- An
- evocative
- tale
- of
- sapphic
- love
- in
- a
- post-apocalyptic
- world
- dominated
- by
- religious
- zealots
- and
- supernatural
- monsters.
Kolesnik's
- Elogona
- transports
- readers
- to
- a
- time
- after
- the
- world's
- end,
- when
- a
- long-dormant
- sea
- creature
- has
- awoken
- to
- stake
- its
- claim
- against
- one
- of
- the
- last
- human
- settlements.
Verna
- must
- battle
- both
- man
- and
- monster
- to
- protect
- her
- family
- and
- her
- newfound
- love
- for
- Audrey,
- a
- refugee
- from
- the
- mainland.
Meanwhile,
- the
- Elogona
- calls…"A
- sapphic
- coming-of-age
- wonder
- that's
- dangerous
- on
- all
- sides
- but
- heartfelt
- to
- the
- core.
- Further
- evidence
- that
- everything
- Samantha
- Kolesnik
- touches
- turns
- to
- gold."
- -?Hailey
- Piper,
- Bram
- Stoker
- Award-winning
- author
- of
- Queen
- of
- Teeth"At
- once
- a
- dystopian
- fairytale
- and
- a
- glimpse
- of
- our
- too-possible
- future,
- Elogona
- is
- a
- story
- of
- love,
- defiance,
- and
- determination
- in
- the
- face
- of
- monsters—both
- human
- and
- inhuman.
- Kolesnik
- tears
- through
- these
- themes
- with
- teeth
- and
- heart,
- never
- failing
- to
- unnerve
- and
- surprise."
- -
- J.A.W.
- McCarthy,
- Bram
- Stoker
- Award
- and
- Shirley
- Jackson
- Award
- finalist,
- author
- of
- Sleep
- Alone"Elogona
- enraptures
- immediately
- with
- darkly
- fantastical
- elements
- that
- draw
- you
- into
- one
- of
- the
- sweetest
- and
- yet
- devastating
- sapphic
- romances
- I've
- read.
- A
- tale
- of
- survival,
- from
- the
- individual
- to
- the
- whole
- of
- humanity
- as
- they
- wallow
- in
- their
- own
- messy,
- war-torn
- aftermath,
- it
- grabbed
- me
- by
- the
- throat
- and
- didn't
- let
- go
- until
- the
- shocking
- end.
- Layers
- of
- depth,
- reflecting
- on
- the
- state
- of
- our
- world,
- are
- expertly
- woven
- together
- by
- characters
- you
- can't
- help
- but
- fall
- for,
- all
- set
- in
- a
- future
- sublimely
- heartbreaking.
- Kolesnik
- melded
- genres
- and
- subverted
- expectations
- so
- skillfully,
- I
- know
- I'll
- be
- revisiting
- this
- story
- many
- times
- as
- soon
- as
- my
- shredded
- heart
- can
- bear
- it."
- -
- Emma
- E.
- Murray,
- author
- of
- Exquisite
- Hunger"Otherworldly
- and
- grounded,
- immersive
- and
- gut-wrenching,
- Elogona
- feels
- all
- too
- real."
- -
- Rae
- Knowles,
- Author
- of
- Merciless
- Waters"Apocalyptic
- folklore,
- religious
- fascism,
- and
- sapphic
- romance
- collide
- in
- Kolesnik's
- darkly
- magical
- maelstrom
- of
- a
- novella
- Elogona."
- -
- Eric
- Raglin,
- author
- of
- Extinction Hymns
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