If you're intrigued by soul eaters, a giant bird Beast and a holier-than-thou community that gets their just desserts, then give this dark fantasy novel a read!

"The Beast is an Animal" by Peternelle van Arsdale describes the inner turmoil that young Alys struggles with as she tries to decide whether she's good like her dead parents or evil and wicked like the soul eaters and the Beast even though she did not choose to be what she is.