I would like to thank St Martin’s Press for providing me with an advanced copy in exchange for my review.
Are you looking for a horror novel that is full of family ties that are deeper and stronger than actual monster that can be found in nightmares? Listen to your Sister by Neena Viel will provide some terror inducing visions filled with the deep love that only trauma bonded siblings can have.
Calla is her brother Jamie’s guardian, but she is struggling. Her other brother Dre is supposed to be helping her raise their baby brother, but he finds ways to be absent when it suits him. The siblings have come from a horrible childhood which still seems to haunt Calla, in what she calls her Nightmare. She sees her brothers finding themselves in life threatening situations and must fight and bleed to save them. But what happens when Calla’s nightmares start to walk around in the real world?
Viel’s book is deeply disturbing and beautifully written. Being incredibly detailed and visual, I could easily see this being turned into a movie. The Black stories of these siblings may be fiction, but there are so man BIPOC people who are living a real nightmare in our world and I hope that more of these stories are lifted up and celebrated the way that they should be.
Listen to your Sister is set to publish on February 4 2025 and will be available at your local bookseller or library or you can support my blog and pre-order with this link. (Thank you!)
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