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The Faceless Thing We Adore

by Hester Steel Publisher: PAGE STREET PUB

Communal devotion and cosmic dread

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AlbakiReads Editorial

Communal devotion and cosmic dread

Aoife leaves a manipulative relationship for the Farmstead, an isolated commune whose residents offer her belonging and a chance to start over. But the island’s unsettling signs—a cave that seems to disappear, cries in the night, and spreading rot—complicate the community’s promise of freedom. The growing unease is bound up with the residents’ fearful reverence for their leader, Jonah, and with Aoife’s recognition of familiar patterns of control. Queer cosmic horror frames a story about emotional abuse, communal loyalty, and the uneasy overlap between devotion and fear. As Aoife’s old life intrudes on the new one, the conflict escalates toward violence and a threat to reality itself.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Readers interested in queer cosmic horror and isolated commune settings.
  • Readers seeking horror that engages with gaslighting, emotional abuse, and group devotion.
  • Readers drawn to protagonists confronting control and reclaiming their strength.

Themes

Cosmic horrorGaslighting and emotional abuseBelonging and communal loyaltyDevotion, fear, and controlStrength and rage

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Book overview

Eat, Pray, Love goes full Lovecraft in this queer, feel-good cosmic horror that reflects on gaslighting and emotional abuse.

Lemon, poppy seed, sun-warmed sand. These visions convince Aoife to quit her job, leave her manipulative boyfriend, and escape to the isolated shores of the Farmstead commune. There, among its charismatic and hedonistic residents, Aoife finds everything she's been missing: a community that adores her, the freedom to indulge, and the promise to be a part of something miraculous.

But darkness underpins her airy new way of life. A disappearing cave looms above an ocean no one dares step foot in, mysterious crying fills the night hours, and a rot is spreading across the island. But perhaps most concerning is the commune's reverence for their leader, Jonah--a love tinged with fear that Aoife knows all too well.

When Aoife's boring old life comes crashing into her bold new one, loyalties are tested, unleashing a spiral of unspeakable violence that threatens to fracture reality itself. At the helm, Aoife finds herself desperately trying to protect everyone and everything she's grown to love. Awkward, clumsy Aoife, who was always told she was weak, will soon realize the depths of her strength--and the pleasures of her rage.

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