We Love You, Bunny by Mona Awad
We Love You, Bunny
by Mona Awad
Horror | Fiction | Dark Academia
496 Pages
Released September 2025
Bunny series #2
Rating: ★★★★★
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Thank you to Netgalley and Simon Element | S&S/ Marysue Rucci Books for a copy of this ARC, it was deliciously deranged from start to finish.
I admit, when I first heard there was going to be a sequel to Bunny, I wasn’t sure what to think. On the one hand, I didn’t think Bunny really needed a sequel. On the other, I’ve adored all of Mona Awad’s books and I welcomed the idea of jumping back into that particular world.
The Bunnies are mad. Pissed-off even, ok Bunny? They just want a chance to tell their story because Samatha’s newly-smash-hit novel is so unfair. So what if they had to kidnap Samantha in the process? It’s their turn to talk now and they’re going to share every last sordid detail - how they met, how the Smut Salon came to be, and even how they discovered their abilities. Because Samantha got it all wrong, and they’re determined to set her straight.
This book is told in multiple perspectives but takes an interesting approach as we see (most) of the story unfold through the eyes of Sam. That is to say, the reader is the kidnapped-and-tied up Sam (this isn’t really a spoiler, the book really does hit the ground running). It’s a strange take on second perspective but it periodically switches to first-person as well. All that to say, there’s a lot of monologuing in this book.
Since their time at university, Samantha went on to be an acclaimed writer (somewhat implying that she wrote and released Bunny in her own world) but the Bunnies are incensed at how they were portrayed in her book. They decide to correct the narrative, by kidnapping and typing up Sam and then taking turns to explain just how the Bunnies came to be, and how unfair Sam’s portrayal of them was. In a way, it’s a plea to the reader to see the Bunnies as the victims, and Sam as the antihero.
I loved this. I went into it rather apprehensive but it ended up being every bit as adorably psychotic as I was hoping it would be.
Awad does a fantastic job making each of the Bunnies sound unique yet the same. The Bunnies have such an unusual love/hate love relationship with themselves and each other and I loved how the their narratives were each distinct but sort of blurred together as well. I also actually really enjoyed getting to hear the back story of each one of the girls. It strangely humanized them in a way that was lacking in the original novel (while, at the same time, making them seem even more psychotic than they were in the original, if that’s even possible).
There is also a surprise narrator that that I ended up enjoying way more than I thought I would, but in order to minimize spoilers, I won’t elaborate on this. Suffice to say, it added just enough of a break from the Bunnies’ perspectives that it kept the story flowing forward.
Basically, this book addresses so many of the questions I had after reading Bunny. I was content leaving these questions unanswered but I’m appreciative that, with this novel, Awad pulls away the curtain, so to speak.
That said, there are elements of self harm, eating disorders and other such topics that may be triggering for some readers, so if those are topics that bother you, perhaps proceed with a bit of caution.
If you haven’t read Bunny, I highly recommend reading that one first. Or, if you enjoyed the insanity of Bunny and think Duchess, Vignette, Creepy Doll and Cupcake deserve a chance to defend themselves, definitely pick this one up.
This book releases on September 23rd, 2025.