#bat eater

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Bat Eater and Other Names for Cora Zeng by Kylie Lee Baker

Book 43 of 2026

[ishmaels]

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[obsidiansoul999]

[eggcatsreads]

𝘖𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘩 𝘥𝘢𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘩 𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘩, 𝘢 𝘥𝘰𝘰𝘳 𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘴.

Gory. Terrifying. Haunting.

𝑩𝒂𝒕 𝑬𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒓 by Kylie Lee Baker is a horror novel that will yank you in from the first page and won’t let up until you’re gasping for air by the end.

Taking place in New York during the height of the Covid-19 lockdowns with a focus on the rising anti-Asian racism - our main character Cora soon realizes that the supernatural might not be the biggest danger she faces.

A juggernaut into the horror genre, I truly believe this book is best gone into almost entirely blind to allow the story to drag you on the journey.

Releasing April 29 in the US, pictured is my Illumicrate Evernight edition!

I was originally given a copy of this novel as a digital ARC - thank you, Netgalley and Harlequin Trade Publishing!

[Also posted to my Instagram]

[drowninginabactatank]

Bat Eater and Other Names for Cora Zeng by Kylie Lee Baker 🦇

This glorious book is the Evernight/Illumicrate edition with features – signed by the author, exclusive redesigned cover (artwork by rovinacai; design by perrycuffdesigns), reverse dust jacket featuring UK trade cover with exclusive colour variant, full colour printing and foil on the hardback (by alicecaoillustration), digitally printed edges (by rovinacai), illustrated endpapers (by gracezhuart, different front and back).

[readinginmars]

"You get a sense for it in games when things aren't going your way, when it's better to just start over. But this is my only life and I'm losing already, and I don't know how to make it stop."

Bat Eater - Kylie Lee Baker

[tomesandtash]

Bat Eater by Kylie Lee Baker

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Bat Eater follows Cora, a Chinese-American woman, living in New York at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. Her sister, Delilah, has been her only friend and protector all her life and Cora has always lived in her shadow. Until one night, when waiting for the subway, Delilah is brutally shoved in front of an oncoming train, for seemingly no reason expect the two words the murderer said, “bat eater”. Months later, and working as in crime scene cleanup, she finds herself haunted not only by the string of Asian American women being murdered but by the ghosts of her past.

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This book was brilliant and I can barely do it justice with the description I gave because there are so many layers to this story. It’s an odd, but enjoyable, mix of crime thriller, supernatural, and body horror and it works incredible well.

I found the first few chapters slow to start but once I was in, I was in (though this could also be because of the chronic reading slump I’m in atm). It’s a darkly comic story with layers of social commentary and intricate storytelling.

Cora is a character who really grows with you and grows throughout the story, and by the end, I didn’t want to leave her. The side characters are fun, unique and well written.

Bat Eater is funny, horrific, and frightening and I think this book is gonna be huge this year! Pick it up as soon as you can!

❔Have you read any books set during the pandemic?

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