Five young women eager for success rely on the unspeakable to make their dreams come true in a chilling novel about martyrdom, ritual, and obsession by the author of We Ate the Dark.
Art student Jo Kozak and her fellow classmates and best friends, Caroline, Finch, Amrita, and Saz, are one another’s muses—so close they have their own language and so devoted to the craft that they’ll do anything to keep their inspiration alive. Even if it means naively resorting to the occult to unlock their creativity and to curse their esteemed, if notoriously creepy, professor. They soon learn the horrible price to be paid for such a transgressive ritual.
In its violent aftermath, things are changing. Jo is feeling unnervingly haunted by something inexplicable. Their paintings, once prodigious and full of life, are growing dark and unhealthy. And their journey together—as women, students, and artists—is starting to crumble.
To right the wrong they’ve done, these five desperate friends will take their obsession a step too far. When that happens, there may be no turning back.
In its violent aftermath, things are changing. Jo is feeling unnervingly haunted by something inexplicable. Their paintings, once prodigious and full of life, are growing dark and unhealthy. And their journey together—as women, students, and artists—is starting to crumble.
To right the wrong they’ve done, these five desperate friends will take their obsession a step too far. When that happens, there may be no turning back.
EDITORIAL REVIEWS FOR VOICE LIKE A HYACINTH
"A miraculous, enthralling book that combines the magic of queer friendship, the toxicity of ambition, and the dangerous rivalry between artists, Voice Like a Hyacinth is the dark academia book of my dreams––and nightmares. Pearson works magic in creating this special group of characters and their obsessive ties to one another; I felt like I had become one of them, living in their house, attending their classes, and falling in love with them and their darkness. Hyacinth is everything I want in a novel: addictive, gorgeously-written, deeply unsettling, and very queer. A perfect page-turner with staying power. I cannot wait to return to it."
–– Francesca McDonnell Capossela, author of Trouble the Living
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