#Horror For Libraries Giveaway #56: Flowers for the Sea by Zin E. Rocklyn

Today's giveaway is an upcoming fantasy-horror hybrid novella that I gave a STAR review to in the October issue of Library Journal. Since the review went up early, and is free to all because it is a star, I am giving it away today. But first, here is how to enter:

1. You need to be affiliated with an American public library. My rationale behind that is that I will be encouraging you to read these books and share them with patrons. While many of them are advanced reader copies that you cannot add to your collections, if you get the chance to read them, my hope is that you will consider ordering a copy for your library and give away the ARC away as a prize or pass it on to a fellow staff member.
2. If you are interested in being included in any giveaway at any time, you must email me at zombiegrl75 [at] gmail [dot] com with the subject line "#HorrorForLibraries." In the body of the email all you have to say is that you want to be entered and the name of your library.
3. Each entry will be considered for EVERY giveaway. Meaning you enter once, and you are entered until you win. I will randomly draw a winner on Fridays sometime after 5pm central. But only entries received by 5pm each week will be considered for that  week. I use Random.org and have a member of my family witness the "draw"based off your number in the Google Sheet.
4. If you win, you are ineligible to win again for 4 weeks; you will have to re-enter after that time to be considered [I have a list of who has won, when, and what title]. However, if you do not win, you carry over into the next week. There is NO NEED to reenter.

Click here to see giveaway #55. The winner was Sarah from Poudre River [CO] Public Library District. 

And now on to my latest giveaway.

I love the Tor.Com Publishing line of novellas. I have never read a bad one, especially those that are from the Dark Fantasy and Horror genres. So, when I saw the announcement of Flowers for the Sea by Zin E. Rocklyn I knew I wanted to review it. 

Please click here to read my STAR review in the October issue of Library Journal. Since it is a STAR, the review is free for all to view. I was very proud of the review. This is a book for which you cannot give away any of the plot both because it is so short and it is a joy to watch it unfold. But it is also a book that is all about how the story is told. I think I captured that in my limited word count. Again click here for the full review, but you can also see my Goodreads notes below:

Three Words That Describe This Book: captivating, disquieting, all senses engaged

Many reviews say how you can't say much about this book in a review beyond the set up in the plot summary, I didn't understand until I finished. This is correct.

There is so much here in 100 pages. All five senses are engaged when reading. It is both spare and lyrical, dense and easy to follow. Like the very best of stories it allows you to feel actual feelings but also leaves you desperately wanting more.

Dark fantasy that laps at the edges of horror-- tentacles from the sea and razorfangs from the sky

Readalikes: other novellas from Tor.com that walk the line between dark fantasy and horror and also leave you wanting so much more-- Ormeshadow by Priya Sharma and Black God's Drum by P. Djeil Clark

I cannot stress enough that the only thing wrong with this one-sitting read is that after you finish, you want more. But that's why it was so great. I want to be left wanting more and feeling real emotions; it did both.

Enter to win an ARC for yourself today. Thanks to the publisher for the copy.

And FYI, all of my October reviews are up on the LJ site but I am going to wait until October 1st to post them as a kick off for 31 Days of Horror.