Small Favors

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From the critically-acclaimed author of House of Salt and Sorrows comes a mesmerizing and chilling fairy-talesque novel about Ellerie Downing, a young woman in the small town of Amity Falls, where monsters lurk in the trees and dark desires hide in the shadows. Life in this isolated town is predictable for Ellerie, who spends her days tending to her family’s beehives and dreaming of more, while her twin brother, Samuel, roams freely. The townsfolk have long feared the monstrous creatures said to inhabit the surrounding forest, and when some residents go missing during a supply run, an unsettling atmosphere descends upon Amity Falls. As strange occurrences plague the town and the seasons shift, it becomes evident that the creatures are real and are offering to grant the townspeople’s deepest desires in exchange for small favors. However, these seemingly innocuous demands conceal sinister motives. With time running out, Ellerie must confront the dark forces threatening her home, her family, and the boy she loves, racing to prevent disaster before it engulfs everything she holds dear.