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SHORTLISTED FOR THE NERO AWARD 2026

Readers are falling hard for Cursed Daughters…

‘ABSOLUTELY RIVETING!!’
‘Will hook you from start to finish… I read in two days!’
‘Oh my gosh this book is so good!”
‘I cannot express how much I adored this book – like truly, madly, deeply adored it’

No man will call your house his home. And if they try, they will not have peace… So goes the family curse, handed down from generation to generation, ruining families and breaking hearts as it goes. And now it’s calm, rational Eniiyi’s turn – who, due to her uncanny resemblance to her dead aunt, Monife, and her family’s insistence that she must be a reincarnation, has long been used to some strange familial beliefs.

Still, when she falls in love with the handsome boy she saves from drowning, she can no longer run from her family’s history. Is she destined to live out the habitual story of love and heartbreak, or can she escape the family curse and the mysterious fate that befell her aunt?

‘A haunting, twisty tale of curses and romance’ Ayobami Adebayo
‘A sweeping love story… I lost myself within its gorgeous pages’ Jennie Godfrey
‘Funny and fearless, soaked in secrets, spirit, heartbreak, and love… Impossible to put down’ Abi Dare

Publisher Review

A literary sensation * Guardian on My Sister, the Serial Killer * Sharp, explosive, hilarious * New York Times, My Sister, the Serial Killer * Glittering and funny * Financial Times, My Sister, the Serial Killer * Fiendishly talented * The Times, My Sister, the Serial Killer * I devoured Cursed Daughters and immediately wanted to start all over again. It’s a triumph: bold, searing, and utterly original. From the first page, it grips with an electric pulse. Funny and fearless, soaked in secrets, spirit, heartbreak, and love, it’s told in a voice as scalding as it is tender. I won’t soon forget Eniiyi, Grandma East, Grandma West, Ebun, and Monife-daring and luminous, as lost as she is unforgettable-the one who carved herself deepest into memory. This is a taut, feverish novel that burns itself into you. Impossible to put down.’ * Abi Dare, author of the bestselling The Girl with the Louding Voice *