Somehow it’s only 1 more day until my book is released and my skull is a nest of pure static and feral damp leaves.
Like, one more day…?! Then Don’t Let The Forest In hits US bookstores and my long, achey drought of rejections is officially over. I’m a 3rd-time published author.
This is my first US book deal.
My first hardcover release.
My first audiobook.
My first special edition.
My first starred trade review.
My first endorsements from author peers.
My first time being an Indie Next Pick and a Junior Library Guild Gold Selection.
My first time believing I might get actually get a future as an author after 5 years of rejections.
I’m wretchedly emotional about this. Like, far far too many feelings. But let me take you through some news and updates real quick before I collapse into a pile of wet sticks.
(Like you think there’s a person behind CG Drews haha no way I am absolutely a bundle of twigs and wet leaves and moss and feral teeth rolled up into a trench coat who put on a hat to blend in.)
Last chance to preorder
If you want to receive 3 never-seen-before fairy tales, submit your preorder receipt here if you’re in the US & CAN. And here if you’re in Australia! The Aussie one is open throughout November too, but the US/CAN one closes on October 29, so hurryyyy.
Preorder at…
Barnes & Noble, Amazon, Target, Bookshop, Books-A-Million, Walmart, The Lavender Rhino (comes with signed bookplate) Amazon UK, Amazon Aus, Waterstones, Dymocks, Blackwells.
Don’t Let The Forest In is about two boys whose all-consuming friendship takes a dark turn when one of them realises the only way to stop the horrors clawing out of the other’s drawings is to destroy the creator. A dark academia forest rot horror with an asexual main character, eldritch monsters, fairy tales of the macabre variety, and an obsessive codependent romance. Find it on Goodreads.
Also we’re finally up on Netgalley UK!!
If you’d like to request an eARC to review of the UK edition, now is your time. Just head over to Netgalley UK here. Also here’s a little cover comparison of the US vs UK editions.
Out in the UK on January 16th, 2025.
Other Cool Things I Think You Should Know…
- Don’t Let The Forest In just hit 105,000 adds on Goodreads WHICH IS QUITE FRANKLY INSANE (I’m fine I’m fine)
- It’s also a Barnes & Noble Best Books of 2024 (s c r e a m) and has been on the B&N website front page today. Also am totally chill about the fact it’s constantly in the top 50 books out of, you know, just casually all the millions of books on the website.
- Currently a #1 New Release on Amazon for Teen & Young Adult LGBTQ+ Fiction!!
- Screen Rant called it one of the Biggest Horror & Thriller Books Coming Out In October 2024.
- Book Riot called it a Must-Read New Queer Book.
Last Thing (I Swear!!) I’m Offering Signed Bookplates
If you sign up to my Patreon in October/November you can receive a signed bookplate + art print of Thomas & Andrew (my forest rot boys). I’ve also shared the first full chapter of Don’t Let the Forest In there so you can get a full sneak peek at the lovely terrors coming your way.
I haven’t released a trad book since 2019, so I’m feel so grateful and overwhelmed and excited and nervous all at once. The love and support I’ve gotten has been incredible. Idk how I got lucky enough to get a second chance and see my book take off, but somehow it’s happening. I also have one big secret piece of news to announce and I’m feral about it omg. But soon, soon.
Can’t wait for you to come rot in the forest with me officially on October 29th.
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