Reviews
"With a gloriously creepy atmosphere, unreliable narrators on every page, and a story that will hurt in the best way possible, this is absolutely Gailey at their finest." -- Katee Robert, New York Times bestselling author of the Dark Olympus series
"Emotionally arresting, deliciously provocative, impossible to predict, MAKE ME BETTER is a singular novel by a singular artist. I loved it. Sarah Gailey--your mind!" -- Courtney Summers, New York Times bestselling author of Sadie
"Make Me Better is a hypnotic tide pool of a novel, a habitat of horror teeming with all types of taxonomies of folkish frights. It is a dizzying display of unwell wellness, encrusted in the brine of belief systems unfamiliar and curdled, that sucks you right in and never lets you up for air." -- Clay McLeod Chapman, author of Wake Up and Open Your Eyes
"Gailey does impressive work .....Readers are sure to be unsettled."— Publishers Weekly
"...A crash course in how people can be manipulated by promises of purpose and belonging. 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."— Library Journal, starred review
"Gailey is a chameleonic master of their trade...Make Me Better is weird in all the best ways. Go get lost in it. And put your feet in the water." — Locus
"Devastatingly compelling, with emotional and eerie images that will last long after the final page."—Booklist Starred review
"Spanning 16 years and incorporating multiple perspectives and flashbacks, Sarah Gailey’s twist-filled cult story is a thrilling ride." -- Bookpage
"The most honest and unflinching depictions of a cult I’ve ever read in fiction. The result is a work of stunning verisimilitude, and since it’s a horror novel, that means we don’t just witness the dread, but embody it." -- Book Riot
"Rewards with a multifaceted portrait of a community that's anything but well." -- Book Reporter
Praise for Sarah Gailey
“Gailey is one of those rare writers who jumps from genre to genre with virtuosic ease.” —Emily C. Hughes, Vulture
“Sarah Gailey knows how to build the heck out of a world. Cooked right, science fiction and murder mysteries taste great together, and Gailey layers those ingredients together with a chef's kiss.” –NPR
"Sarah Gailey has adroitly woven suspense into science fiction and fantasy... I love a thriller that engages with the current true-crime craze, especially when it calls out us readers for our morbid fascination."—Paste, on Just Like Home
“Gailey’s Just Like Home represents … the ultimate kindness of horror, where we’re often allowed a chance to see outcasts find love and acceptance amidst the blood and viscera.”
―CrimeReads
“The Echo Wife puts a fresh sci-fi twist to a well-worn dramatic story about the cheating husband.”—Cosmopolitan
“Sarah Gailey’s The Echo Wife is a creepily personal rendition of what happens when a man in your life wishes you were a doll instead….It’s gross, and totally engrossing.” —Wired
Fans of Big Little Lies, The Island, Frankenstein and Killing Eve will love this gripping, skillfully told firecracker of a book.-- Bookpage on The Echo Wife
"For those familiar with Gailey's work, expect this one to offer familiar pleasures and some new surprises. And for those who aren't, well, get ready." —Entertainment Weekly, on The Echo Wife
“Gailey has done it again, creating an utterly unique sci-fi thriller. Equal parts unsettling and unputdownable, readers will cringe as they tear through this eerie tale, unable to look away from the ethical monstrosity that is The Echo Wife.” –The Nerd Daily
“Somehow [Spread Me] is both terrifying and tantalizing... the true gift here, though, is Gailey's character work—[these fully-realized individuals] truly feel alive.”—Chuck Wendig, New York Times bestselling author of Wanderers