200 Monas
A Novel
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4.4 • 5 Ratings
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- $14.99
Publisher Description
For fans of Phoebe Waller-Bridge and Miranda July comes a whip-smart, irresistible novel about a college senior who has 48 hours to sell her recently deceased mother's surprise stash of rare pills, or suffer the consequences.
Arvy Keening is just trying to get through the week. Tantalizingly close to leaving her college years at Westheimer University behind, all she has to do is pass her finals, pack up her life, and ship off to San Francisco for a prestigious Big Pharma internship. The problem? Arvy just found 200 hits of Molly in her dead mother’s closet. And when two drug dealers come to collect what they are owed, they reveal that the pills are not Molly, but Mona—a rare pharmaceutical that induces intense orgasms. The dealers give Arvy an ultimatum: Sell 200 Monas in 48 hours or die.
To aid in her seemingly impossible quest, Arvy recruits Wolf, Westheimer's resident drug dealer who also happens to be infuriatingly charming and distractingly sexy. In a race against the clock, Arvy and Wolf barrel through their college town, leaving a series of erotic shenanigans in their wake; appealing to horny co-eds, lonely barflies, and a mysterious sorority whose sisters have their own ideas for Mona’s potential uses. But if Mona has a knack for unleashing visceral reactions in the body, what will it unlock in Arvy, who has been repressing grief over her mother’s death for weeks?
Unashamedly brash, bold, and blistering, 200 Monas is a truly one-of-a-kind read, a playful and honest examination of sexuality and grief, and a sharp, searing love letter on how to release all that’s inside you.
APPLE BOOKS REVIEW
Strap in and enjoy the ride, because when this outrageous romp gets going, it doesn’t stop. Biochemistry student Arvy has four finals to prepare for when her mother unexpectedly dies. Sorting through her grief and her mom’s possessions, she finds a bag of 200 pills—pills her mom, a part-time dealer, meant to sell. They’re a new drug called Mona, which gives women powerful orgasms, and if Arvy doesn’t sell them herself in the next two days, she’s dead. Author Jan Saenz has created a heightened world that feels both recognizably real and delightfully bizarre, from Mona’s inconvenient side effects (blackouts, vomiting, existential dread) to Arvy’s many unhinged encounters (wait until she meets the sorority of future girl-bosses who’ve all taken a vow of celibacy). Arvy’s a great heroine to follow through this chaotic escapade: smart, levelheaded, and dealing with a loss so fresh, she carries her mother’s ashes with her throughout the whole thing. Fans of films like Uncut Gems and If I Had Legs I’d Kick You will devour this.