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Bunny #2

We Love You, Bunny

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In the cult classic novel Bunny, Samatha Heather Mackey, a lonely outsider student at a highly selective MFA program in New England, was first ostracized and then seduced by a clique of creepy-sweet rich girls who call themselves “Bunny.� An invitation to the Bunnies� Smut Salon leads Samantha down a dark rabbit hole (pun intended) into the violently surreal world of their off-campus workshops where monstrous creations are conjured with deadly and wondrous consequences.

When We Love You, Bunny opens, Sam has just published her first novel to critical acclaim. But at a New England stop on her book tour, her one-time frenemies, furious at the way they’ve been portrayed, kidnap her. Now a captive audience, it’s her (and our) turn to hear the Bunnies� side of the story. One by one, they take turns holding the axe, and recount the birth throes of their unholy alliance, their discovery of their unusual creative powers—and the phantasmagoric adventure of conjuring their first creation. With a bound and gagged Sam, we embark on a wickedly intoxicating journey into the heart of dark academia: a fairy tale slasher that explores the wonder and horror of creation itself. Not to mention the transformative powers of love and friendship, Bunny.

Frankenstein by way of Heathers, We Love You, Bunny is both a prequel and a sequel, and an unabashedly wild and totally complete stand-alone novel. Open your hearts, Bunny, to another dazzlingly original and darkly hilarious romp in the Bunny-verse from the queen of the fever-dream, Mona Awad.

496 pages, Hardcover

Expected publication September 23, 2025

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Mona Awad

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Mona Awad is the bestselling author of the novels BUNNY, ROUGE, ALL'S WELL and 13 WAYS OF LOOKING AT A FAT GIRL. She is a three time finalist for a ŷ Choice Award, a finalist for the Giller Prize, and a winner of the Amazon Best First Novel Award. BUNNY was also a finalist for the New England Book Award and it won the Ladies of Horror Fiction Best Novel Award. It's currently in development for film with Bad Robot Productions. Her forthcoming novel, WE LOVE YOU, BUNNY will be released with Simon & Schuster in September 2025.

She earned an MFA from Brown University and an MScR in English from the University of Edinburgh where her dissertation was on fear in the fairy tale. In 2018, she completed a Ph.D. in Creative Writing and Literary Studies at the University of Denver. She currently teaches creative writing at Syracuse University and lives in Boston.

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January 17, 2025
no fucking wayyyyyy
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January 16, 2025
I’m seated. The bookstore employees are scared and asking me to leave because “it’s not september 2025 yet� but I’m simply too seated.
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January 18, 2025
my wee bunny teeth are gnawing at the bars of their enclosure for this
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February 9, 2025
How the heck are people rating this a 1 & 2 or anything else when it’s not out until September? You all need to stop that bullshit. Got an arc? Leave a real review with real thoughts or you just appear petty and ridiculous and probably jealous too. You can rate however you want when you’ve actually read (or attempted to) the actual book. Trying to skew reviews 7 months before a book is released is so 2010.
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March 5, 2025
4.5 stars rounded up.

“Well, this isn’t exactly fucking Frankenstein, Bunny.�

I was super excited and honestly honored to get an early review copy of this! Even though this is sort of a sequel but more-so a prequel, “We Love You, Bunny� feels most like a companion piece to volume 1. Almost as if Mona Awad were writing very capable fan fiction of her own universe. I realize this is a pretty strange thing to say considering the subject matter, but “We Love You, Bunny� is quite a bit more fantastical than “Bunny� was. So you should maybe know that going in if part one was a tad much for you. (I was obsessed with it.) In fact, I would even say that it’s ten times weirder than the first book. I have to confess that while “Bunny� is still one of my favorite novels in general, I have only read it once and since I have the memory of a goldfish I have forgotten some of it. It’s definitely time to revisit!

"WLYB" is completely made up of narration, so basically the chapters are all monologue. I can easily see this not being some people’s cup of tea. Especially if they find the casual and frequent use of “Bunny� as a pet name irritating. Oddly, I think that in another author's hands something like that would likely bother me but Awad manages to make it both cute and funny in a deranged way. The story of these characters gets pretty dark and violent, but I was consistently laughing even when I knew I shouldn't be. Mona Awad and Ottessa Moshfegh are both able to do this thing where certain moments make me feel a little bit uncomfortable but also intrigued at the same time. I’m certainly not OKAY with what’s happening, but I’m fascinated and want to keep watching to see what happens. And Awad especially has such a beautiful and weird imagination. I'm an admirer, for sure. Though "WLYB" does have some strong things to say about going overboard with worshipping your muse...

It's always an interesting experience to read something primarilyfrom the perspective of very flawed characters. The Bunnies are not good people in any way. (Tiny example: they refer to an unhoused person as simply, “A Homeless.�) Then there’s all the other highly questionable stuff. (They’re totally psychotic, lol.) But it all very much has an 80s/90s dark bratty humor sensibility to it. And I loved how different each of them were. If they designed a hotel, each of their rooms would have a completely different aesthetic and you would know instantly whose room belonged to who. Not a huge fan of how unlikable Sam was made out to be in this, because I liked her a lot in the first book. But then again, I have to keep in mind that every narrator present in this sequel hates her, so of course she won’t come across in the best light.

One minor complaint: Any time a character is narrating a memory back to someone else and that memory takes the form of entire chapters, I am unable to accept that the narrator would remember full conversations. That’s my nitpick with books that are in this type of format. If the entire thing is made up of memories, I automatically assume that none of it is reliable, and I doubt that every word spoken in the retelling is accurate. But maybe I'm supposed to doubt? No spoilery specifics, but this book has MULTIPLE unreliable narrators, and frequently alternating POVs. But Elsinore seems to get the stage a little more than the others. Though that might be for the best, because her narrative voice is the smoothest. (I think if I had to pick a favorite Bunny, though, it would hands down be Kyra.) I actually felt that the Poets were far less realistic and believable as characters than the titular “Bunnies.� From the way the Poets spoke to how they acted, I struggled whenever they showed up. Hilarious representation, though, of various majors at a liberal arts college. I only wish that some film students had been included, for personal reasons!

Did I catch a subtle reference or two confirming that Bunny and Rouge take place in the same universe? I also always appreciate American Psycho nods that are handled well.

Admittedly, there were times when this story was a bit too sappy/romantic for me, but I’m a very bitter person. On the other hand, I thought the conversation throughout about art and whether it truly belongs to you or if you create it as a means to change the lives of others was beautifully done, and there was a specific fourth wall breaking moment near the end that hit me like a punch to the chest and honestly made me cry. How dare you make me FEEL things, Mona Awad!

The section that connects this narrative to the events of the first book seemed a little bit rushed, but overall I was a big fan of the ending. Yes to all of it!

This will likely be your cup of tea if:
- The first book is one of your faves
- You enjoy a good dark and funny “Heathers� dynamic
- You don’t need anything to be believable (This one is VERY important.)
- You went to a liberal arts college and can take a fair amount of roasting

You definitely will not love this if:
- You can’t stand narrators who use silly nicknames or made up slang a lot
- It bothers you when women are especially awful in a novel
- The story is told in multiple POV’s that keep switching
- You didn’t enjoy the first book

“We’re artists,� Else prevaricated. “We just want to love what we make. And to make something that loves us. Is that so wrong?�

Thank you SO much to Netgalley and to the Publisher for this ARC in exchange for an honest review! All opinions are my own,Bunny.

Biggest TW: Self-harm, disordered eating, animal harm/death, Brief mention of SA, Depression, Alcohol abuse
*All quotes are from an early review copy and could change before the publication date.
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337 reviews91 followers
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February 18, 2025
I was kinda excited for this, but this cover? Eww. I especially hate how it doesn't match any edition of "Bunny".
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January 17, 2025
The sequel I didn’t know I needed.
Mona awad is my queen - I’ll read anything and everything she writes.
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February 23, 2025
found out about this last night & haven’t stopped thinking about it since .. cautiously optimistic 🐇🩷
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March 13, 2025
mary shelley would of been proud
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March 12, 2025
at the absolute tippy top of my list of 2025 releases, but the cover is diabolical and even a delusional awad fan like me must call a spade a spade
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277 reviews279 followers
March 7, 2025
this is so much more than what people think its going to be. i am in awe - of mona awad's brilliance, originality, and ability to push the lines of fiction. i cant say too much, but wow. this story went in a direction i couldn't have have imagined, which at first i felt a bit resistant to. im glad i kept an open mind because this novel was incredibly imaginative, incorporating themes of dark academia, classical literature, romance, fantasy, fairy tails, thrillers, and so much more. it was silly and fun and also heartbreaking and beautiful. the finale had me tearing up and feeling so human. i experienced so many lifetimes in this book, it felt like a monster of a book even tho its less than 500 pages, each word packed such a huge punch and i found myself so deeply entrenched in the story and savoring every word. i typically read books pretty quickly, but this book demanded me to slow down, go back and reread, and challenge myself. the world building, prose, and storyline was so unique in a way i seriously couldn't have imagined at the start. mona awad there is no one like you in the world and this is by far her best work thus far.
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January 18, 2025
BCU (BUNNY CINEMATIC UNIVERSE) REAL?
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January 16, 2025
screaming, crying, throwing up, shaking in anticipation
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February 23, 2025
We Love You, Bunny by Mona Awad. Thanks to @marysuerucci for the gifted Arc ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

We hear the Bunnies side of the story as they narrate to the kidnapped Sam, upset with how they were portrayed in her critically acclaimed new novel.

It’s been a long time since I read Bunny but this sequel brought back its zaniness and superb writing. Awad has a unique way of writing that hooks you write away. The characters, of which we are already familiar, are so delightfully fun. I loved that the perspective changes as we go through the same story. It adds personality and variety. Bunny fans will definitely love this one!

“Tap the Wand and bring it to vivid life. Making something beautiful is, after all, the best revenge.�

We Love You Bunny comes out 9/23.
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January 17, 2025
Does Kayla (Lala) already know?!?! Sound the alarms I need to see a reaction to the announcement 🔔🎉🔔
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February 21, 2025
i feel, maybe as expected, very middle of the line on this book. some very interesting things happening here but also some banal and unnecessary things as well. the core grounded-ness of bunny feels missing here.
but awad’s narrative voice is as sharp and entertaining as ever, and it is definitely a wild, enjoyable ride. if you liked bunny, you will probably have fun with this one too.

disclosure: i received an arc via edelweiss
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March 18, 2025
I CANT BELIEVE WE'RE GETTING ANOTHER ONE I'm speechless
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January 29, 2025
Bunny, I mean, Mona- I love you. I can’t wait to read this!
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January 18, 2025
This book doesn’t even have a release date and I’m already waiting at the book store
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157 reviews37 followers
March 10, 2025
4.5 ⭐️

wowowowowowwo. like what the heck. I felt like my eyeballs were dripped in acid and I drank too much absinthe and saw the unicorn fairy of murder and bunnies. 🐰

a mix of Frankenstein for its “forlorness�, Jennifer’s Body for its tongue-in-cheekness, and Mean Girls for its stereotypical cult like sub groups in a college setting. like srsly, I was howl laughing like a 🐺 if they could laugh.

if you love unreliable narrators, this will keep your head spinning throughout the entire novel. Told in multiple POVs and a new character that will capture your ❤️ and make you laugh and misty eyed like morning dew on fresh cut grass. ☹️ But, salty and happy tasting, Bunny. 🙂

I did feel the book ran maybe a bit too long (57 pages earlier would have been nice) but overall it did not impact my enjoyment, k? 🙂

it’s as if you’re eating a box of your favorite Girl Scout cookies and you love that you’re eating them but the sweetness of the chocolate covered peanut buttery-ness is making your mouth so dry you need a cup of fresh milk. 🥛 no one likes a dry mouth, Bunny.

overall - neurotic, zany, and very very murdery. packed with glittery ponies too and lots of rainbows 🌈

bunny, if you’re reading this…I can’t wait for the next one.
🪓 🐰 📖 🙂
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214 reviews26 followers
March 26, 2025
Devastating, Bunny.

Like other fans of Bunny I was intrigued, but nervous, about the news of this book coming out. I wasn't really interested in reading it because I didn't need it; In fact, most other fans of Bunny I know and watch online said the same. But, with the chance to read an ARC of it and being a bookseller who hand-sells Bunny quite often, I figured I'd give it a shot.

Firstly, the perspective of this book is not my favorite. The "dear reader" POV feels clumsy and (I guess fittingly?) a little college-workshoppy to me. If it was set in present tense and each chapter was a real POV of each Bunny, I feel it would have felt a lot stronger. It was a lot of telling and not showing, and the two sections (sections, not chapters. sections.) from the first darling's POV made me want to ax myself!

Second, this felt like it was written by a fan. I've read All's Well, Bunny and Rouge, and all 3 brilliantly wove together original, creative stories and characters with clear, but not blatant, themes. We Love You, Bunny takes it's themes and fucking bludgeons you over the head with them. At several points characters flat-out say very clearly exactly what that theme is. There was no subtlety.

Third... why the fuck was this 500 pages. An easy 200+ pages could have been cut from this. Honestly, that last 30% (I think I shed a tear when the second section of Aerius popped up) nearly took me out so I began skimming to get the points without having to read endless paragraphs of monologuing and :) and :(. Let me be clear, I love unique formatting and characters that have strong voices and POVs, but the smiley faces and sad faces were cute for a page or two. Chapters and chapters of text ending with an emoji was torture.

There are some really funny bits. Awad is undeniably witty and the chapters that focused on the Bunny's antics were much more enjoyable. I am really sad it wasn't more from them. I liked that at beginning the POVs are more separated and then later they become a "we" once they become a hive mind (which they directly say several times). There was stuff I liked, but sadly, mostly stuff I didn't. I was going to give this 2 stars mostly because I am legitimately scared of this fandom and the people excited about this, but if I feel the need to skim 30% of the book in order to not DNF, then I can't see how I can give it a 2.

If you are a big fan of Bunny and are on the fence about reading this, I would say you can skip it. If you are a big fan and excited about this, give it a shot. This was not for me, but I look forward to Mona's next book!
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March 1, 2025
UM SO I WAS SCROLLING THROUGH MY READ LIST AND SAW BUNNY WITH THE "BUNNY #1" AND I WAS LIKE HMM THATS WEIRD BC THIS ISN'T A SERIES AND THEN I SAW THIS???

Im lowkey scared to read it bc im worried that it will suck but as a fan of bunny i feel obligated to read this

and judging from the plot i feel so bad for samantha- she gets kidnapped by them?! 😭 shes been through so much and now theres this 💀💔
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