Make Me Better

Have you ever wished things could be different? Less painful? More free? Come to Kindred Cove, where transformation is possible, healing is mandatory, and nothing is ever lost.

MAKE ME BETTER is my novel about grief, belonging, and control. It's out today everywhere books are sold.

If you're in the SF Bay Area, you can join me and Charlie Jane Anders tonight at 7pm to celebrate the release of this book at Books Inc Opera Plaza! I'll also be in SoCal, SLC, St Louis, and Des Moines. More information and tickets here.

Here's what some folks had to say about MAKE ME BETTER:

Bloody Disgusting: "one of the most honest and unflinching depictions of a cult I’ve ever read in fiction… a work of stunning verisimilitude."

Nerd Daily: "…arguably Sarah Gailey’s best writing to date and Kindred Cove is perhaps the most full and complete world they’ve built on the page."

Grimdark Magazine: "Make Me Better explores the idea of faith as an abdication of responsibility… Gailey asks, how much are you willing to overlook to keep the peace and belong? How much horror can you abide at the promise you will be made better?"

Library Journal 🌟Starred Review🌟: "The folk horror feel of Gailey's must-read novel might remind readers of Ari Aster's movie Midsommar, while others might read this thoughtful book and think of George Orwell's 1984."

Booklist 🌟Starred Review🌟: "…devastatingly compelling, with emotional and eerie images that will last long after the final page."

Bookpage: "Spanning 16 years and incorporating multiple perspectives and flashbacks, Sarah Gailey’s twist-filled cult story is a thrilling ride."

FanFiAddict: "… a dizzying array of themes, from motherhood, sex, religion, and the self-help industrial complex, to the bedrock need for human belonging and purpose and the way that need can be twisted into the foulest sorts of manipulations."

Publisher's Weekly: "Captivating characters and evocative prose… Readers are sure to be unsettled."

Capes and Tights: "...a hauntingly immersive and atmospheric story" that "blends psychological tension with horror, giving off an unsettling feeling throughout."

WHEW.

You can get a copy at your local independent bookstore or your local library, or you can order online at Bookshop.org to support independent booksellers. See you on the road!

-gailey