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“This short Latina Gothic explores the dark, grotesque side of the fashion industry. Uprooting her life from Jersey to California, Samara finally lands her dream job at a legendary fashion house, but it's not all glitz and glamour. Think "Devil Wears Prada" but make it horror. The pressure put on Samara to excel at her new job crushes her, and she hears voices and sees disturbing images all around her. Samara realizes that her new town is built on a troubling foundation and she must uncover the truth and face her own past. Tiny Threads is the BEST book I have read all year. ”
— Anna • Underground Books
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“I knew right away this book was FOR ME. A Latin horror set in the fashion industry with a main character who is slowly slowly losing her mind? I'm totally there. This book did not disappoint. Such a powerful story about running from generational trauma, but in this story, Samara runs straight into it. I love how strong and brave Samara is (because I would have packed and left), with a Latina main character there really is no other way. As a Latina, I saw so much of myself in Samara, and I'm so grateful for Lilliam Rivera for laying this character bare for everyone to witness. ”
— Nadi • Lark & Owl
Summary
In this sinister, slow-burn novel of supernatural suspense, a young woman gets her dream job working for a famous designer—and discovers the dark side of high-stakes fashion.
“Lilliam Rivera cuts the fashion industry to shreds in this horror-filled take on late-stage capitalism.”—CrimeReads, "Best Books of the Year"
Fashion-obsessed Samara finally has the life she’s always dreamed of: A high-powered job with legendary designer Antonio Mota. A new home in sunny California, far away from those drab Jersey winters. And an intriguing love interest, Brandon, a wealthy investor in Mota’s fashion line.
But it’s not long before Samara’s dream life begins to turn into a living nightmare as Mota’s big fashion show approaches and the pressure on her turns crushing. Perhaps that’s why she begins hearing voices in her room at night—and seeing strange things that can’t be explained away by stress or anxiety or the number of drinks she’s been consuming.
And it may not be just Samara imagining things as her psyche unravels, because she soon discovers hints that her new city—and the House of Mota—may be built on a foundation of secrets and lies. Now Samara must uncover what hideous truths lurk in the shadows of this illusory world of glamour and beauty before those shadows claim her.
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Audiobook details
Author:
Lilliam Rivera
Narrator:
Frankie Corzo
ISBN:
9780593907153
Length:
7 hours 17 minutes
Language:
English
Publisher:
Penguin Random House Audio Publishing Group
Publication date:
September 24, 2024
Edition:
Unabridged
Libro.fm rank:
#22,364 Overall
Genre rank:
#512 in Horror
Reviews
“Tiny Threads lives up to its genre. It is a horror novel, its supernatural and real elements interwoven so seamlessly that the reader begins to question reality. . . . Tiny Threads is also a social critique. . . . Rivera’s talent is formidable enough to make the book’s big questions as engrossing as its horrors.”—Los Angeles Times“Lilliam Rivera cuts the fashion industry to shreds in this horror-filled take on late stage capitalism.”—CrimeReads
“If you’re in the mood for a hallucinatory, terrifying tale that involves a character’s sanity unraveling, add this one to your TBR pile.”—Reader’s Digest
“A fashion writer tangles with sinister secrets in this harrowing haute couture thriller. . . . There’s enough masterful detailing and vividly imagined scares to keep readers on pins and needles. Horror fans shouldn’t miss it.”—Publishers Weekly
“A shimmering supernatural thriller that interrogates the world of fashion through a sharp, critical eye . . . I couldn’t put it down.”—Sarah Rose Etter, author of RIPE and The Book of X
“Tiny Threads is a chilling and compelling tale of a young woman trying to find herself even as she’s desperate to shed her past. Beneath the novel’s irresistible world of fashion and style—and beyond the sinister, supernatural plot twists—lies a story of erasure and grief that won’t soon let you go. Lilliam Rivera’s work will haunt you.”—Edan Lepucki, New York Times bestselling author of California
“Ephemeral and haunting and layered in captivating prose, Tiny Threads is a modern Gothic jewel. Lilliam Rivera spins the fabric of grief, social structures, and painful secrets wrapped in ancestry and history that whisper to us in the night and challenge us in the day.”—Bram Stoker Award–winning author Cynthia Pelayo
“A searing novel . . . Rivera shows you a side of the fashion industry you’ve never seen before.”—Erika T. Wurth, author of White Horse
“Tiny Threads is a hallucinatory, irresistible tale about the slow unraveling of generational trauma, the intersection of beauty and violence, and the monstrous power of reclamation. Vicious, terrifying, and glamorous, with a character so real I felt her pulse in my own throat . . . You won’t know whether you’re devouring this novel or it’s devouring you. Lilliam Rivera is a force.”—Katie Gutierrez, bestselling author of More Than You’ll Ever Know Expand reviews