A review by crystal_staley
Queen of Teeth by Hailey Piper

challenging dark emotional mysterious

5.0

No one is writing horror like Hailey Piper! Queen of Teeth is another example of Piper’s unique and layered storytelling. We follow Yaya, someone who was affected by a virus and is closely watched throughout her life by a big pharmaceutical company. One morning she wakes to find a little something different about herself. This discovery turns into a manhunt, turns into a…well how do you even explain the tentacles! Theres a sensuality to the horror that I absolutely love. There is also commentary here on body autonomy, but also feelings of not being comfortable in your own body and how that can affect you. And let’s not forget the power that big pharma can have over our lives, (and the, oftentimes, lack of responsibility they take for the destruction of people’s lives.)  I thought this was such a wonderfully weird and heartfelt story. I am continuously blown away by Piper’s writing!