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Length
7 hours 58 minutes
Language
English
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“youthjuice offers a captivating blend of body horror and suspense, skillfully intertwined with satirical commentary on skincare culture. The novel's ability to both entertain and provoke thought makes for a compelling read that lingers in the mind long after the final page. With its clever use of metaphors and engaging storytelling, youthjuice is a must-read for fans of darkly humorous chick-lit with a bloody twist.”
— Alycia • Books on Main
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“This book is not for everyone, but glad it found me. Completely twisted tale that needs to be listened to so you can truly get into the mind of the main character.”
— Sophie • Second Star to the Right
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“If you found the elixir for youth, how far would you go to keep it? This is Beauty Industry Horror at its finest. Body horror, addiction, grief, and murder soak these bloody pages until they shimmer. The body horror in this book is so visceral that I had to pause listening to it while driving so that I wouldn't crash my car from cringing too hard! ”
— Ryan • Gibson's Bookstore
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“You could say that this novel really gave me the HEBE-jeebies..........Dark, bloody, funny, and a little nasty, this novel will draw you in and chew you up without you even realizing it. You'll root for our delectably volatile main character, no matter how much you PRETEND you want her to be caught. In Hebe we trust, Amen. ”
— Lambie • Underground Books
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“At HEBE, beauty is possible. Holy body horror! The perfect blend of horror and society's obsession with staying young. My skin was crawling at the end of this novel. Main character Sophia is a female Patrick Bateman from American Psycho, and I was constantly left saying wtf when reading her POV towards the end. I loved the flashbacks to young Sophia, as they really helped me understand how she became so unhinged. Youthjuice is a sickening, twisted take on Goop, and you will not be able to not see Gwyneth Paltrow (who honestly already scares me a little already) as the inspiration for the CEO, Tree. ”
— Anna • Underground Books
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“At first I was like, "ok, another late 20-something in a new job being a typical late 20-something in a new job." But wait, it's nuts. This psychological horror takes a look at what it is to be beautiful, and what lengths we go to to stay beautiful. Sophie is 29, trying not to age, and desperate. This darkly humorous look at friendship among women, the struggle to stay young, and how to hide all of our faults will chill you to your bloody core. A must read for today's beauty-guru and social media addicts!”
— Yvonne • Author's Note
Summary
From Sophia Bannion’s first day on the Storytelling team at HEBE, a luxury skincare/wellness company based in New York’s trendy SoHo neighborhood, it’s clear something is deeply amiss. But Sophia, pushing thirty, has plenty of skeletons in her closet next to the designer knockoffs and doesn’t care. Though she leads an outwardly charmed life, she aches for a deeper meaning to her flat existence—and a cure for her brutal nail-biting habit. She finds it all and more at HEBE, and with Tree Whitestone, HEBE’s charismatic founder and CEO.
Soon, Sophia is addicted to her HEBE lifestyle—especially youthjuice, the fatty, soothing moisturizer Tree has asked Sophia to test. But when cracks in HEBE’s infrastructure start to worsen—and Sophia learns the gruesome secret ingredient at the heart of youthjuice—she has to decide how far she’s willing to go to stay beautiful forever.
Glittering with ominous flashes of Sophia’s coming-of-rage story, former beauty editor E.K. Sathue’s horror debut is as incisive as it is stomach-churning in its portrayal of all-consuming female friendship and the beauty industry’s short attention span. youthjuice does to skincare influencers what Bret Easton Ellis did to yuppies. You’ll never moisturize the same way again.
“Lena Dunham’s Girls meets Gwyneth Paltrow’s goop meets Mona Awad’s Bunny meets … Elizabeth Báthory. youthjuice is a darkly comedic cautionary tale, oozing with voice.”—Zoje Stage, USA Today bestselling author of Baby Teeth
