Perfect for fans of NIGHTBITCH and MOTHERTHING, this visceral body horror taps into the very real experience of mothers giving their whole self to their children. Mothers die young in Forest Pines. Evie's mother died there when she was an infant. They say the mothers die from heart attacks or accidents, but no one in town will dig very far into this strange pattern. Now new-mom Evie is losing her hair and more weight than is even fashionable. The doctors say it's just a symptom of stress; it's hard getting enough protein with a 5-month-old baby. Also tasked with caring for her dying father, Evie is still holding it together, though not by much. But between preparing for hospice and caring for baby Olive, Evie notices her father's neighbor Amity-also a young mother of a 9-month-old-falling rapidly to pieces. Amity is skin and bones, but her baby could win prize heifer at the fair. She can hardly walk, while her baby is crawling up a storm. Evie realizes she is watching her own forthcoming demise in real time as Evie's body begins to deconstruct in ever more graphic ways. For any chance of survival, Evie must solve the mystery of matricide in Forest Pines. With a ghost trying to help her along (or scare her away, who can know) and a town burying their rotten truth, will Evie be able to save herself from certain death before it's too late? Or is this just another sacrifice a good mother must make? Garza has done it again with another unfigure-outable mystery, only this time we are taken on a hilarious, creepy, supernatural romp through the dark side of motherhood. Garza manages to weave timelines seamlessly to build tension and show the unchanging pressures leveled upon new mothers. Deeper themes resonate beneath the improbable but all too easy to imagine horrors. I couldn't put Better to Eat You With down. It was a joy to read. -- Ronna Russell, author of Scold's Bridle "Vivid, evocative and toe-curlingly chilling, Amber Garza's brilliant sidestep into horror is an absolute triumph. Better To Eat You With taps into the very real experience mothers go through when having children and twists it into a compelling plot: what if babies quite literally ate their mothers? The book explores the self-loss and sometimes deleterious effects of motherhood in a fresh and innovative way. Unnerving and unputdownable, Better To Eat You With is a twisty, deliciously creepy read." --Christina McDonald, USA Today and Amazon Charts bestselling author