Jam lives in Lucille, a city free of monsters, but we don’t know where that city is, or when she’s living, or if it’s even in our world. It encapsulates many genres at once, while still being thoroughly modern.
Pet is both mystery and fantasy, but reads like a timeless fairy tale.
A Timeless Fairy Tale With A Timely Message To protect her best friend, Jam hunts the monster alongside Pet, uncovering a terrible truth that haunts her seemingly-perfect city. Jam’s parents tell her to send the creature back, but instead, she hides Pet. The gold-feathered being-who asks to be called Pet-has come to hunt a monster, one that lurks in the house of Redemption. When a drop of Jam’s blood lands on the painting, a creature emerges. One afternoon, Jam ventures into her mother’s studio to look at her latest painting, and accidentally cuts herself. They existed once, well before Jam and her best friend, Redemption, were born. In Lucille, monsters are a thing of the past. Jam must fight not only to protect her best friend, but also to uncover the truth, and the answer to the question -How do you save the world from monsters if no one will admit they exist?Acclaimed novelist Akwaeke Emezi makes their riveting and timely young adult debut with a book that asks difficult questions about what choices you can make when the society around you is in denial.76 “Pet” Is A Creature Born Of Paint And Blood Pet has come to hunt a monster, and the shadow of something grim lurks in Redemption's house. But when Jam meets Pet, a creature made of horns and colors and claws, who emerges from one of her mother's paintings and a drop of Jam's blood, she must reconsider what she's been told. Jam and her best friend, Redemption, have grown up with this lesson all their life. Are you brave enough to look?There are no monsters anymore, or so the children in the city of Lucille are taught. Pet is a nesting doll of creative possibilities." - The New York TimesThe highly-anticipated, genre-defying new novel by award-winning author Akwaeke Emezi that explores themes of identity and justice. STONEWALL BOOK AWARD WINNER" beautiful, genre-expanding debut.
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