#HorrorForLibraries Giveaway: Ecstasy by Ivy Pochoda + a Bonus SF/Horror Title

Today I have an ARC of the highly anticipated June release from Ivy Pachoda courtesy of the publisher plus a Cosmic Space Horror novel for fans of SA Barnes that you don't want to miss. Details below but first, here are the rules on how to enter:

1. You need to be affiliated with an American 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 for the previous giveaway. Our winner was Stacey from Nebraska. Now on to this week's giveaway.  

First up is Ecstasy by Ivy Pachoda:

A deliciously dark horror reimagining of a Greek tragedy, by Ivy Pochoda, winner of the LA Times Book Prize.

Lena wants her life back. Her wealthy, controlling, humorless husband has just died, and now she contends with her controlling, humorless son, Drew. Lena lands in Naxos with her best friend in tow for the unveiling of her son's, pet project--the luxurious Agape Villas.

Years of marriage amongst the wealthy elite has whittled Lena's spirit into rope and sinew, smothered by tasteful cocktail dresses and unending small talk. On Naxos she yearns to rediscover her true nature, remember the exuberant dancer and party girl she once was, but Drew tightens his grip, keeping her cloistered inside the hotel, demanding that she fall in line.

Lena is intrigued by a group of women living in tents on the beach in front of the Agape. She can feel their drums at night, hear their seductive leader calling her to dance. Soon she'll find that an ancient God stirs on the beach, awakening dark desires of women across the island. The only questions left will be whether Lena will join them, and what it will cost her.

Ecstasy is a riveting, darkly poetic, one-sitting read about empowerment, desire, and what happens when women reject the roles set out for them.

This is going to be a very popular book and a great cross over because this is Pachoda, the award winning crime novelist's, first Horror novel. We are going to get a lot of people who don't normally read Horror who are going to want to try this one.

This also means you need to be ready with readalikes. I would suggest, Silvia Moreno-Garcia, Lierstan White, and Isabel Cañas to people as they wait for this one. 

Thank you to Putnam for the ARC. It is out June 17, 2025, but I am guessing you already have it on order.

But while I have you here, I have another ARC. Requiem by John Palisano:

"Bold, brave, imaginative and unflinching."

Ava must fight an entity locked in on taking out the crew of the Eden, a moon-sized cemetery in space, as it brings back the souls of the dead buried aboard. One such soul is Ava’s lost love, Roland.

The spirits of the interred on the Eden haunt those aboard, including a visiting musician is tasked with writing a new song for the dead. Her Requiem calls a cosmic entity that illuminates their darkest fears and secrets. One by one, they’re driven mad. Ava fights her grief and must rise up before they’re lost and the entity reaches Earth.

Palisano is a Bram Stoker Award winner and this novel is a great read for fans of SA Barnes or Ramsey Campbell. 

Thank you to Flame Tree Press for the ARC. Reminder, Flame Tree is distributed by S&S so you can get their books very easily. 

This is a great prize pack-- two widely appealing books for one winner. Enter now and you will be entered going forward. Remember, I have some more big name titles (like this Pachoda) plus in the next 4-6 weeks, I will have ARCs of my own book to give away as well.

Good luck!