The Dark Within Us

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