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One of the Best Books of 2022
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"A one-of-a-kind queer horror comedy for people who watch The Bachelor and The X-Files back-to-back." ―Kirkus Reviews
On this season of The Catch, contestants must compete for love. And their lives.
When the final four women in competition for an aloof, somewhat sleazy bachelor's heart arrive on a mysterious island in the Pacific Northwest, they prepare themselves for another week of extreme sleep deprivation, invasive interviews, and, of course, the salacious drama eager viewers nationwide tune in to devour. Each woman came on The Catch for her own reasons―brand sponsorships, followers, and, yes, even love―and they've all got their eyes steadfastly trained on their respective prizes.
Enter Patricia, a temperamental and woefully misunderstood local living alone in the dark, verdant woods, and desperate for connection. Through twists as unexpected as they are wildly entertaining, the self-absorbed cast and jaded crew each make her acquaintance atop the island's tallest and most desolate peak, finding themselves at the center of an action-packed thriller that is far from scripted―and only a few will make the final cut.
A whirlwind romp careening toward a last-girl-standing conclusion, and a scathing indictment of contemporary American media culture, Patricia Wants to Cuddle is also a love story: between star-crossed lesbians who rise above their intolerant town, a deeply ambivalent woman and her budding self-actualization, and a group of misfit islanders forging community against all odds. One of the Best Books of 2022
NPR • Them • Lit Hub • CrimeReads • Book Riot • Chicago Review of Books
"Well, I guess Bigfoot-Lesbian-RomCom-Mystery-Horror is my new favorite genre! So much fun!" ―Lilly Wachowski, showrunner on Work in Progress and co-creator of The Matrix and Sense8
"Samantha Allen's Patricia Wants to Cuddle is just as wonderful as it is weird. It's a queer romp with a bombshell of an ending, horrifying and delightful, a real page-turner. It's truly a book that made me laugh out loud. I loved every minute of it." ―Kristen Arnett, New York Timesbestselling author of Mostly Dead Things
"To die for. Samantha Allen has filled each page with unadulterated, unbridled, unhinged genius." ―Jacob Tobia, bestselling author of Sissy: A Coming-of-Gender Story and voice of Double Trouble on She-Ra and the Princesses of Power
"Who knew a queer Sasquatchian horror comedy could pack so much emotion! As fun as it is weird, which is just plain delightful." ―Michael Kennedy, Freaky screenwriter
"Patricia Wants to Cuddle by Samantha Allen is this incredible, hysterical, quirky thriller of a novel that weirdly gets a whole lot of things right about behind-the-scenes reality TV." ―Connor Brennan, contestant on The Bachelorette Season 17 and Bachelor in Paradise Season 7
"In her debut novel, Patricia Wants to Cuddle, Allen combines the two genres to great effect, deftly striking a balance between satire and social commentary, nuanced character studies, the vapid nature of reality TV, horror, and just the right amount and type of humor to bring it all together . . . It's a wonderful queer story." ―Sarah Neilson, Shondaland
"A hilarious sendup of and love letter to The Bachelor franchise." ―Ilana Masad, NPR
"What makes a novel like Patricia so vital is that it reminds us just how fun literature can/should be, in this case with all the hallmarks of a 'beach read,' that double-edged recommendation. And yet the sentences in Patricia are supple and smart throughout, the characters deep, human, growing more complicated as our views into their interior lives and histories expand across the novel." ―Ryan McIlvain, Los Angeles Review of Books
"Sometimes I come across a book that feels like it was written just for me . . . Allen maste
NPR • Them • LitHub • CrimeReads • Book Riot • Chicago Review of Books
"A one-of-a-kind queer horror comedy for people who watch The Bachelor and The X-Files back-to-back." ―Kirkus Reviews
On this season of The Catch, contestants must compete for love. And their lives.
When the final four women in competition for an aloof, somewhat sleazy bachelor's heart arrive on a mysterious island in the Pacific Northwest, they prepare themselves for another week of extreme sleep deprivation, invasive interviews, and, of course, the salacious drama eager viewers nationwide tune in to devour. Each woman came on The Catch for her own reasons―brand sponsorships, followers, and, yes, even love―and they've all got their eyes steadfastly trained on their respective prizes.
Enter Patricia, a temperamental and woefully misunderstood local living alone in the dark, verdant woods, and desperate for connection. Through twists as unexpected as they are wildly entertaining, the self-absorbed cast and jaded crew each make her acquaintance atop the island's tallest and most desolate peak, finding themselves at the center of an action-packed thriller that is far from scripted―and only a few will make the final cut.
A whirlwind romp careening toward a last-girl-standing conclusion, and a scathing indictment of contemporary American media culture, Patricia Wants to Cuddle is also a love story: between star-crossed lesbians who rise above their intolerant town, a deeply ambivalent woman and her budding self-actualization, and a group of misfit islanders forging community against all odds. One of the Best Books of 2022
NPR • Them • Lit Hub • CrimeReads • Book Riot • Chicago Review of Books
"Well, I guess Bigfoot-Lesbian-RomCom-Mystery-Horror is my new favorite genre! So much fun!" ―Lilly Wachowski, showrunner on Work in Progress and co-creator of The Matrix and Sense8
"Samantha Allen's Patricia Wants to Cuddle is just as wonderful as it is weird. It's a queer romp with a bombshell of an ending, horrifying and delightful, a real page-turner. It's truly a book that made me laugh out loud. I loved every minute of it." ―Kristen Arnett, New York Timesbestselling author of Mostly Dead Things
"To die for. Samantha Allen has filled each page with unadulterated, unbridled, unhinged genius." ―Jacob Tobia, bestselling author of Sissy: A Coming-of-Gender Story and voice of Double Trouble on She-Ra and the Princesses of Power
"Who knew a queer Sasquatchian horror comedy could pack so much emotion! As fun as it is weird, which is just plain delightful." ―Michael Kennedy, Freaky screenwriter
"Patricia Wants to Cuddle by Samantha Allen is this incredible, hysterical, quirky thriller of a novel that weirdly gets a whole lot of things right about behind-the-scenes reality TV." ―Connor Brennan, contestant on The Bachelorette Season 17 and Bachelor in Paradise Season 7
"In her debut novel, Patricia Wants to Cuddle, Allen combines the two genres to great effect, deftly striking a balance between satire and social commentary, nuanced character studies, the vapid nature of reality TV, horror, and just the right amount and type of humor to bring it all together . . . It's a wonderful queer story." ―Sarah Neilson, Shondaland
"A hilarious sendup of and love letter to The Bachelor franchise." ―Ilana Masad, NPR
"What makes a novel like Patricia so vital is that it reminds us just how fun literature can/should be, in this case with all the hallmarks of a 'beach read,' that double-edged recommendation. And yet the sentences in Patricia are supple and smart throughout, the characters deep, human, growing more complicated as our views into their interior lives and histories expand across the novel." ―Ryan McIlvain, Los Angeles Review of Books
"Sometimes I come across a book that feels like it was written just for me . . . Allen maste