Amazing ... I absolutely love the form, which breathes new life into a familiar story making it both more elegant and more brutal. I read it in one sitting, completely swept up in Ana’s fragmented narrative
EMMA HEALEY Excellent ... An eviscerating account of modern marriage
INDEPENDENT.CO.UK
Sex, work and motherhood all come under the microscope in this vivid portrait of the agony of being "the other woman"
DAILY MAIL
This lyrical account of an adulterous affair and its brutal aftermath is all the more effective and affecting for the spare, sparse style and I expect it to win as many awards as Sarah Crossan’s YA fiction has done
RED
I absolutely gobbled it up: dark, riveting, powerful ... Delivers on a whole new level
ELIZABETH DAY A stunner
Good Housekeeping
Raw, emotional and wistful
Woman & Home
I read this stunning book standing up in two hours. An eviscerating take on marriage and adultery
ERIN KELLY A beautifully crafted sucker punch of a read. Sarah Crossan has always had an exquisite way with words and in this she uses poetic prose to craft an honest and oftentimes gritty exploration of two intertwined marriages, slowly unravelling. Painfully believable, passionate and occasionally heartbreaking, Here is the Beehive provides further proof that Sarah Crossan is an infinitely gifted writer. We're lucky to have her
JAN CARSON A searing portrait of addictive love and grief and the devastation human beings can wreak on each other ... It is an addictive read, painful, unsettling, full of uncomfortable truths, yet the work itself resounds with its own unique bleak beauty
LISA HARDING Devastatingly honest, heartbreaking and tender ... This is the most extraordinary novel I have read in years in form, ambition and scope - an incredible achievement and an instant classic. I will read it again and again
JANE CASEY Here is the Beehive is an unflinching take on the destructive power of obsessive love. It is also a highly original study of the grief that dare not speak its name – the grief of the other woman
CHRISTINE DWYER HICKEY I couldn't put it down. I just loved it. The prose is clean yet rich, her dialogue ear-perfect
LOUISE KENNEDY How does she get so much emotion into so few words? Sarah Crossan is a miracle worker ... Utterly meaningful, original and accomplished
SINEAD CROWLEY PRAISE FOR SARAH CROSSAN: ‘One of our most original writers. Sarah has almost created an entirely new form of writing in her novels that is hers and hers alone
JOHN BOYNE Compelling and beautifully wrought
SUNDAY TIMES
The princess of pacing … Crossan always finds humour and humanity in the darkness; it’s impossible not to read it in a single gulp
THE TIMES
Truly remarkable
IRISH TIMES
There are familiar flavours and notes and moments of powerful sweetness, but she complicates them with such power and subtlety, in a way that doesn't alienate the reader. The tang of fire is in there, always, leaving a unique aftertaste. You wouldn't mistake it for any other writer, and you won't soon forget it
DEIRDRE SULLIVAN Utterly sublime
CECELIA AHERN