We Love You, Bunny was a fun dive back into the Bunny-verse.

This sequel offers a new perspective on the events that transpired at Warren University in Bunny, straight from the mouths of the infamous Bunnies. I love this concept and was excited to learn more about the innerworkings of these unhinged characters. Each perspective was distinct while still maintaining a sense of the hivemind, which is a testament to Awad's writing. With that being said, the Bunnies definitely don't have the same bite or intensity that I remembered from the first book.

We are also introduced to a new character with very unique formatting choices to their writing. At first, the formatting choices were interesting and, in many ways, made sense to the character. By the end of the book, these sections became cumbersome to read. Sometimes I would be pulled from my immersion wondering things like, "why does he understand this word but not that one?" Be prepared to love the character but loathe "his" writing.

With all of its ups and downs, I think that fans of Bunny will enjoy, if not love, We Love You, Bunny.

Bunny was one of my favorite books ever so when I got this book I just knew I was going to love it. Seeing this story from the bunnies perspective was absolutely trippy and fever dreamy. I loved it. Thank you Simon Element | S&S/ Marysue Rucci Books and Net Galley

Did you think Bunny was absolute Bonkers? Did you want the Metaphors about Writing and Creation explained for your tiny little pea brain, bunny? Then buckle up, k?

The Word Witch herself returns! We Love You, Bunny is a little more prequel than sequel. It takes place after Sam, narrator of Bunny, returns to Warren for her book tour and is captured by the bunnies who don't love how they were portrayed in the original novel. Beyond that set up, the rest is backstory where we hear from the bunnies individually and also collectively as they explain exactly what they were up to in that attic.

I adore Mona Awad and love how she captures the bunnies, but I almost would have preferred the bunny saga unexplained. We get a lot of answers here that I'm not sure I necessarily wanted. And yet, this does expand the lore around Warren enough that I wouldn't be surprised if we get another book in the Bunny saga, either focused more on Ursula's backstory or on future bunny cohorts.

Not all books need prequels, k bunny?

Well, we all have to kill our darlings eventually. Otherwise, the very thing we created might lose control and...become an axe murderer?

'We Love You, Bunny' is not a sequel to the surrealist horror sensation 'Bunny,' but a prequel. This caught me by surprise – we start the story with Samantha, who has been tied up and abducted by the coven (cult?) from the first book. And that's where they tell her their origin story, which doesn't stand alone at all. Through alternating POVs, we learn about how they first met and the horrific events that bonded them to be as close as they are in the previous novel. We also get the extended POV of their very first creation, following along on his gruesome and murderous rampage ☹

This book is unlike any of Awad's other novels, which all seem to follow a fairly similar structure in the first-person POV of a woman who slowly loses grips with reality. I liked those books, but I also liked that this was different. Despite that, I think this book would be completely inaccessible to someone who hasn't read the first book, and it does not stand alone. It still follows along the same extended metaphor of the creative process without offering anything different. Something's wrong with this 'bunny,' are we able to revise him? Or should we just leave him be and see what he becomes? And why aren't the other bunnies matching the success of the first one? Etc, etc. I liked the Frankenstein comparisons, and I think this is a decent ode to Shelley, especially when we see things from the POV of the 'monster'☺

But because this didn't add anything new, I think it lacked the surprise and the metaphor felt even less subtle ☹ Still: Weird, trippy and pretty fun. ☺

Thank you to NetGalley and SimonElement for the early review copy of this book!

Bunny and We Love You, Bunny are everything. Wicked and weird, I'm so happy to keep following Samantha's journey. I love a book that unsettles just enough to stick with you, and We Love You, Bunny scratches the itch of something sinister and strange, while being a thoughtful and fun rollercoaster.

This book is unwell in the best possible way. It’s Bunny’s villain origin story, revenge sequel, and extended fever dream rolled into one. Mona Awad takes a chainsaw to the fourth wall and dares you to laugh while bleeding. If Frankenstein, Heathers, and your MFA trauma decided to summon something feral in a blood-soaked workshop, it would be this book. We’re all Bunny now.

Another wild ride! Was thrilled when I found out there was a sequel. The book has all the charm and beautiful quirks that made me love the first book so much. The characters are so unique and perfectly flawed, I appreciate the attention to detail and it was great to experience this story from different perspectives to add depth and mystery to the original story. A treat to read, as all Mona Awad books are.

Thank you to NetGalley and Simon Element for an ARC of We Love You, Bunny.

I honestly couldn't believe it, Bunny, when I saw I had the opportunity to review and I couldn't wait to get started☺! Like Bunny, We Love You, Bunny was obviously absolutely fucking bananas. I think I was more prepared for the writing style this time and just the sheer madness of it all which allowed me to enjoy it more. At times it was darkly humorous☺, at others just bizarre ☹ , and it was, without a doubt, unforgettable ☺☺. My only complaint is that it was entirely too long ☹. Thanks for another wild ride, Bunny.

4 stars ☺

This book was an ABSO-FRICKIN-DELIGHT.

Mona Awad fans are not to be disappointed. The queen of the fever dream is back.

I read this PURPOSEFULLY SLOW. Like savoring a red wine. I didn't want it to end.

THANK YOU, BUNNY. For the ARC. It was such an honor.

I was so excited to revisit Warren and the world of Bunny, and could not have predicted the journey Mona Awad was about the bring me on. It has the dark feminine occult mood of the first book, but with an added biting humor and deep heart. I hated that it had to end.

Mary Shelley would be proud! I love this, so creepy and haunting. I do think I loved the first book more but I did really enjoy this. The world-building and prose was so unique and so beautiful.

In true Mona Awad style, was I confused? Yes? Did I life every second of it? Also yes! Highly recommend.

First, I want to thank Simon & Schuster publishing for this ARC. I was really intrigued to read this book and I honestly had no idea what to expect. But this book was far better than any of my expectations. I know Bunny has a cult following, and while I enjoyed it, I wouldn't say it was a favorite of all times. I enjoyed this book much more than the first one. To me, it had a lot more dry humor which I enjoy. I feel like it also explained a lot of my questions from Bunny and wrapped everything up nicely. A quote from the Simon & Schuster website says “We Love You, Bunny is both a prequel and a sequel, and an unabashedly wild and totally complete stand-alone novel” which I think is the perfect way to describe this book. My only complaint is that I thought the first half of the book was a bit slow, but that may be because I started the book in a reading slump. Overall, I am glad to have read this book.

ARC provided by NetGalley & the publishers, S&S/Marysue Rucci Books (thank you), the views are my own.

Bunny! I'm not allowed to quote the book in my review prerelease, so that's all I'll say for my fellow Bunnies. I didn't know this book was even a possibility until a few months ago, but as soon as I found out about it, I was so excited. Bunny has stuck with me, haunted me you could say, since I read it.

We Love You, Bunny is actually a one size fits all book, for people who loved Bunny & those that are unfamiliar with it but are curious about it or this book. It simultaneously acts as a prequel or sequel, & a standalone. I know this sounds like a weird description, but when you read weird books, would you expect anything less?

Bunny was perfectly weird, & I know a concern of one of my friends is that reading this could take away from it, but I think it adds a bit more flavor, or some sprinkles perhaps. Or you can look at it as it's own separate pastry.

The symbolism just knocked me over the head with this book. I don't remember how much I noticed or didn't notice it in Bunny, or maybe it's specifically because of one of the POV characters that I was even able to connect it all. (Why did it take me a book and a half to realize the significance of a college named Warren?)

The pace is slow, & it slowly builds up speed starting at the halfway point. I read the second half within 4 days, including between bands at a concert. (I also had a lot of brain fog when I began, so your experience may vary greatly.)

TL:DR: Is this book going to fuck with your mind while being completely weird & also making you love it? Yes.

There have been a rare number of times in my life when I felt giddy while reading a book--and this one has some of my favorite prose ever. I've read and enjoyed all of Mona Awad's work, but there's something about her and the BCU (Bunny Cinematic Universe) that just really works for me. Her connection with this world and these characters, it creates magic as far as I'm concerned.

I was admittedly skeptical going in; I felt that *Bunny* was so thoroughly a complete standalone... The narration, direct-to-reader from our four original Bunnies, is so effective. Awad explores varying perspectives and hidden emotions and the intense contradiction of these co-dependent friendships. I think my favorite part of this book is the narration we get from a new character (I don't want to spoil who): it is some of the most charming, tender, and heart-wrenching writing I've encountered.

One thing I will say is that I'm not sure this book is the strongest when it comes to plot and action, but honestly I don't care... If you loved *Bunny* as much as i did, I would definitely recommend this follow-up.

omg thank you for the ARC, Bunny! ☺

I went in expecting weird and trippy a bit violent, and We Love You, Bunny definitely delivered. It's described as a prequel/sequel/standalone and yeah, that about covers it. I don't think I would go into it not having read Bunny, but I read Bunny last year and don't remember it in detail and I think the book stood on its own enough for that. Although I do want to go reread Bunny now ☺

One thing I didn't expect going in (without looking at the length) is that it's a lot longer than Bunny, and it is sort of the prequel and sequel thing, there is a story within in a story and two very different Narratives in the book. It's sort of like getting two Bunnies in one ☺ But I sort of went in hoping for a book to Devour and ended up eating it in small bites instead.

I did enjoy We Love You, Bunny, but not in the same obsessed way as the original Bunny. I do think the ending really nailed it, though ☺ Overall it felt maybe a bit more literary than I remember Bunny being, like I would have appreciated it more if I had taken a creative writing class in college. Still a bit horror, but in the creepy wtf is going on side of horror, with light axe murder.

If you enjoyed Bunny you'll probably have a good time with this, it just didn't hit quite the same as the original.

3.5 stars

Our wackos are bacckkk, bunny!!! 🐰🐰🐰🐰

If in book 1 it felt like I’d been tossed into a full-blown mushroom high with colors melting and reality bending, this one felt more like wandering through the woods after. Still strange, still surreal, but quieter somehow. Everything's still weird and trippy, just with a different kind of energy. The chaos is still there. The confusion remains. But the impact just isn’t quite like the first.

This time, the story focuses on the Bunnies themselves, before they met Samantha. Which is super interesting because we finally get to see their world from their own twisted lens. And yeah, I was already braced for the madness after book 1, but this book still managed to throw in unexpected moments and bizarre turns that caught me off guard. That said, the element of surprise just couldn’t match what book 1 had.

But the thing is, the metaphors and the way things were portrayed didn’t feel as subtle this time. In book 1, there was this lingering mystery that allowed you to interpret everything in your own way. Everyone could walk away with a different take or feeling, or you could simply take it as it is (some weird-magical-surrealism-gore fiction). In this one, though, it felt like the book was more direct, almost steering you toward a fixed meaning. It still works if you just take it as it is, without digging too deep. That’s not necessarily a bad thing, but for me, it took away a bit of the magic I felt with the first book.

Still, it was a good trippy mushroom ride. 🍄🍄

Note: Thank you Simon Element for giving me this ARC in exchange for my honest review.

I adored Bunny, but I was conscious of the fact that many of my friends found it to be too cerebral and magical-realism-type. Despite the mystic nature of this book, I feel like it pulled back on a lot of the in-betweenness that made the first book so charming to me. I quite liked the length of the book, actually, and I enjoyed spending time with these characters.

Some have disagreed with this part, but I actually really loved the format of Aerius' sections. I thought it did something interesting with language that mirrored how other characters reacted to Aerius' speech in the book.

Taken altogether, I think this is less literary fiction and more genre fiction, despite the literary nature of the plot and setting. I don't think this is necessarily a bad thing, as I quite enjoyed the book, but it was a substantial pivot from the heady and introspective nature of the first book in the series.

Receiving this ARC has been the highlight of my year 🙂

We Love You, Bunny is such a good follow up to Bunny and acts as both a prequel and a sequel. I loved getting into the Bunnies’ heads and honestly would have liked even more time with them. I feel like Aerius’s POVs went on a little too long and dragged a bit for me. 🙁 I enjoyed his adventures on Halloween night but found his time with both the poets and Ursula to be a tad repetitive, k?

But overall this was fantastic and I loved the ending, Bunny.

I don't really know how I feel about this book. Parts of it were good, but it felt unnecessary and too long a lot of the time. The ending made it seem like the entire book was just a set up for a third book and I don't know if I like that.