A gloriously visceral feminist body horror about the rotten institution of marriage? Sign me up. I was hooked by this queasy, crawling, darkly funny novel that kept me guessing until the very end. Wry, revolting, witty and wonderful, I couldn't look away even as I longed to cover my eyes. Sharply written and entirely compelling. * Emma van Straaten, author of This Immaculate Body * A daring and dark debut that totally devoured me! The kind of book you read with one eye closed but can't put down * Leena Norms * A psychological-thriller-slash-body-horror story about the often-suffocating expectations of womanhood? Say no more. * Marie Claire, The 13 Best Novels of 2026 That You Absolutely Need to Read * Death Do Us is the body horror send-up of the wedding industrial complex I didn't know I needed. Ruthy Mason combines skin-crawling imagery and smartly deployed satire to explore questions of ambition, desire, and what it really costs to throw a wedding. Twisty and grotesque, this book had me ignoring my responsibilities until I turned the final page * E.K. Sathue, author of youthjuice * Death Do Us bears the hallmarks of all good body and feminist horror, wrapping societal issues in graphic descriptions and disturbing situations. Thanks to Mason's clever and engaging prose, the reader of this literary debut understands that behind the gore is Bea's deep struggle to decide who she wants to be. Is that a wife? Is it wrapped up in a past love Bea cannot seem to let go of? Or is Bea just desperate to choose her own path? For fans of Rachel Yoder's Nightbitch or Mariana Enriquez's Our Share of Night. * Booklist * A gloriously visceral feminist body horror about the rotten institution of marriage? Sign me up. I was hooked by this queasy, crawling, darkly funny novel that kept me guessing until the very end. Wry, revolting, witty and wonderful, I couldn't look away even as I longed to cover my eyes. Sharply written and entirely compelling. * Emma van Straaten, author of This Immaculate Body *
