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Read #PhoningFaust for a high-concept fantasy involving cosmic entities, supernatural deals, through a lens of existential dread with a claustrophobic setting during the COVID pandemic.

Thank you to #NetGalley and to #NineStarPress for providing me an ARC in exchange for my honest review!
Cover image of Phoning Faust. A Gen Z retelling of Goethe’s Faust. Preorder it for release in June 2026 “This is not a cry for help. This is a scream. Please, please, please. I don’t want to die alone.“ Queer mixed Indonesian college student Dian Faust attempts to call the suicide hotline only to dial the wrong number, her finger slipping and typing in six three times- calling up someone called Memphis- better known as Mephistopheles. Dian Faust exists against a backdrop of bedrotting and depression which felt very real to me. Pick this one for a high-concept fantasy involving cosmic entities, supernatural deals, through a lens of existential dread with a claustrophobic setting during the COVID pandemic. Deals seriously with mental health and queerphobia. LOVED the inclusion of Dian’s grandmothers in this too. It was also really nice to see representation of a demisexual in a novel like this! Read this if: you liked I Saw The TV Glow, that One Scene between Megan and Graham in But I'm a Cheerleader, devils, and serious treatment of mental health and sexuality in your books! Thank you to NetGalley and to NineStar Press for providing me an ARC in exchange for my honest review! Maybe for you if you liked I saw the tv glow or that one scene in but I’m a cheerleader where Graham and Megan are cleaning together
April 27, 2026 at 7:28 PM