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