Fledgling

Critical Praise

"An unflinching parable about race, identity, and science…a layered family saga that embraces the bloodthirsty basics of a vampire thriller."
—Entertainment Weekly

"Butler has created a new vampire paradigm...and given a tired genre a much-needed shot in the arm."
—Publishers Weekly (starred review)

"Vintage Butler: writing that takes our most troubling issues and plays them out on a dream stage."
—Los Angeles Times

"Book of the year…a harrowing meditation on dominance, sex, addiction, miscegenation, and race."
—Junot Diaz, The Observer

"A finely crafted character study, a parable about race and an exciting family saga. Exquisitely moving fiction."
—Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

"Cleverly constructed and carefully extrapolated...full of action and suspense...a compelling, tough-minded meditation on 'otherness.'"
—San Francisco Chronicle

"A unique vision of the modern vampire, and a kick-ass heroine to boot."
—Seattle Weekly

"FLEDGLING woos the reader with one of fiction's greatest enticements: the pleasure of a totally page-turning plot."
—San Francisco Bay Guardian

"A literary gem that is accessible to all readers."
—Black Issues Book Review

"Vivid and tense...laced with emotionally and erotically charged encounters...It's a fascinating read, uncomfortable, horrifying, and ugly at times, but always compelling."
—Detroit News