Someone You Can Build a Nest In
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Someone You Can Build a Nest In

John Wiswell2024
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. 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. 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? 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 deadly, Shesheshen must unearth the truth quickly, or soon both of their lives will be at risk. And the bigger challenge remains: surviving her toxic in-laws long enough to learn to build a life with, rather than in, the love of her life.
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Apiecalypse Jen@chippedfang
5 stars
Sep 11, 2024
Dark
Pure
Emotional
Feel good
Comforting
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Sophia @phiabia
4 stars
Aug 25, 2024
Dark
Unique
Honest
Layered
Gruesome
Inventive
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fris🐝@lfrisbee
3.5 stars
Jun 6, 2024
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Cloudface@cloudface
4.5 stars
May 11, 2024
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Lexie @lexieneeley
4 stars
Dec 13, 2024
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neen@krustykrab
4 stars
Oct 11, 2024
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Alexis Manore @alexismanore
4 stars
Sep 2, 2024
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Elizabeth Scott@amos222
4.5 stars
Aug 13, 2024
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Katheryn@callmegoddess618
5 stars
Jun 23, 2024
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nay@pagesofnay
4 stars
Jun 10, 2024
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Clair High@clair-high
4 stars
May 12, 2024
Sweet
Intense
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Emma@fae_emma
4.5 stars
May 2, 2024
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Samantha @safin
4.5 stars
Apr 16, 2024

Highlights

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Sophia @phiabia
Page 141
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Cloudface@cloudface
Page 116
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Apiecalypse Jen@chippedfang