Grief Eater by Emma Osborne: Book Review

If you’re looking for a novella that packs a punch (or more appropriately, a bite) then Grief Eater might be exactly what you’re looking for. An unexpectedly wicked undead tale of Kristina, who finds her living world over, and her dead world consumed by the grief of her abusive family and the potential of what they might have really thought of her through their life.

Osbourne brings us to dystopian Naarm/Melbourne to explore the world of turned dead feeders who need to consume human flesh to revive themselves and continue ‘living’. Not only that, but Kristina is faced with the haunting decision to eat the ones she does care for, or let them escape without knowing their true intentions.

A very well written queer novella about identity, found family and a hell of a lot of blood, guts and flesh eating corpses. Not what I would usually pick up, but I had a great time.