It Will Only Hurt for a Moment

A Novel

De: Delilah S. Dawson

Narrado por: Carlotta Brentan

In this highly atmospheric thriller from the Bram Stoker Award–nominated author of The Violence, a young woman hopes to reinvent herself at an isolated artists’ colony . . . only to be drawn into its dark, twisted past.

“Filled to the brim with righteous fury and fright that cannot be quelled, this novel solidifies Dawson as an unstoppable force.”—Clay McLeod Chapman, author of What Kind of Mother and Ghost Eaters

Sarah Carpenter is starting over.

She’s on the run—leaving behind her unsupportive, narcissistic ex-boyfriend and alcoholic, abusive mother—and headed for a new beginning at Tranquil Falls, a secluded artists’ colony on the grounds of a closed hotel. There, with no cell signal or internet to distract her, she hopes to rediscover her love for pottery and put the broken pieces of her life back together.

But when Sarah uncovers the body of a young woman while digging a hole for a pit kiln, things start to fall apart. Her fellow artists begin to act in troubling ways. The eccentric fiber artist knits an endless scarf. The musician plays the same carousel song over and over until his fingers bleed. The calligrapher grins with ink-stained teeth. Not to mention the haunting dreams Sarah has night after night.

When she discovers glass shards in her clay, Sarah wonders if someone is out to get her—or if she’s losing her grip on reality out here in the wilds, where the pounding of the waterfall never, ever fades. As she investigates the beautiful valley and the crumbling resort looming over them all, she unearths a chilling past that refuses to remain buried . . .

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“Steadily mounting mysteries and disturbing revelations at an art commune in this story about a woman’s liberation from an abusive relationship make this another must-read in Dawson’s growing canon of work.”—Chuck Wendig, New York Times bestselling author of Black River Orchard

"If Delilah S. Dawson writes it, I will read it. My bones were chilled, my blood boiled, and all my feral feminine energy ignited into flame! It Will Only Hurt for a Moment is Gothicly delicious!”—Sadie Hartmann, Bram Stoker Award–winning author of 101 Horror Books to Read Before You’re Murdered

“Nothing illustrates how all present art is molded from our past so well as Dawson’s latest. We see how creativity can be transformative and liberating, and how the ghosts that haunt us can still serve us too.”—Kevin Hearne, New York Times bestselling author of The Iron Druid Chronicles

“It Will Only Hurt for a Moment is a gloriously creepy and atmospheric horror thriller that smashes the patriarchy from beyond the grave.”—Halley Sutton, USA Today bestselling author of The Hurricane Blonde

“No one does female rage quite like Delilah S. Dawson. It Will Only Hurt for a Moment is both a deft examination of creativity and a bone-chilling take on the asylum novel. It’s an absolute must-read.”—Ally Wilkes, Bram Stoker Award–nominated author of Where the Dead Wait

“Delilah S. Dawson speaks for those who can’t speak for themselves in It Will Only Hurt for a Moment, summoning a story filled to the brim with righteous fury and fright that can’t be quelled. This novel shouts, this novel screams, this novel solidifies Dawson as an unstoppable force that should flood every last bookshelf.”—Clay McLeod Chapman, author of What Kind of Mother and Ghost Eaters

“It Will Only Hurt for a Moment is a glorious and compelling feminist thriller that presents a refreshing take on all-too-familiar territory for many women. Delilah S. Dawson will intrigue you, spook you, and disturb you—all while making you desperate to read more!”—Carissa Orlando, author of The September House

an elegantly twisted story

this book was very well performed, and incredibly well-written. It is haunting and manipulative and terrifying and satisfying and really really worth reading. The imagery has really stuck with me, and I am definitely going to read it again, probably in print and very slowly this time.

A hauntingly beautiful and scary story

A gripping story of how women, both past and present, survive in a male dominated world intertwined with a beautiful but horrifying haunting. A story for every woman who has ever been told she’s “too much” or “unladylike” and been forced to be smaller than she is and a call to take back power by any mean necessary. Dawson is a master of taking the real life issues and traumas that women face and giving them the perfect horror twist.

Great Story with Plenty of Speculation Twists

I really enjoyed this one! Great character development, tons of twists and turns where you think you have it figured out and then boom! It twists! Pretty creepy stuff, too. Overall, really good!

It’s for Justice

I enjoy most of the Dawson’s stories. This one didn’t vibe with me like most of her horror/thrillers do.

The FMC gets her justice in the end. There is an interesting element of possession that shines though and I wish more had been done with that.

Engaging and healing

Delilah has a beautiful writing style that always draws me right in. Her descriptions are so real and even in the deepest depths there is always hope.