Only a Monster
the twisted romantic fantasy debut where monsters are the heroes?
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- 189,00 Kč
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- 189,00 Kč
Publisher Description
"You're a hero and I'm a monster. There's only one way that story ever ends."
It should have been the perfect summer. Sent to stay with her late mother's eccentric family in London, sixteen-year-old Joan is determined to enjoy herself. She loves her nerdy job at the historic Holland House, and when her super cute co-worker Nick asks her on a date, it feels like everything is falling into place.
Then a Good Samaritan attempt gone wrong sends Joan spinning through time, and her life quickly begins to unravel. Her family aren't just eccentric: they're monsters, with terrifying, hidden powers. And Nick isn't just a cute boy: he's a legendary monster slayer, who will do anything to bring them down.
As she battles Nick, Joan is forced to work with the beautiful and ruthless Aaron Oliver, heir to a monster family that hates her own. She'll have to embrace her own monstrousness if she is to save herself, and her family. Because in this story . . .
. . . she is not the hero.
Dive deep into the world of Only a Monster, where the line between monster and hero is razor thin: hidden worlds dwell in the shadows, beautiful monsters with untold powers walk among humans and secrets are the most powerful weapon of all.
TROPES
Secret world 🤐
Time travel 🕳
Morally grey FMC 🩶
Will-they-won't-they ❤️ ❌
PRAISE FOR Only a Monster
'Mind-bending, heart wrenching, and unputdownable!' Stephanie Garber
'A fabulous start to a phenomenal new series' Adalyn Grace
'An absolute page-turner' Chloe Gong
READERS LOVE IT
'Thrilling and immersive' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
'I just couldn't put it down!' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
'Loved every piece of this book' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Len's deeply imaginative debut follows 16-year-old history buff Joan Chang-Hunt, of Chinese Malaysian and English descent, who has long spent her summers with her deceased mother's mother in London; when Joan was six, her Gran revealed that the Hunts are monsters who "hide in plain sight." This summer, Joan is looking forward to time with Nick, her presumed-white coworker and crush. But when Joan inexplicably loses a whole day, Gran tells Joan the whole truth: that the Hunts are monsters, that monsters are able to time travel by stealing hours from a human's life, and that each monster family has its own power. After her family is suddenly massacred and a hunt for surviving monsters is mounted, Joan partners with haughty 17-year-old Aaron Oliver, implied white, of a "cruel" monster family, to jump back in time and save their families—if they can. Including thoughtful introspection about Joan's multi-ethnic identity and status as a half-human, half-monster, Len carefully reveals Joan's new reality and moral struggle through an entertaining and carefully built trilogy opener. Ages 13–up.
