Swallowed

Swallowed

Meg Smitherman

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Earth is broken beyond repair. The Planet is our last hope. Humanity's first mission to the Planet ended in tragedy, but botanist Jill Jones won’t let that stop her from joining the second. Perfect climate, perfect terrain, perfect flora and fauna; the Planet has called to Jill all of her life. She knows, with bone-deep certainty, it's home. A new beginning for humanity. She just needs a chance to prove it. But as Jill and her team survey the Planet, a mysterious presence begins to infiltrate their thoughts. When her colleagues start to disappear, it's up to Jill to uproot the Planet's secrets before they consume her, her friends, and the one man she would do anything to keep.


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  • xthelibrarianx
    Mar 09, 2025
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    💚💚Meg Smiterman is now one of the authors I have on the “if they wrote it I’ll read it” list. I crave more from this queen 🙇🏻‍♀️

    ⭐️rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️.75
    🌶️ rating: 🌶️🌶️🌶️.5

    🪐sci~fi Il horror || romance novella
    🌱science girl x military boy
    🪐alien planet
    🌱doomed mission
    🪐descent into madness
    🌱sentient plants

    Quotes 💚

    🌱Ben repeats my name like a prayer.
    "Jones," like l'm a goddess.
    "Jones," like l'm his world
    .

    🪐Sink in with me.
    Decay with me.
    Become bones with me
    .

    🌱I would melt into the soil and rot, pushed to the edge of desire for eternity by the maggots and worms in my carcass.

    🪐A perfect cycle, life and death playing out like poetry for billions of years.
    Until we destroyed it.


    trigger warnings: body horror, psychological horror//suspense, explicit sex scenes (some involving plants!!), discussion//depiction of mental illness, side character murdered her abusive ex-bf, death

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  • literarypapier
    Mar 11, 2025
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    First of all, thank you to the author for sending me an early copy of this book—I truly appreciate it!

    I can only describe this book as a horrifically romantic masterpiece. The story is captivating and perfect for fans of Stargate and Alien. While the beginning starts off a bit slow, I was hooked immediately.

    The story caught my attention because it's so unique: we meet the characters and discover the planet alongside them. What begins as a stunning, beautiful setting gradually turns darker and more unsettling. I thoroughly enjoyed every single moment of its creepiness.

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  • martaisharta
    Mar 10, 2025
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    if we end up killing the planet I fuck with the idea that next one will eat us alive

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