There Is No Glitter Here: Gothic Horror and Transidentities in Hailey Piper’s All the Hearts You Eat
Trigger warnings for transphobia, deadnaming, unhealthy trauma responses, and cruel parental figures. The town of Cape Morning has its secrets, its rivalries, and its tragedies. The death of Cabrina Brite is one such tragedy. Found on the beach, either the victim of the tide or of her own hand, her death sends various town members on a journey that may bring about the end of the world. Ivory is the first person to come across the body when she goes out for her morning swim to Ghost Cat Island and she finds a note from Cabrina, but not, really, a suicide note. The lives of Ivory, Cabrina, and Cabrina’s best friends (Xi and Rex) will never be the same. Welcome to All the Hearts You Eat by Hailey Piper Photo nabbed from TheNerdDaily.com This novel swings in hard, reminding me heavily of the opening scenes of Twin Peaks. In fact, Cabrina Brite being compared to Laura Palmer becomes even more accurate as you continue in the story. You see how everyone in her life, inc...
