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Everything is mine and is taken from me.

That’s what it means to be a girl.

Highly acclaimed in Denmark, Girlbeast is a fearless, unsettling, and poetic reimagining of the Lolita narrative, where power shifts unpredictably and desire and coercion become indistinguishable. In a world that fetishises girlhood, it asks whether a girl be blamed for internalising the roles imposed upon her? Can she wield her youth as power in a system designed to render her powerless?

With sharp, fast-paced prose and an addictive plot, Cecilie Lind crafts a daring examination of female agency, sexuality and the complexities of consent. The novel evokes the idea of the girl as animal – a creature conditioned to be both docile pet and wild beast, torn between submission and rebellion, innocence and desire.

Brave, provocative, and unflinching, Girlbeast is a gripping, vital novel for our times.

• Cecilie Lind
• Published 2025 July 17th by Prototype Publishing (first published 2022 April 28th)
• ISBN: 1913513777
• ISBN13: 9781913513771
• 160 Pages
• 3.73 1939 ratings
• 214 reviews