Wow. Dark, hypnotic and horrifying, with a central protagonist in Joan who demands your deepest empathy despite every transgression, it's brilliantly written and expertly done. I loved it

Harriet Tyce, bestselling author of Blood Orange and The Lies You Told

I don't think there is a writer alive who writes about the interior lives of women with the raw truth and intensity [Taddeo] does . . . Fearless, sexy, brutal and just forensically observed. She is extraordinary

Jojo Moyes

Scorching, unforgettable, stunningly beautiful, Animal blew my mind and has left me reeling

Clover Stroud

[An] audacious debut novel

Evening Standard

A brutal, no-holds-barred road-trip thriller

Daily Mail

Reeling. Stunned. It is ablaze with rage and beauty. You've captured all the rage every woman has been suppressing her entire life. Mary Gaitskill eat your heart out

Sam Baker