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A Certain Hunger

By: Chelsea G. Summers
Narrated by: Hillary Huber
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Eat Pray Love meets American Psycho in a seductive and sinister debut literary thriller.

Food critic Dorothy Daniels indulges in her homicidal urges by murdering her lovers and devouring their organs in this intense, visceral, and lushly told tale of food, sex, power, and the pursuit of a very particular taste set between New York and Italy.

Please Note: A Certain Hunger contains adult language and depictions of violence. Discretion is advised.

©2019 Chelsea G. Summers (P)2019 Audible Originals, LLC. Crime Fiction Genre Fiction Literary Fiction Fiction Crime Scary
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loved it. Like nothing I've listened to before. I would recommend reading if you're looking for something a little different

loved it

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A unique and interesting read overall. The narrator is incredibly and eerily believable and deserves a round of applause. The concept was unique and brilliant, plus again, totally believable. The descriptions are incredible and immersive. The only thing I think could have been improved was the story arc/ending. It kind of just dropped off and I was left wanting more in a disappointing way. But nevermind, it was still a fantastic read.

Guilty pleasure

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I heard the author interviewed on the Spirits podcast, which piqued my interest. It did not disappoint.

A disturbing story, beautifully told.

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I was salivating to listen to this from the minute I read the description and hit preorder immediately. After listening to it twice I can safely say it satisfies. Chelsea G Summers' lush writing style will leave you hungry one moment and disgusted the next as she paints vivid scenes of culinary delights and bloody murder. The protagonist is unlikable but also someone you'd secretly love to be. The memior style narration lets her chew on the scenery like over cooked steak (which she would never abide) it the best possible way. If you love a bloody page turner with a healthy amount of purple prose and just gagging for a female serial killer who could go toe to toe with Hannibal Lector, this is for you.

Deliciously Gory and Lush Language

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I once wrote on Twitter that I want to be Chelsea G. Summers when I grow up and, to be honest, a tiny, sociopathic part of my id wishes I could grow up into Dorothy Daniels.

The splashy, slashy summary of the book is in no way misleading - if you want gory, sticky, wet thrills, A Certain Hunger certainly has them. But the main course of this delight in the examination of embodied female life - the hunger that comes with being flesh and that flesh being female.

An Audible original, the performance is great, and I'll never be able to cleave Dorothy Daniels from Hillary Huber's voice - but I also hope to get my hands on a physical book and see these words on the page.

Easily one of my favourite books of 2019.

Utterly delicious

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LOVED IT I love the girls voice who speaks it such a perfect voice for the book and I love how descriptive the book is defiantly gory and makes you laugh but also cringe but it’s fabulous

Amazing book

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I loved listening to this. The narrator did an amazing job presenting the story. I found it engaging and interesting. The story itself was filled with gore, humour and explored the typical thoughts of your everyday sociopathic character. I found the ending fell slightly flat in the way that it wrapped up quite philosophically and less with the punch that I enjoy. But all in all a great book!

Incredibly enjoyable to listen to

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what a wild story delivered with a flawless presentation. At times I was left believing I was listening to true crime not a story.

excellent performance wild story

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The theme, writing style and plot was absolutely amazing. I was so invested.

Only annoying thing was that the narrator couldn’t pronounce certain words like psychopathy! Which made it feel inauthentic

Brilliant book

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This book is funny, dark, luscious and one of a kind, and Hillary Huber absolutely nails the character.

Funny, dark and luscious

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