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The Book Eaters

In Sunyi Dean’s debut, beings who consume books to survive hide on the fringes of society. It sounds like a fairy tale, but it’s actually a nightmare.

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Review of ‘The Book Eaters’

The Book Eaters, Sunyi Dean's debut, is a dark, haunting fantasy that follows Devon Fairweather, a Book Eater who subsists on ink and paper and the knowledge it provides her. The Book Eaters, or 'eaters, live on the fringes of human society, and were it not for the special, fang-like teeth that…

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