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City of Beasts by Corrie WangISBN: 1368026621
Published by Freeform on September 17, 2026
Genres: Dystopian, Science Fiction, Young Adult
Pages: 384
Format: eARC
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CITY OF BEASTS
About the Book:
Title: CITY OF BEASTS
Author: Corrie Wang
Pub. Date: September 17, 2026
Publisher: Freeform
Formats: Hardcover, eBook
Pages: 384
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“If you see a beast, and you have the shot, don’t hesitate. Kill it.”
For seventeen years, fees have lived separate from beasts. The division of the sexes has kept their world peaceful. Glori Rhodes is like most other fees her age. She adores her neighborhood’s abandoned Costco, can bench her body weight, and she knew twenty-seven beast counter attack moves by the time she was seven. She has never questioned the separation of the sexes or the rules that keep her post-nuclear hometown safe. But when her mother secretly gives birth to a baby beast, Glori grows to love the child and can’t help wondering: What really is the difference between us and them?
When her brother, at the age of five, is snatched in a vicious raid, Glori and her best friend, Su, do the unthinkable - covertly infiltrate the City of Beasts to get him back. What’s meant to be a smash-and-grab job quickly becomes the adventure of a lifetime as the fees team up with a fast-talking, T-shirt cannon wielding beast named Sway, and Glori starts to see that there’s more to males, and her own history, than she’s been taught. Glori, Sway, and a motley cohort of friends will go to the ends of the earth to find her little brother. And maybe save their divided world while they’re at it.
About Corrie:
Corrie Wang is passionate about libraries, recycling, and eating all the food, everywhere. Corrie grew up in Buffalo but spent her formative years in Brooklyn, where one of her last paying gigs was managing a three-story nightclub on the Lower East Side.
Writing to fix things that make her angry and explore things that frighten her, Corrie’s novels are about girls unapologetically conquering scenarios they should have little control over. Tired of seeing women and girls lose in this culture - spoiler - they never do in her stories.
Her debut novel, The Takedown was chosen as one of the best books of 2017 by the New York Public Library and a 2018 YALSA selection for Best Fiction for Young Adults. City of Beasts is her second novel.
Seeing, as Corrie wrote an entire novel about the freakiness and perils of socializing too much on the internets her existence there is haphazard at best. Now, more than ever, she feels it is time for everyone to look up. (Also stand up, step up, and eat up.
Woot!) That being said, you may follow her poor photography skillz on INSTAGRAM.
AND P.S. Wang rhymes with ‘song’ y’all.
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REVIEW
In something that could be ripped out of the news today, a nuclear event and fallout kills the reproductive capabilities of humans. Women (fees - from the word female?) have started their own society absent of men. Glori is the last born of the fees and she knows how to defend herself from the beasts (men). But her family has a secret -her brother, Twofer is part beast and the story behind his birth is hidden but Glori would defend him to the ends of the earth. When Twofer is taken by the beast, Glori goes to rescue him.
She soon discovers that the beasts can be as bad as she has been taught but she soon finds that they aren’t as bad as she was led to believe. The worldbuilding really caught me off guard. I was thrown right into the story without much background but each chapter relieved it quickly. The dialogue is just outstanding and perfectly placed with the descriptions. This is perfect for fans of the Darkest Minds and Divergent. I loved this one since it is so fast-paced.
CITY OF BEASTS PRE-ORDER CAMPAIGN
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Each signed pre-order copy of City of Beats will come with:
- 1 set of 5 Battle Cards featuring different mercenaries
- A special paperclip necklace made by Mouse which makes you a part of the City of Beast family
- Entry to win 1 of 3 raffle prizes
- 1st prize is a Jackrabbit Filly t-shirt/patch/ $10 gift card
- 2nd prize $10 gift card to Jackrabbit Filly and t-shirt
- 3rd prize $10 gift card to Jackrabbit Filly
ANY PREORDERS FROM AN INDEPENDENT BOOKSTORE
Pre-order City of Beasts at your local indie and you will receive:
- A signed bookplate
- A set of 5 Battle Cards featuring different mercenaries
- A special paperclip necklace made by Mouse, making you part of the City of Beast family
PRE-ORDERS FROM ANYWHERE BOOKS ARE SOLD!
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Pre-order City of Beasts anywhere else books are sold you will receive:
- A signed bookplate
- 1 of 5 Battle Cards at random
Giveaway Details:
3 winners will receive finished copies of CITY OF BEASTS, US Only.
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Danielle Hammelef says
This book sounds so much fun to read. I’m excited to dive into this world.
Story sounds interesting. I’d like to see where she takes it.
City of Beasts sounds great! Thank you
Emily Heisler says
Cant wait to read
BookLady says
What a fascinating book! Great cover too.