#HorrorForLibraries Giveaway 98: Such Sharp Teeth by Rachel Harrison

This week I have an ARC of one of he hottest books of the Spooky Season, by an author who just made the Library Reads Hall of Fame today with her third book. Let me remind you, the third time is the first time you are eligible for the HoF, so this is a BIG DEAL. Details and access to a star review of this title below, but  first, 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 #97. Our winner was James from Clark County [KY] Public Library. Now on to this week's giveaway.

Rachel Harrison's third novel comes out in October. Her first two made the LibraryReads list, and when I saw her at ALA annual in DC this past June, I told her that I was predicting she would not only make the list again, but since it would be her third book on the list, she would enter the LibraryReads Hall of Fame.

She told me she had no idea there was a Hall of Fame and not to get her hopes up because being in a Library Hall of Fame for anything would be a dream come true. Well, I am happy to say I was right! And if you look at the October 2022 LibraryReads list you will see the proof!

In honor of this achievement, I am giving away my ARC of Such Sharp Teeth today. As if you needed more reasons to enter than this is a Rachel Harrison Werewolf novel, below is my colleague Jeremiah's Star review from Library Journal as well.

Thanks to Berkeley for providing the ARC at ALA Annual. 

 Harrison’s (Cackle) latest is a rip-roaring, bloody adventure that also explores the wounds trauma can leave on both the body and the psyche. Aurora has come home to help her pregnant sister when the unthinkable happens—Aurora is transformed into a werewolf. But that is just where the story begins. Through explorations of femininity, childhood, family, growth, and facing fears, Harrison crafts a compelling story that is extremely difficult to put down. Beyond the basic horror tenets that a werewolf story embodies, the novel also grasps the deeper consequences of transformation and trauma. The author’s style is gripping and will keep you reading way past your bedtime, although it instills enough gory goodness to make sure that your eventual sleep is troubled. 

VERDICT Any library looking to acquire a gut punch of a horror novel that will appeal to a broad audience would do well to add this to their collection. It will also appeal to fans of Mongrels by Stephen Graham Jones and Her Body and Other Parties by Carmen Maria Machado.