Honeyeater by Kathleen Jennings – Subtropical Bellworth is founded on floodplains and root-bound secrets. Charlie, who is noteworthy only for vanished friends and a successful sister, plans to leave for good. Firstly, however, he needs to deal with his dead Aunt’s house.
Then Grace arrives, oh, so desperate, with roses pressing up through her skin! Soon Charlie finds himself dragged into the ghost-choked mysteries of Bellworth, uncovering the impossible consequences of loss and desire – and a choice made when he was a boy.
Peeling back the rumours and lies that enfold the suburb, however, disturbs more than complacent neighbours and lost souls. Soon Charlie and Grace are forced into a decision that threatens not only their lives, but all they believed those lives could be.
This is nature at its worst! Swampland and forest that once appeared relatively normal now begin to morph into peculiarities that threaten to undermine Charlie’s sanity.
It is horror fiction reminiscent of “The Day of the Triffids” written by John Wyndham in 1951!
A wonderful, but scary, must-read!
ISBN: 9781761562303
Honeyeater is available in paperback and e-book formats.
About Kathleen Jennings
Kathleen Jennings is a writer and illustrator based in Brisbane, Australia. Her debut novel, Flyaway, was published in 2020. Her writing has won the British Fantasy and Ditmar Awards, and been shortlisted for the World Fantasy Award and The Courier-Mail People’s Choice Book of the Year Award (Queensland Literary Awards). She is also a World Fantasy Award-winning and Hugo Award-nominated illustrator. Kathleen has a PhD in creative writing from the University of Queensland.
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