Reviews
Praise for Dreamland:
“This is Olivie Blake at the height of her power, doing cartwheels on the high wire. Dreamland is a sweat-slick Hollywood fable about fame, fortune, and the sins we’d commit for either. A gory, gothic masterpiece.”—Alix E Harrow, New York Times bestselling author of Starling House
“Thrilling and subversive. Dreamland is a deft and deeply unsettling examination of power, ambition, and the brutal work of making dreams reality. I loved this one.”—Alexis Henderson, author of An Academy for Liars
“Dreamland is an intoxicating, Hollywood gothic that washes over you like a sweeping Pacific sunset. Haunting, revelatory, and directly tapped into a beauty that only great art can reach. Olivie Blake is a master of weaving something deeply personal from the cosmically grand.”—Chuck Tingle, USA Today bestselling author of Lucky Day
“Deceptively charming, Dreamland hides sharp secrets in its Hollywood smiles. Olivie Blake paints a sweeping portrait of L.A. that steadily bleeds the longer you look.”—Hailey Piper, author of A Game in Yellow
“Dreamland is not a book so much as an experience. Blake peels the American dream open like a rotten orange, and the result is thrilling, gothic at its most tormented with Blake’s trademark dark humour. Now leave me, I must go plunge into holy water.”—Brigitte Knightley, New York Times bestselling author of The Irresistible Urge to Fall for Your Enemy
“From its setting (summertime LA) to its heroine (a genre-savvy gen-z aspiring actress), Dreamland is a gothic novel for the modern age.”—Johanna van Veen, author of Blood on Her Tongue
“A dizzying and atmospheric fever dream of a novel. I didn’t want it to end!”—Monika Kim, award-winning author of The Eyes Are the Best Part
Praise for Girl Dinner:
“A book that whets your appetite before devouring you whole. Girl Dinner is cunning, charged, and just as you’re comfortable—a profound shock. Perfect for the era we live in.” —Chloe Gong, New York Times bestselling author of Immortal Longings
“A brilliant head trip of a book, Olivie Blake constantly comes at timely topics from new and interesting angles. I can’t wait to see what she does next!”—Katee Robert, New York Times bestselling author of Neon Gods
“Whip sharp, nuanced, and highly propulsive. I will be thinking about Girl Dinner for a long time.”—Hildur Knútsdóttir, author of The Night Guest
“Girl Dinner is a crackling, tense journey between the ravenous teeth of feminine rage and sorority power struggles. Overflowing with creeping dread. I devoured it and loved every second.”—Chuck Tingle, USA Today bestselling author of Bury Your Gays
“At once hilarious, scathing, insightful, and heartbreaking—I devoured Girl Dinner! Olivie Blake never pulls any punches, defies genre boundaries, and this book cements her as one of the most unique voices writing at the moment. I live for her commentary on motherhood, relationships, and above all, academia. This book is the fever dream I never knew I needed, and I’m going to recommend it to everyone I meet!”—Ali Hazelwood, New York Times bestselling author of The Love Hypothesis
“A female-fueled tumbleweed of bloodthirsty seduction. A decadent dive into the dark depths of ambition and toxic relationships. Deliciously addictive.”—A. R. Torre, New York Times bestselling author of The Good Lie
“As always, Blake eats! Girl Dinner is truly brilliant—a precise and ruthless novel about the impossibility of being a woman and a mother, it also answers the question of what it takes to win when you start from a losing position. I savored every morsel of this wickedly fun and deeply satisfying interrogation of sisterhood, sorority life, and the true cost of success.”—Ling Ling Huang, author of Natural Beauty and Immaculate Conception
“An exploration of the many hungers of the female heart and the pain behind the drive to be everything to everyone, Girl Dinner shaves pearls into teeth and bites deep. As a woman, as a mother, as a wife, as an artist—I felt this story in my bones.”—Delilah S. Dawson, New York Times bestselling author of The Violence
