Bookstagram & Creative Tour Sign Ups: Beautiful Brutal Bodies by Linda Cheng [ ** NOW CLOSED ** ]

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We are thrilled to announce that we are organizing a Bookstagram & Creative Tour for Beautiful Brutal Bodies by Linda Cheng! This tour will run from October 20th – October 29th, 2025 with a total of 10 stops.
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Full of skin-crawling folk horror and sapphic romance, this feral fairytale and standalone follow-up to GORGEOUS GRUESOME FACES follows a reclusive songstress with a deadly power and her bodyguard with a beastly secret who must unravel their connection to a cursed island before it claims them both as its final sacrifice.

Beautiful Brutal Bodies is a YA Horror Romance to be published on November 4th, 2025 from Roaring Brook Press/Macmillan.

Add it to your TBR if you love:
🌿 East Asian folk horror meets dark fairy tales
🦷 Monster bodyguard
🌿 Something Is In the Woods
🦷 Hungry mothers and daughters
🌿 Midsommar x Revolutionary Girl Utena x Junji Ito’s Uzumaki
🦷 Harold, they’re lesbians
🌿 Princess x knight

Check out the first book in the series:
(A standalone set in the same world!)


Make sure you read the full synopsis of Beautiful Brutal Bodies below & sign up if you are interested. We cannot wait to tour this terrifyingly gorgeous book with you! 🤎🍃

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Tour Details:
– We are looking for 10 Bookstagrammers to feature/review the book in their feeds + to share a second bookish post such as a Booktok or Book Reel Post. (BookTok-only accounts are also welcome to apply!)
– Hosts will receive a hardcover copy of Beautiful Brutal Bodies to read & review for the tour.
– As always, it is open internationally.

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Here’s more about the book:

Beautiful Brutal Bodies by Linda Cheng
Series: Gorgeous Gruesome Faces #2
Published by Roaring Brook Press on November 4, 2025
Genres: YA Horror Romance
Format: Audiobook, eBook, Paperback
Buy on Amazon | Barnes & Noble | Bookshop | Blackwell's
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Full of skin-crawling folk horror and sapphic romance, this feral fairytale and standalone follow-up to GORGEOUS GRUESOME FACES follows a reclusive songstress and her bodyguard who must unravel the occult mysteries of their past to escape from a cursed island.

Tian
is a singer-songwriter with a massive online following, known for her hypnotic vocals and ethereal looks. But behind the glamorous façade is a disturbing reality: raised in an isolated mansion, Tian is a prisoner in her own life.

Liya
is Tian’s childhood friend and her only close companion, tasked with protecting Tian at all costs. But hidden beneath Liya’s beautiful human exterior is a beastly secret: her teeth are far too sharp, and her appetite much too ferocious.

When several fans mysteriously suffer fatal injuries while watching her livestream, Tian, along with Liya, are sent to a spiritual healing retreat on a remote island in the South China Seas. They are joined by Tian's musical collaborator Shenyu, a troubled idol whose recent brush with the law and string of bad boyfriends has him seeking his own new start. But the trio soon discovers that the island is no peaceful getaway. There is constant surveillance, bizzare rituals, and something terrifying lurking in the forest. Something not quite human.

In order to escape with her loved ones, Tian must uncover her connection to the island’s blood-drenched legend -- and the truth behind Liya’s monstrous identity -- before the island claims them all as its final sacrifice.

Content Warning: Suicide, violence, gore, body horror, mutilation.

**** SIGN UP FORM NOW CLOSED ****

***Please remember that signing up does not guarantee you a spot in the tour since copies are very limited but we always consider small and big bookstagram accounts (must always feature books!) that are creative & LOVE to engage with the community. Hosts selected will receive a confirmation email after we close sign ups.

Huge thanks for signing up!!! To sign up as a host and never miss tour opportunities, click HERE.***