Youthjuice

A dark, sardonic look at the beauty industry

My Year of Rest and Relaxation meets The Neon Demon - youthjuice is a nail-biting story of friendship, self-esteem, and transgression. It asks how far you'll go, and what you'll sacrifice, to get what you want

Lena Dunham's Girls meets Gwyneth Paltrow's Goop meets Mona Awad's Bunny meets . . . Elizabeth Báthory. youthjuice is a darkly comedic cautionary tale, oozing with voice.

Staggeringly brilliant and bitingly honest, youthjuice is as beautiful as it is brutal, dancing between razor-sharp commentary on beauty culture and the visceral pain of existing as a girl in this world. The sublime prose will have you gasping in awe while the terrifying twists will keep you squirming and feverishly turning the pages. E.K. Sathue skillfully peels back the pretty pink veneer of youth, friendship, and beauty to insecurity, betrayal, and violence. This novel is a blood-smeared mirror. What truth will it reflect back to you?

youthjuice is a shocking dive into the depths of what we will do to stay young and beautiful. It's brutal, funny, poignant, and one of the most entertaining books I've read in ages. E.K. Sathue's prose is devastatingly elegant. A must-read, but you may question your beauty habits after!

outh and beauty have never seemed at once so desirable and repulsive. This book sickened me in the very best way. I don't know if I want to go run to get Botox or swear off beauty products forever, but either way youthjuice got under my (ever-aging!) skin and might stay there for a very long time

Sumptuous and f*cked up, youthjuice explores our obsession with anti-aging through luxuriously icky body horror

If The Picture of Dorian Gray were set at a contemporary Goop-esque 'wellness and lifestyle' brand, it might read something like Sathue's satirical, gory, and delectable debut . . . It's a certifiable page-turner

A stomach-turning work of corporate horror with a sharp focus on satirizing the beauty industry and its influencers.

Happily standing up to NYC, beauty culture and ageing, [youthjuice] is going to resonate

'An astute exploration of modern girlhood which centres on the power of aesthetics, and the creation of self through cosmetics. Capturing a uniquely feminine experience, in the Youthjuice world aging is horror, beauty is power, and perfection is the holy grail. Sathue accurately captures the claustrophobic, building anxiety that women are encouraged to feel towards aging- the fear of impending rot and decay. In this case the stakes are raised and the horror is terribly, terribly real.'