It Will Only Hurt for a Moment

A Novel

De: Delilah S. Dawson

Narrado por: Carlotta Brentan

In this highly atmospheric thriller from the Bram Stoker Award–nominated author of The Violence, a young woman hopes to reinvent herself at an isolated artists’ colony . . . only to be drawn into its dark, twisted past.

“Filled to the brim with righteous fury and fright that cannot be quelled, this novel solidifies Dawson as an unstoppable force.”—Clay McLeod Chapman, author of What Kind of Mother and Ghost Eaters

Sarah Carpenter is starting over.

She’s on the run—leaving behind her unsupportive, narcissistic ex-boyfriend and alcoholic, abusive mother—and headed for a new beginning at Tranquil Falls, a secluded artists’ colony on the grounds of a closed hotel. There, with no cell signal or internet to distract her, she hopes to rediscover her love for pottery and put the broken pieces of her life back together.

But when Sarah uncovers the body of a young woman while digging a hole for a pit kiln, things start to fall apart. Her fellow artists begin to act in troubling ways. The eccentric fiber artist knits an endless scarf. The musician plays the same carousel song over and over until his fingers bleed. The calligrapher grins with ink-stained teeth. Not to mention the haunting dreams Sarah has night after night.

When she discovers glass shards in her clay, Sarah wonders if someone is out to get her—or if she’s losing her grip on reality out here in the wilds, where the pounding of the waterfall never, ever fades. As she investigates the beautiful valley and the crumbling resort looming over them all, she unearths a chilling past that refuses to remain buried . . .

©2024 Delilah S. Dawson (P)2024 Random House Audio

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“Steadily mounting mysteries and disturbing revelations at an art commune in this story about a woman’s liberation from an abusive relationship make this another must-read in Dawson’s growing canon of work.”—Chuck Wendig, New York Times bestselling author of Black River Orchard

"If Delilah S. Dawson writes it, I will read it. My bones were chilled, my blood boiled, and all my feral feminine energy ignited into flame! It Will Only Hurt for a Moment is Gothicly delicious!”—Sadie Hartmann, Bram Stoker Award–winning author of 101 Horror Books to Read Before You’re Murdered

“Nothing illustrates how all present art is molded from our past so well as Dawson’s latest. We see how creativity can be transformative and liberating, and how the ghosts that haunt us can still serve us too.”—Kevin Hearne, New York Times bestselling author of The Iron Druid Chronicles

an elegantly twisted story

this book was very well performed, and incredibly well-written. It is haunting and manipulative and terrifying and satisfying and really really worth reading. The imagery has really stuck with me, and I am definitely going to read it again, probably in print and very slowly this time.

Engaging and healing

Delilah has a beautiful writing style that always draws me right in. Her descriptions are so real and even in the deepest depths there is always hope.

It’s for Justice

I enjoy most of the Dawson’s stories. This one didn’t vibe with me like most of her horror/thrillers do.

The FMC gets her justice in the end. There is an interesting element of possession that shines though and I wish more had been done with that.

not her best

all around pretty terrible. would refund if I could. be sure to check content warnings.