Eat the Ones You Love

By: Sarah Maria Griffin

Narrated by: Barry McStay, Lauren O’Leary

“Narrators Lauren O'Leary and Barry McStay deliver a chilling performance of this horror audiobook.” — AudioFile

"Narrators [Barry] McStay (as Baby) and [Lauren] O'Leary (voicing the remaining characters) craft an unsettling atmosphere...this spectacular work will be appreciated by audio horror fans everywhere" — Library Journal

“Do you mind me asking—what kind of help do you need?”

After losing her job and her fiancé and moving back from the city to live with her parents, Shell Pine needs some help. And according to the sign in the window, the florist shop in the mall does too. Shell gets the gig, and the flowers she works with there are just the thing she needs to cheer up. Or maybe it’s Neve, the beautiful shop manager, who is making her days so rosy?

But you have to get your hands dirty if you want your garden to grow—and Neve’s secrets are as dark and dangerous as they come. In the back room of the flower shop, a young sentient orchid actually runs the show, and he is hungry . . . and he has a plan for them all.

When the choices are to either bury yourself in the warmth of someone else’s fertile soil, or face the cold and disappointing world outside—which would you choose? And what if putting down roots came at a cost far higher than just your freedom?

This is a story about desire, dreams, decay—and working retail at the end of the world.

A Macmillan Audio production from Tor Books.

Critic reviews

“Deliciously strange, delightfully wicked.” —V. E. Schwab, New York Times bestselling author of The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue

“A beautiful dark gem of a book.” —Zoraida Córdova, USA Today bestselling author of The Inheritance of Orquídea Divina

“Sarah Maria Griffin is an artist of the rarest kind: genuine, vulnerable, funny, tragic and wise.” —Sarah Rees Brennan, New York Times bestselling author of Long Live Evil

“Eat The Ones You Love is a masterpiece—inventive, intimate, and scalpel-sharp.” —Laura Steven, award-winning author of The Society of Soulless Girls

“I devoured this book in a matter of days, but it will be snaking through my mind for a long time to come.” —Adrienne Celt, author of End of the World House

“Eat the Ones You Love is a story that has everything: monsters, malls, and minimum wage. Griffin is a genius of suburban gothic, and like Baby, I’m always hungry for more.” —Caroline O’Donoghue, bestselling author of The Rachel Incident

“Lush, eerie, and sensual…a stunner.” —Publishers Weekly, starred review

Amazing

I’ve seen this book compared to Little Shop of Horrors and The Ruins and while it’s true… it isn’t true at the same time. This book is special and beautiful and I want more books like this!!!

Interesting perspectives throughout the story

Even though the writer is building an interesting world, it’s a little too telling and doesn’t leave much to mystery. However, it was compelling, and the characters felt real.

Like Little Shop of Horrors but much creepier

One of the strangest and creepiest books I’ve ever read. A plant preys upon vulnerable victims. Weird ending.

Amazing book

This has been one of my favorite reads for the year! I have always been a fan of little shop of horrors and this book is from a similar plants perspective! So well done!

so good

I’ve been really let down by a lot of modern books lately but this is great, not trying to hard, just a good read with things i didn’t expect. Better than every Delilah Dawson book for sure.