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“Quick, bloody fun . . . [If] you can’t make it to Mykonos or Corfu for parties this summer, this book may be the next best thing”—The Wall Street Journal
Lena wants her life back. Her wealthy, controlling, humorless husband has just died, and now she is forced to contend with her controlling, humorless son, Drew. With no other option, Lena lands in Naxos with her best friend in tow for the unveiling of her son’s pet project—the luxurious Agape Villas.
Years spent among the wealthy elite have whittled Lena’s spirit into rope and sinew, smothered by tasteful cocktail dresses and unending small talk, but on Naxos she yearns to rediscover her true nature—remember the exuberant party girl she once was. But Drew tightens his grip, keeping her cloistered inside the hotel, demanding that she fall in line.
Still, Lena is intrigued by a group of women living in tents on the beach in front of the Agape. She can feel their drums at night, hear their seductive leader calling her to dance. Soon she’ll find that an ancient god stirs on the beach, awakening dark desires of women across the island. The only questions left will be whether Lena will join them, and what it will cost her.
Ecstasy is a riveting, darkly poetic, one-sitting read about empowerment, desire, and what happens when women reject the roles set out for them.
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"[A] defiantly feminist reimagining of Euripides’ The Bacchae . . . Pochoda’s sun-drenched, blood-soaked literary fever dream pits hubris against hedonism, likens religion to rave culture, and explores the transformative power of female rage. Incandescent prose, present-tense narration, and frequent perspective shifts impart urgency, rendering the characters’ passions palpable. It’s a gleefully transgressive tour de force."
— Publishers Weekly (starred review)
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Ecstasy is a stunning, hallucinatory trip of a novel that explores female friendship, the dark side of motherhood and liminal experience. This addictive novel is an explosion of the feminine ubound. Pure, primal Pochoda. Drop everything and read it now.
— Danielle Trussoni, New York Times bestselling author of The Puzzle Box -
Fierce and fearless, Ecstasy is a tempest of a novel that reminds women that we are born forces of nature and woe be upon anyone who would stand in our way. Ivy Pochoda again proves she's a literary priestess of the highest order.
— Alma Katsu, author of The Hunger -
Ecstasy is a stunning, hallucinatory trip of a novel that explores female friendship, the dark side of motherhood and liminal experience. This addictive novel is an explosion of the feminine unbound. Pure, primal Pochoda. Drop everything and read it now.
— Danielle Trussoni, New York Times bestselling author of The Puzzle Box -
There’s been no shortage of feminist retellings of ancient myths and classics in recent years, and this next one definitely deserves a place on your shelf. With elements of horror and suspense, it revisits Euripides’ The Bacchae, following a woman drawn in by a cult of women who appear to be living much more freely than she’s been allowed to.
— Marie Claire -
There’s been no shortage of feminist retellings of ancient myths and classics in recent years, and this next one definitely deserves a place on your shelf. With elements of horror and suspense, it revisits Euripides’ The Bacchae, following a woman drawn in by a cult of women who appear to be living much more freely than she’s been allowed to.
— Marie Claire -
“Pochoda’s turn into horror and mythology will bring ample rewards to her readers.
— Crime Reads -
Described as both ‘hallucinatory’ and ‘addictive,’ with a synopsis that gives the perfect whiff of Suspiria vibes, Ecstasy promises an exploration of themes like female identity and desire. . . [A] killer one-sitting summer read.
— The Lineup -
Ecstasy is a lyrical, fevered, and furious re-imagining of a classic Greek tragedy. Tense and phantasmagoric, the novel sinks its considerable teeth into the patriarchal 21st century capitalist machine. And gloriously, no one is spared.
— Paul Tremblay, author of the New York Times bestseller Horror Movie -
Ecstasy is a stunning, hallucinatory trip of a novel that explores female friendship, the dark side of motherhood and liminal experience. This addictive novel is an explosion of the feminine unbound. Pure, primal Pochoda. Drop everything and read it now.
— Danielle Trussoni, New York Times bestselling author of The Puzzle Box -
There’s been no shortage of feminist retellings of ancient myths and classics in recent years, and this next one definitely deserves a place on your shelf. With elements of horror and suspense, it revisits Euripides’ The Bacchae, following a woman drawn in by a cult of women who appear to be living much more freely than she’s been allowed to.
— Marie Claire -
Fierce and fearless, Ecstasy is a tempest of a novel that reminds women that we are born forces of nature and woe be upon anyone who would stand in our way. Ivy Pochoda again proves she's a literary priestess of the highest order.
— Alma Katsu, author of The Hunger -
"Ecstasy pulses with the hypnotic rhythm of a rave set in Plato's allegorical cave. A mind-bending story about yearning to break the chains that bind us, and how our greatest adversaries can often be the ones we love most. Thrilling, provocative, and darkly funny. This isn’t the perfect summer read. It is the summer.
— Gus Moreno, author of This Thing Between Us -
Pochoda’s turn into horror and mythology will bring ample rewards to her readers.
— Crime Reads -
Described as both ‘hallucinatory’ and ‘addictive,’ with a synopsis that gives the perfect whiff of Suspiria vibes, Ecstasy promises an exploration of themes like female identity and desire. . . [A] killer one-sitting summer read.
— The Lineup -
Ecstasy is a lyrical, fevered, and furious re-imagining of a classic Greek tragedy. Tense and phantasmagoric, the novel sinks its considerable teeth into the patriarchal 21st century capitalist machine. And gloriously, no one is spared.
— Paul Tremblay, author of the New York Times bestseller Horror Movie -
"Ecstasy is a superb and horrific reimagining of a Greek tragedy. Pochoda's writing is a lyrical scalpel reopening old wounds, dissecting abandoned dreams, and slicing to the core of motherhood and female friendship with style to spare. Don't miss it.
— Gabino Iglesias, author of House of Bone and Rain -
Lyrical and dreamlike. . . Perfect for fans of Greek retellings and novels that explore feminine rage and empowerment, like Rachel Yoder’s Nightbitch or Kirsten Miller’s The Change.
— Booklist -
There’s been no shortage of feminist retellings of ancient myths and classics in recent years, and this next one definitely deserves a place on your shelf. With elements of horror and suspense, it revisits Euripides’ The Bacchae, following a woman drawn in by a cult of women who appear to be living much more freely than she’s been allowed to.
— Marie Claire -
Ecstasy pulses with the hypnotic rhythm of a rave set in Plato's allegorical cave. A mind-bending story about yearning to break the chains that bind us, and how our greatest adversaries can often be the ones we love most. Thrilling, provocative, and darkly funny. This isn’t the perfect summer read. It is the summer.
— Gus Moreno, author of This Thing Between Us -
Pochoda’s turn into horror and mythology will bring ample rewards to her readers.
— Crime Reads
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About Ivy Pochoda
Ivy Pochoda is the author of several critically acclaimed novels, including These Women, which was a finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize, the Edgar Award, the California Book Award, the Macavity Award, and the International Thriller Writers Award. She has also won the 2018 Strand Critics Award for Best Novel and the Prix Page America in France. Her books have been widely translated, and her writing has appeared in the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, and the Los Angeles Times, among others.
About the Narrators
Cassandra Campbell has won multiple Audie Awards, Earphones Awards, and the prestigious Odyssey Award for narration. She was been named a “Best Voice” by AudioFile magazine and in 2018 was inducted in Audible’s inaugural Narrator Hall of Fame.
Nancy Wu has narrated audiobooks since 2004, winning three AudioFile Earphones Awards. A New York theater, television, and film actor, she has recorded in studios all over the world—from Italy to Switzerland to Thailand. Her credits include Law & Order, Law & Order: Criminal Intent, Hope & Faith, All My Children, Made for Each Other, and the Oscar-nominated film Frozen River.