Tender Morsels

Praise for Red Spikes:“While the stories always startle, they also often murmur about humanity’s higher inclinations, including honor, compassion, and different kinds of love.”—Booklist, Starred“Lanagan’s powerfully visceral speculative fiction is written in penetrating language and with the intensity of folktale.”—Horn Book Magazine, StarredStarred Review, Booklist, August 1, 2008:“This book is nevertheless a marvel to read and will only further solidify Lanagan’s place at the very razor’s edge of YA speculative fiction.”Starred Review, The Horn Book Magazine, September/October 2008:"Lanagan's poetic style and her masterful employment of mythic imagery give this story of transformation and healing extraordinary depth and beauty."Starred Review, Publishers Weekly, September 8, 2008:"Lanagan explores the savage and the gentlest sides of human nature, and how they coexist."Starred Review, Kirkus Reviews, September 15, 2008:"By turns horrifying and ribald, witty and wise, this tour de force of a novel almost demands multiple readings to fully appreciate each of its layers."Starred Review, School Library Journal, November 2008:"Beautifully written and surprising, this is a novel not to be missed."From the Hardcover edition.