"An obsessive, oppressive, feverish work of folk-horror tangling and twining into body-horror...Lauren Du Plessis has created a weird and evocative world that you can never quite pull away from, dripping with atmosphere and palpable unease. It’s an odd, spiky and compelling read."
–Adam Leslie, author of Lost in the Garden

"A lush, intoxicating debut where secrets are poison and every touch carries the risk of contamination. A story of obsession and transformation, written with the relentless creep of untamed weeds and the bite of a thistle."
–Kirsty Logan, author of Now She Is Witch

"Du Plessis weaves an intricate garland of folklore, body horror and elegant surrealism into this intriguing and disturbing novel. The intrinsic power of nature, and the threat it can hold over humanity, loom large in this absorbing, weird and unsettling debut."
–Lucie McKnight Hardy, author of Water Shall Refuse Them