Monica Brashears was interviewed by The 19th about HOUSE OF COTTON, and “about utilizing the conventions of fairy tales, horror and Gothic literatures to tell a specific story about Southern Black women’s identity and pain in relation to their own bodies.” The book received a gorgeous review from Sara Beth West for Nashville Scene, who raves: "Lush and gorgeous — and evidence of a new and decisive talent in Monica Brashears...Brashears employs language like a knife, cutting and shaping with remarkable dexterity, and the result is a wonderwork of a first book. This is a novel that sweats and broods, a story where something fretful is always boiling just under the surface." HOUSE OF COTTON also received shoutouts from the New York Times Morning Newsletter, Tor.com, and the Book Riot Podcast. Flatiron published the book on April 4, 2023.