Hollow

<p><b><i>Don’t Let the Forest In</i> meets <i>The Whispering Dark </i>in a queer YA cult horror following a recently diagnosed autistic teen who becomes enmeshed in a community of outcasts harboring sinister secrets.</b><br><b><br>“One of the best horror novels of the year, full stop. Haunting, heartfelt, and downright creepy.” —Kamilah Cole, bestselling author of <i>So Let Them Burn</i></b><br><br>When Cassie Davis returns to her hometown in upstate New York, eager to mask her autism diagnosis from her old friends, tensions rise. On a backpacking trip to celebrate her homecoming, Cassie wakes to an abandoned campsite and discovers an off-the-grid compound called the Roost. Here she finds an enigmatic boy named Kaleb who makes Cassie feel, for the first time, as if she truly belongs. But at what price?<br><br>In a world where autistic characters rarely get to be the hero of their own stories, Cassie Davis’s one-step-back, two-steps-forward journey to unmasking makes Hollow as much a love letter to neurodiversity as it is a haunting tale you’ll want to read with the lights on.<br><b><br>Read if You Love:</b><br><br><b>* Don''t Go in the Woods</b><br><b>* Deadly Road Trips</b><br><b>* CottageGORE</b><br><b>* Malevolent Masks</b><br><b>* Cults</b><br><b>* Nerd-core</b><br><b>* Wound-tending</b><br><b>* First Love</b></p>