Tender Beasts

Written by Liselle Sambury

Narrated by Kimberly Woods

After her private school is rocked by a gruesome murder, a teen tries to find the real killer and clear her brother’s name in this “creepily potent story of a family legacy that gives terrifying shape to monsters real and imagined” (Kirkus Reviews) perfect for fans of The Taking of Jake Livingston and Ace of Spades.

Sunny Behre has four siblings, but only one is a murderer.

With the death of Sunny’s mother, matriarch of the wealthy Behre family, Sunny’s once picture-perfect life is thrown into turmoil. Her mother had groomed her to be the family’s next leader, so Sunny is confused when the only instructions her mother leaves is a mysterious note: “Take care of Dom.”

The problem is, her youngest brother, Dom, has always been a near-stranger to Sunny…and seemingly a dangerous one, if found guilty of his second-degree murder charge. Still, Sunny is determined to fulfill her mother’s dying wish. But when a classmate is gruesomely murdered, and Sunny finds her brother with blood on his hands, her mother’s simple request becomes a lot more complicated. Dom swears he’s innocent, and although Sunny isn’t sure she believes him, she takes it upon herself to look into the murder—made all the more urgent by the discovery of another body. And another.

As Sunny and Dom work together to track down the culprit, Sunny realizes her other siblings have their own dark secrets. Soon she may have to choose: preserve the family she’s always loved or protect the brother she barely knows—and risk losing everything her mother worked so hard to build.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio
• Release date: Feb 27, 2024
• ISBN: 9781797171661

Liselle Sambury

Liselle Sambury is a Trinidadian Canadian author and Governor General’s Literary Awards Finalist. She has a love for stories with dark themes, complicated families, and edges of hope. In her free time, she shares helpful tips for upcoming writers and details of her publishing journey through a YouTube channel dedicated to demystifying the business of being an author.

Reviews for Tender Beasts

[Kandi Robinson · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

4.5 stars. I absolutely enjoy Liselle Sambury’s writing! Her novels may be YA but they’re full of adult choices. Her characters are often very relatable and we can always see ourselves in at least one or more characters.
None of the characters in this were perfect, they each have their own flaws. This book also is full of so much mystery, thrills, twists and turns.

[harielsousa.94 · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

Such a great book!!!! Liselle Samburry is an amazing writer!!!!

[Ruby · Rating: 2 out of 5 stars]

“2stars is kind of generous, but I didn’t completely hate it, so less than 2 didn’t seem fair.

…Idk. The ending kind of saved it, but I just really didn’t enjoy this. It was too long, for one, and very monotonous throughout a good chunk of the middle. Just past the halfway mark, I realized that I did not care at all who the murderer was. I didn’t like any of the characters, and I was extremely bored. This book was very boring. Its only saving grace is that it was a absolutely NOT predictable at all, and the ending twists were very creative. That saved it from being a complete dud for me. Still, I wasn’t entertained at all. Despite all of that, I do want to give the author a second chance. I can tell she’s a good writer. This one just wasn’t for me.

[Deaniqa · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Liselle Sambury has been one of my favorite writers in the last year, I love the stories she creates!!