Aftertaste: A love story to savour 'Deliciously evocative, bitingly inventive' Elizabeth Day
May 2025 · Bloomsbury Publishing
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'Deliciously evocative, bitingly inventive, written with humour and heart' Elizabeth Day
Kostya is working as a dishwasher when he discovers something extraordinary. The strange tastes that have flooded his mouth without warning since his father's death – aftertastes – are being sent by spirits seeking closure and, through his cooking, Kostya can help them find it.
Maura is a psychic with ghosts of her own. When Kostya enters her booth she immediately understands what he is capable of, and the potential dangers. As Kostya and Maura fall deeply, deliciously in love, what Maura knows is increasingly at odds with what she feels.
As Kostya prepares to open a New York City restaurant with a unique menu and unprecedented clientele, Maura senses a supernatural catastrophe looming that threatens everything...
Kostya is working as a dishwasher when he discovers something extraordinary. The strange tastes that have flooded his mouth without warning since his father's death – aftertastes – are being sent by spirits seeking closure and, through his cooking, Kostya can help them find it.
Maura is a psychic with ghosts of her own. When Kostya enters her booth she immediately understands what he is capable of, and the potential dangers. As Kostya and Maura fall deeply, deliciously in love, what Maura knows is increasingly at odds with what she feels.
As Kostya prepares to open a New York City restaurant with a unique menu and unprecedented clientele, Maura senses a supernatural catastrophe looming that threatens everything...
'Deliciously evocative, bitingly inventive, written with humour and heart' Elizabeth Day
Kostya is working as a dishwasher when he discovers something extraordinary. The strange tastes that have flooded his mouth without warning since his father's death – aftertastes – are being sent by spirits...
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Daria Lavelle is a speculative fiction writer. Born in Kyiv, Ukraine, and raised in the New York metro area, her work explores themes of identity and belonging through magic and the uncanny. Her short stories have appeared in The Deadlands, Dread Machine, and elsewhere, and she holds degrees in writing from Princeton University and Sarah Lawrence College. She lives in New Jersey with her husband, children, and goldendoodle, all of whom love a great meal almost as much as she does.
Daria Lavelle is a speculative fiction writer. Born in Kyiv, Ukraine, and raised in the New York metro area, her work explores themes of identity and belonging through magic and the uncanny. Her short stories have appeared in The Deadlands, Dread Machine, and elsewhere, and she holds degrees in w...
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