👋 Hello readers!👋

I say this every month and I always mean it, but this time I really, really mean it: I'm so excited to announce that next month's read will be Catherine House by Elisabeth Thomas. This book hooked me from page one. It's a dark, speculative thriller about a prestigious school (though even that label doesn’t cut it: "No, it wasn’t a college, exactly," our narrator Ines says in the first chapter, "Let’s say, a community of minds") that offers free tuition plus room and board to students who, in return, essentially cut themselves off from the outside world for the three years they are enrolled. Ines is more than happy to leave a past trauma behind her, and isn’t eager to be out in the real world — but the further she gets in her Catherine House education, the more apparent it becomes there’s something sinister underneath it.

There are so many reasons to love this book: Ines is so real, the tension is perfectly paced, the ~weird science~ underpinning the school is creepy and believable, and ultimately it's just so hard to put down. I'm currently listening to it for the second time around, and the narrator, Inés del Castillo, is bringing it a whole new life. Hope you love it as much as I do.

❤️ 📚

Arianna

🎉 Giveaway 🎉

To celebrate, we've got some extra fun (US-only) giveaways:

William Morrow is offering 10 signed copies of Catherine House, and one lucky winner will also receive a Catherine House swag bag.

Libro.fm is offering 5 free Catherine House audiobook downloads.

Want a shot at one of these great prizes? Respond to this email by Wednesday, June 24, 6pm ET, and tell us about your favorite sci-fi novel — and be sure to include your address. Winners will be randomly selected. Good luck! 💫