Love Is Red: A Novel
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Redefining the thriller's tale of the hunter and the hunted, This electrifying, hypnotically beautiful debut spins dark suspense and literary fantasy into a mesmerizing story of survival.
Katherine Emerson was born to fulfill a dark prophecy centuries in the making, but she doesn't know it yet. However, one man does: a killer stalking the women of New York City, a monster the media dubs the "Sickle Man" because of the weapon he uses to turn his victims' bodies into canvases for his twisted art. People think he's the next Son of Sam, but we know how he thinks and how he feels . . . and discover that he is driven by darker, much more dangerous desires than we can bear to imagine. He takes more than just his victims' lives, and each death brings him closer to the one woman he must possess at any cost.
Amid the city's escalating hysteria, Katherine is trying to unknot her tangled heart. Two very different men have entered her previously uneventful world—handsome and personable David, alluring yet aloof Sael—and turned it upside down. She finds herself involved in a complicated triangle . . . but how well does she really know either of them?
Told from the alternating viewpoints of Katherine and the Sickle Man, Sophie Jaff's intoxicating narrative will pull you in and hold you close. As the body count rises, Katherine is haunted by harrowing visions that force her to question her sanity. All she wants is to find love. He just wants to find her.
Ablaze with fear, mystery, and possibility, Love Is Red is the first book in the Night Song trilogy. With this unforgettable novel—one that combines the literary and the supernatural, fantasy and horror, the past and the present—Katherine's moment of awakening is here. And her story is only just beginning.
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Sophie Jaff. (2015). Love Is Red: A Novel. HarperCollins.
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A native of South Africa, Sophie Jaff is an alumna of the Graduate Musical Theatre Writing Program at Tisch School of the Arts, New York University, and a fellow of the Dramatists Guild of America. Her work has been performed at Symphony Space, Lincoln Center, the Duplex, the Gershwin, and Goodspeed Musicals. She lives in New York City.
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Katherine Emerson was born to fulfill a dark prophecy centuries in the making, but she doesn't know it yet. However, one man does: a killer stalking the women of New York City, a monster the media dubs the "Sickle Man" because of the weapon he uses to turn his victims' bodies into canvases for his twisted art. People think he's the next Son of Sam, but we know how he thinks and how he feels . . . and discover that he is driven by darker, much more dangerous desires than we can bear to imagine. He takes more than just his victims' lives, and each death brings him closer to the one woman he must possess at any cost.
Amid the city's escalating hysteria, Katherine is trying to unknot her tangled heart. Two very different men have entered her previously uneventful world—handsome and personable David, alluring yet aloof Sael—and turned it upside down. She finds herself involved in a complicated triangle . . . but how well does she really know either of them?
Told from the alternating viewpoints of Katherine and the Sickle Man, Sophie Jaff's intoxicating narrative will pull you in and hold you close. As the body count rises, Katherine is haunted by harrowing visions that force her to question her sanity. All she wants is to find love. He just wants to find her.
Ablaze with fear, mystery, and possibility, Love Is Red is the first book in the Night Song trilogy. With this unforgettable novel—one that combines the literary and the supernatural, fantasy and horror, the past and the present—Katherine's moment of awakening is here. And her story is only just beginning.
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"The kick of this ridiculously entertaining book is the haze of delirium it creates in the reader's brain.... Jaff's woozy supernatural saga is effectively scary and great fun to read." — New York Times Book Review
"Mesmerizing, magical and wickedly sexy—Love is Red will keep you on the edge of your seat until the very last page." — New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Karina Halle
"Intelligent, poetic, captivating and chilling.... The mystery at the core of Love is Red is so gripping you will find yourself carrying the book around with you until you're done.... You will want to re-read it as soon as you're finished." — Elizabeth Haynes, New York Times bestselling author of Into The Darkest Corner and Under A Silent Moon
"Love is Red is a tornado of a novel. Jaff twists through so many suspenseful places. I couldn't turn the pages fast enough, but I wanted to linger, too. This is seriously scary stuff, offered up in high style and with wild narrative invention." — Laura Kasischke, nationally bestselling author of Mind of Winter and The Raising
"A serial killer is on the loose this summer in New York, and Katherine Emerson doesn't know she was destined to be placed in the killer's path. Emerson is also dating two men.... Talk about complications." — CNN.com, "Best Summer Beach Reads"
"I read it in one sitting. I cannot remember the last time I was so completely enthralled with a book.... It's good. Real good." — Smart Bitches, Trashy Books
"One dynamic novel. This thriller is brilliantly well written.... The plot takes readers deeper into a beautifully dark world that is just beginning. I highly recommend this stunning read.... I was hooked instantly." — San Francisco Book Review
"The writing in this debut thriller is evocative and, simply put, gorgeous. Jaff does an amazing job at conveying all five senses at every moment.... The lush language and intricately fleshed-out characters make this a series—and author — to watch." — RT Book Reviews
"One of the most unique and amazing books I have ever had the pleasure of reading.... Simultaneously beautiful and terrifying." — Fresh Fiction
"One of the summer's most compelling reads." — DuJour
"The excitement (and there's plenty of it) comes from the serial killer's creepy, second-person accounts of his moves and from watching the cat-and-mouse game with Katherine.... Frightening." — Booklist
"Set against the backdrop of a New York City on high alert for a serial killer murdering young, single women, Sophie Jaff's gothic romance novel...will have you on the edge of your seat." — PopSugar.com
"An impressive debut....[Jaff] hooks the reader with her captivating writing style." — Diabolique Magazine
"It's been awhile since a book made me scared, like REALLY scared.... An enthralling and chilling start to a new trilogy which will have readers at the edge of their seat! [A] stellar debut." — Short & Sweet Reviews
"This is a very creepy book...[that] makes for a shudder worthy read, with the supernatural aspects only heightening the building sense of dread. Keep an eye on Sophie Jaff, and read this one with the lights on." — MyBookishWays.com
"Jaff builds a tale of fear and romance.... Her interplay between the protagonists keeps you guessing.... The narrative of the killer as he...
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A serial killer and the woman he covets play an elaborate game of cat and mouse in this over-the-top thriller. Jaff's disappointing debut follows the exploits of freelance art critic Katherine Emerson. It's summer in New York, and a serial killer a la Son of Sam is terrorizing the city. Known as the Sickle Man for the intricate wound patterns he leaves in his victims-all female, all found bound in their apartments-the killer has everyone on edge. Katherine narrates her story in the first person, and in alternating chapters overflowing with meaningless metaphors-"addiction is metallic," "pure relief is the color of a ripe peach"-the killer tells his own story in second person, an overused technique that's notoriously difficult to pull off (Jaff does not succeed). Though Sickle Man is focused entirely on Katherine, her attention is split between two new men in her life, who happen to be best friends: sweet lawyer David and bad boy tech CEO Sael. Even an inattentive reader will make the connection between the pair and the killer on the loose. Also woven throughout are excerpts from a medieval manuscript that Katherine and David saw on their first date and that supposedly correlates to the story; in reality, it's merely distracting. Jaff brings nothing new to the table, trotting out well-worn cliches and plugging in cookie-cutter characters. Katherine-and the police investigating the Sickle Man murders-could have saved time and solved the case much faster by consulting any number of stronger examples in the serial-killer subgenre.
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Katherine Emerson was born to fulfill a dark prophecy centuries in the making, but she doesn't know it yet. However, one man does: a killer stalking the women of New York City, a monster the media dubs the "Sickle Man" because of the weapon he uses to turn his victims' bodies into canvases for his twisted art. People think he's the next Son of Sam, but we know how he thinks and how he feels . . . and discover that he is driven by darker, much more dangerous desires than we can bear to imagine. He takes more than just his victims' lives, and each death brings him closer to the one woman he must possess at any cost.
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