You're No Better
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Daphne Press
Publishing:20th Oct '26
£10.99
This title is due to be published on 20th October, and will be despatched as soon as possible.
Morgan's father is a serial killer. To be exact, Morgan's father is Graham Nathaniel Slaughter-the man who brutally murdered fifty-one young women and girls across Washington DC-and the day Morgan put him behind bars was the best of his life. Now, all Morgan wants is to survive senior year without flunking out or racking up another assault charge, but that'll be difficult considering the documentary his mother just agreed to. Morgan's participation is non-negotiable and comes with rules. Like putting off transition until college. And talking about his father.
In a desperate attempt to prove he is nothing like his father, Morgan latches onto his father's mysterious final victim: a young woman with no name and no family to claim her. He'll figure out who she is. He'll bring her peace, whatever the hell that means.
Then new classmate Felicity slams into Morgan's life, armed with a switchblade and a life-shattering secret. They know why Morgan's testimony never lined up in court. They know Morgan was taught to hurt people. And if Morgan doesn't let them help find this girl, they'll tell everyone. He and Felicity have so much more in common than he can stomach, and the consequences of the truth could destroy them both.
Praise for the author:
"Gloriously dark and immersive, Hell Followed with Us cuts straight to the core. With its endearing cast, detailed worldbuilding, and breathtaking horror, this novel kept me at the edge of my seat. Hands down the best YA horror book I've read." - Aden Polydoros, author of The City Beautiful
"A chimera of horror, romance, and something stranger." - Rose Szabo, author of What Big Teeth
"Unputdownable, unbelievably powerful, deranged, and magnificently defiant. Hold on to your humanity for dear life, readers." - School Library Journal, on Compound Fracture
Reviews for You Weren't Meant to be Human:
"White's adult debut encapsulates the best of the modern horror genre." Booklist, starred review
"[A] brilliant, page-turning piece of trans splatterpunk body horror and an earnest, heart-rending tragedy. White should win a whole new set of fans with this." Publishers Weekly, starred review
"A tenderly beating, bloody heart of a novel. Relentlessly bleak and harrowing, White's brutal adult debut also somehow manages to be deeply, devastatingly empathetic." - Kiersten White, author of Lucy, Undying
"You Weren't Meant to be Human is dysphoria bound into words. Andrew Joseph White captures a beautifully disgusting world that's all too familiar to neurodivergent and trans individuals, with a plot that offers nothing but shocking pleasure with each page turn." - Linden Lewis, author of The First Sister
"This is one of those deeply disturbing books that I adore and abhor in equal measure, and I think that is exactly what makes it such a masterpiece." Grimdark Magazine
"Gruesome and unrelenting, Andrew Joseph White's adult debut is a masterpiece of horror. White dares you to accept Crane's humanity when all the veneers of politeness are stripped away, capturing the intersection of the alienation of neurodivergence and the pain of dysphoria with unflinching honesty." - K. M. Enright, Sunday Times bestselling author of Mistress of Lies
ISBN: 9781837841547
Dimensions: unknown
Weight: unknown
352 pages