dare Me. A darkly glittering thriller in verse, DOE vividly captures the ferocity of girlhood. Sharp, wounded, and unsettling--this is Barrow at her very best." Rory Power, New York Times bestselling author of Wilder Girls
🌟 "This chilling portrait of adolescent rivalry is both captivating and quietly disturbing." Publishers Weekly Starred Review
🌟 "Barrow's novel in verse weaves together a story that offers a compassionate but visceral look at how girlhood, race, and socioeconomic status impact the teen girls... Hand to readers looking for a grittier Bring It On mixed with Jamison Shea's I Feed Her to the Beast and the Beast is Me." BCCB Starred Review
🌟 "Barrow creates a visceral image of how misogyny keeps girls fighting one another for scraps, how shared solidarity within a group can turn into violence against anyone deemed an outsider, and how power is a volatile double-edged sword." The Horn Book Starred Review
"An emotionally rich, immersive narrative that unflinchingly explores power and the weight of wanting to be seen." Kirkus Reviews
"A haunting and deeply human exploration of girlhood." School Library Journal
"DOE represents YA at is best and horror at its finest because it so unflinchingly confronts the brutal realities that underpin both. Rebecca has spun a story that is so viscerally and electrically alive and emerges a writer at the top of her craft. I will remember this book, and I will follow its author wherever she goes. Brilliant. I loved it." Courtney Summers, New York Times bestselling author of Sadie
"Perfect for fans of Megan Abbott's Dare Me. A darkly glittering thriller in verse, DOE vividly captures the ferocity of girlhood. Sharp, wounded, and unsettling--this is Barrow at her very best." Rory Power, New York Times bestselling author of Wilder Girls
