BOYS WITH SHARP TEETH
We Were Liars meets The Raven Boys in this eerie dark academia YA debut about daring revenge, twisted desire, and the sinister forces lurking behind the walls of an elite boarding school.
Seventeen-year-old Marin James has spent her entire life living in the shadow of the exclusive Huntsworth Academy. And when her cousin’s dead body is found in a creek on school property, Marin knows exactly who’s to blame: Adrian Hargraves and Henry Wu, the enigmatic yet dangerously alluring leaders of the school’s social elite.
Swapping her ripped jeans for a crisp prep school skirt, Marin infiltrates Huntsworth to seek justice. But her quest is quickly muddied by the temptations of her shiny new life and an unsettling, irresistible attraction that she feels to both dysfunctional and depraved boys.
When Marin uncovers a supernatural secret that Adrian and Henry are hiding within Huntsworth’s ivied gates, the lines between right and wrong, love and hate, and nightmare and reality begin to crumble — and nothing is as it seems.
Welcome to Huntsworth Academy.
Advanced Praise
“Boys With Sharp Teeth is the kind of book that whispers terrible secrets in your ear late at night. With each page turn, you’ll find yourself struggling to catch your breath as grief, revenge, and obsession intertwine like twisting ivy. This is a stunningly lush, utterly compelling, darkly beautiful debut!” —Ginny Myers Sain, New York Times bestselling author of Dark and Shallow Lies
“In this beautifully crafted, twisted love story, Howell explores what happens when love doesn’t make you better, but in fact makes you worse. These complicated characters have tangled relationships and thorny secrets that make for a truly stunning tale.” —Kamilah Cole, indie bestselling author of So Let Them Burn
“Jenni Howell is a talent to watch, and Boys With Sharp Teeth proves it. If you’re looking for a devious dark academia book with beautiful prose and shocking twists, you’ve found it.” —Jesse Q. Sutanto, USA Today bestselling author of Vera Wong’s Unsolicited Advice for Murderers
“With atmospheric tension and a twisted mystery to solve, Boys With Sharp Teeth is a darkly delicious spiral where each page makes you crave more.” —CG Drews, author of Don’t Let The Forest In
“A taut and darkly lyrical tale of obsession and grief, Boys With Sharp Teeth holds a shadowy mirror up to the lengths we might go to for revenge, with each savage twist compelling you to turn the page long after the lights have gone out.” —Amy Goldsmith, author of Those We Drown and Our Wicked Histories
“Dark academia at its finest! Howell’s debut is a chilling dissection of what it means to be alive with a page-turning mystery that will keep you up at night.” —Rachel Moore, author of Us in Ruins and The Library of Shadows
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