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Discover this creepy, charming monster-slaying fantasy
romance—from the perspective of the monster—by Nebula
Award-winning debut author John Wiswell  Shesheshen has made
a mistake fatal to all monsters: she's fallen in love. Â
Shesheshen is a shapeshifter, who happily resides as an amorphous
lump at the bottom of a ruined manor. When her rest is interrupted
by hunters intent on murdering her, she constructs a body from the
remains of past meals: a metal chain for a backbone, borrowed bones
for limbs, and a bear trap as an extra mouth.  Â
However, the hunters chase Shesheshen out of her home and off a
cliff. Badly hurt, she’s found and nursed back to health by
Homily, a warm-hearted human, who has mistaken Shesheshen as a
fellow human. Homily is kind and nurturing and would make an
excellent co-parent: an ideal place to lay Shesheshen’s eggs so
their young could devour Homily from the inside out. But as they
grow close, she realizes humans don’t think about love that way.
 Shesheshen hates keeping her identity secret from Homily,
but just as she’s about to confess, Homily reveals why she’s in
the area: she’s hunting a shapeshifting monster that supposedly
cursed her family. Has Shesheshen seen it anywhere? Â Eating
her girlfriend isn’t an option. Shesheshen didn’t curse anyone,
but to give herself and Homily a chance at happiness, she has to
figure out why Homily’s twisted family thinks she did. As the
hunt for the monster becomes increasingly dangerous—and
deadly—Shesheshen must unearth the truth quickly, or soon both of
their lives will be at risk.
"Do love stories often end this way?" "Why do you think it's over?"
Shesheshen has made a fatal mistake for a monster: she's fallen in
love. Shesheshen is a shapeshifter, who usually resides as an
amorphous lump in the swamp of a ruined manor, unless impolite
monster hunters invade intent on murdering her. Through a chance
encounter, she meets a different kind of human, warm-hearted
Homily, who mistakes Shesheshen for a human in turn. Shesheshen is
loath to deceive, but just as she's about to confess her true
identity, Homily reveals she's hunting the shapeshifting monster
that supposedly cursed her family. Shesheshen didn't curse anyone,
but to give them both a chance at happiness, she must figure out
why Homily's twisted family thinks she did. And the bigger
challenge remains: surviving her toxic in-laws long enough to learn
to build a life with the woman she loves. A glorious, funny,
occasionally slightly violent love story which asks us to examine -
and re-examine - the meaning of legacy, family and love.
"Do love stories often end this way?" "Why do you think it's over?"
Shesheshen has made a fatal mistake for a monster: she's fallen in
love. Shesheshen is a shapeshifter, who usually resides as an
amorphous lump in the swamp of a ruined manor, unless impolite
monster hunters invade intent on murdering her. Through a chance
encounter, she meets a different kind of human, warm-hearted
Homily, who mistakes Shesheshen for a human in turn. Shesheshen is
loath to deceive, but just as she's about to confess her true
identity, Homily reveals she's hunting the shapeshifting monster
that supposedly cursed her family. Shesheshen didn't curse anyone,
but to give them both a chance at happiness, she must figure out
why Homily's twisted family thinks she did. And the bigger
challenge remains: surviving her toxic in-laws long enough to learn
to build a life with the woman she loves. A glorious, funny,
occasionally slightly violent love story which asks us to examine -
and re-examine - the meaning of legacy, family and love.
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