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Ex-library book with usual markings. Nice condition. Nebula and Locus Award Winner!Hugo Award NomineeAn NPR, Washington Post, Book Riot, Library Journal and Audible Best Book of 2024!"This novel is monstrously perfect, in every way" P. Djeli Clark for The New York TimesThis unusual queer romance is a heartfelt fable about disability and the possibility of reconciling conflicting needs through love and understanding. The Guardian "Sweetly furious, darkly funny, and gruesomely wholesome. It's a love story for the unloved, a happily-ever-after with a higher-than-average body count. I just adored it." Alix E. Harrow, New York Times-bestselling author of Starling HouseShesheshen has made a mistake fatal to all monsters: she's fallen in love.Shesheshen is a shapeshifter, who happily resides as an amorphous lump at the bottom of a ruined manor. When her rest is interrupted by impolite monster hunters, 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. Badly hurt by the hunters, Shesheshens nursed back to health by Homily, a warm-hearted human. Homily is kind and would make a great co-parent: an ideal place to lay Shesheshens eggs so their young can devour Homily from the inside out. But as they grow close, Shesheshen realizes that eating her girlfriend isnt an option.Just as Shesheshens about to confess her identity, Homily reveals something else: shes hunting a shapeshifting monster that supposedly cursed her family. Has Shesheshen seen it anywhere?Shesheshen didnt curse anyone, so now she has to figure out why Homilys twisted family thinks she did. As Shesheshens hunt for the monster becomes increasingly deadly, the bigger challenge remains: learning how to build a life with, rather than in, the woman she loves.A stealthily funny, slyly smart, and remarkably touching story. Its wisdom will creep up on you as surely as your affection for its monstrous main character.Veronica Roth, #1 New York Times-bestselling author of When Among Crows "A creepy, charming monster-slaying fantasy romance-from the perspective of the monster-by Nebula Award-winning debut author John Wiswell".…
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- Title
- Someone You Can Build a Nest In
- Author
- Wiswell, John
- Publisher
- DAW
- Publication year
- 2024
- Condition
- Fine
- Dust jacket
- Fine
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0756418852
- ISBN 13
- 9780756418854
Hugo Award Nominee
An NPR, Washington Post, Book Riot, Library Journal and Audible Best Book of 2024!
"This novel is monstrously perfect, in every way" --P. Djèlí Clark for The New York Times
"This unusual queer romance is a heartfelt fable about disability and the possibility of reconciling conflicting needs through love and understanding." --The Guardian
"Sweetly furious, darkly funny, and gruesomely wholesome. It's a love story for the unloved, a happily-ever-after with a higher-than-average body count. I just adored it." --Alix E. Harrow, New York Times-bestselling author of Starling House
Shesheshen has made a mistake fatal to all monsters: she's fallen in love.
Shesheshen is a shapeshifter, who happily resides as an amorphous lump at the bottom of a ruined manor. When her rest is interrupted by impolite monster hunters, 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.
Badly hurt by the hunters, Shesheshen's nursed back to health by Homily, a warm-hearted human. Homily is kind and would make a great co-parent: an ideal place to lay Shesheshen's eggs so their young can devour Homily from the inside out. But as they grow close, Shesheshen realizes that eating her girlfriend isn't an option.
Just as Shesheshen's about to confess her identity, Homily reveals something else: she's hunting a shapeshifting monster that supposedly cursed her family. Has Shesheshen seen it anywhere?
Shesheshen didn't curse anyone, so now she has to figure out why Homily's twisted family thinks she did. As Shesheshen's hunt for the monster becomes increasingly deadly, the bigger challenge remains: learning how to build a life with, rather than in, the woman she loves.
"A stealthily funny, slyly smart, and remarkably touching story. Its wisdom will creep up on you as surely as your affection for its monstrous main character."--Veronica Roth, #1 New York Times-bestselling author of When Among Crows
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