The Dark Within Us

Author: Popplewell, Jess

Interest age: from c 14 years

Published on 1 August 2024 by Chicken House Ltd in the United Kingdom.

Paperback | 384 pages
199 x 131 x 23 | 260g

The Dark Within Us brings an inventive, funny

and quirky reimagining of a modern version of hell.

Jenny's felt broken for a long time. 

Luc has his own issues - you would too if your family ruled Hell. 

When they meet at a party, sparks fly. She sees a handsome devil.

He sees a lost soul. 

Both sense trouble. 

But it will take a journey to the very depths of the underworld

to bring a girl and a demon together . . . 

The stunning debut novel from the Times/Chicken

House Children’s Competition 2022 Chairman’s Choice

Prize winner, Jess Popplewell.

Draws on the author’s own experience of homelessness,

making this a powerful authentic story.

Dante’s Inferno meets Euphoria

in this fresh contemporary YA.

PRAISE FOR THE DARK WITHIN US:

‘a thrilling, occasionally frightening, romantasy

… a talent to watch.’ THE BOOKSELLER

‘the perfect mix of danger, desperation, adventure,

heartbreak and remake.' AMIE JORDAN, AUTHOR OF ALL

THE HIDDEN MONSTERS