Praise for Rytual:
Dark, suspenseful yet funny . . . Rytual is a clever workplace thriller that satirises our collective obsession with beauty and women’s need to always be optimising. Wilson isn’t interested in judging these women – she’s trying to point the finger at the very real and dangerous affectation of beauty and its power.
The Sydney Morning Herald
The story is sexy, sharp and at times confronting, but whenever its darkness threatens to close in, Wilson offers flashes of humour and relatable anecdotes . . . Like any good thriller, Rytual keeps you on edge. Its twists are sharp enough to make your gut turn and draw real-life reactions. (A waitress spotted me reading it at a cafe and didn’t hesitate to ask how far in I was. When I told her I’d barely scratched the surface, she said, wide-eyed, 'You wait.' Since having since turned the final page, I’d say the same).
Cosmopolitan Australia
An electric and dark satire of the beauty industry and ‘girlboss’ culture.
ArtsHub
High-concept and psychologically rich, with the dark, compulsive pull of a Black Mirror episode . . . ideal for book clubs and readers drawn to provocative fiction.
Books + Publishing
Gripping, funny and gluttonous. Chloe Elisabeth Wilson cleverly uses thriller tropes and cutting social commentary to skewer girlboss feminism. I read Rytual in a day.
Madeleine Gray, author of Chosen Family & Green Dot
Outrageously funny, superbly plotted and deeply psychotic. I gorged myself on it.
Virginia Gay
Hilarious and deft, Rytual satirises both the mythical girlboss and the glossy world of beauty brands, while taking the reader on a breakneck journey filled with gasp-worthy twists and turns. Chloe Elisabeth Wilson is one hell of an exciting new talent.
Amy Taylor, author of Ruins & Search History
Rytual is the hottest item in the Shameless Media office right now … It’s so f*cking good. If you love the beauty industry and psychological thrillers, this is the book for you.
Michelle Andrews, Shameless Podcast
Sexy as hell, funny as sin. I’ve never devoured a book so quickly.
Michelle Brasier, author of My Brother's Ashes Are in a Sandwich Bag
I wrote a novel! It’s called Rytual.
Here’s the blurb:
Marnie Sellick is adrift when she lands a job at the coveted, mysterious beauty brand rytuał cosmetica.
The enigmatic founder and CEO, Luna Peters, takes a liking to Marnie, and as the two grow closer Marnie becomes intoxicated by the life that Luna, and rytuał, can offer her.
But all is not what it seems at rytuał. Luna has a cult-like hold over the all-female staff, and that’s not to mention what happens at their weekly Friday Night Drinks.
As Marnie edges closer to the darkness at the centre of rytuał’s millennial-pink facade, cracks begin to show. Luna is hiding something, but will Marnie uncover the truth – and the role Luna has cast her in – before it’s too late?
Both a darkly funny deconstruction of the beauty industry and a gripping examination of identity, beauty and desire, Rytual asks the question: what if your favourite cult beauty brand … was actually a cult?
You can purchase Rytual in Australia and New Zealand from any of the retailers listed here. Alternatively, you can request it at your local bookstore.