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Tananarive Due

My Soul to Keep

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«An eerie epic […] Bears favorable comparison to Interview with the Vampire. I loved this novel.» — Stephen King
From the award-winning master of horror and Afrofuturism Tananarive Due comes a modern-classic of dark introspection.
When Jessica marries David, he is everything she wants in a family man: brilliant, attentive, ever youthful. Yet she still feels something about him is just out of reach. Soon, as people close to Jessica begin to meet violent, mysterious deaths, David makes an unimaginable confession: More than 400 years ago, he and other members of an Ethiopian sect traded their humanity so they would never die, a secret he must protect at any cost. Now, his immortal brethren have decided David must return and leave his family in Miami. Instead, David vows to invoke a forbidden ritual to keep Jessica and his daughter with him forever.
Harrowing, engrossing and skillfully rendered, My Soul to Keep traps Jessica between the desperation of immortals who want to rob her of her life and a husband who wants to rob her of her soul. With deft plotting and an unforgettable climax, this tour de force reminiscent of early Anne Rice will win Due a new legion of fans.
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494 printed pages
Publication year
2011
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  • Refiloe Masitashared an impression3 years ago
    👍Worth reading
    💀Spooky
    🔮Hidden Depths
    💡Learnt A Lot
    🎯Worthwhile
    💞Loved Up
    🚀Unputdownable

    i thought this book was going to be about vampires and stuff like that but man it was such a beautifully written book. it grabbed me from the first page

Quotes

  • Refiloe Masitahas quoted3 years ago
    “I’ve noticed that Americans seem to enjoy living in their unhappy pasts,
  • Refiloe Masitahas quoted3 years ago
    He derided the thought of most therapy, insisting that people should learn to grow past traumas and rely on inner strength to become reborn.
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    We only waste energy to have horrible fights with the people we love the most.

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