The School for Wayward Monsters: A Darkly Funny YA Fantasy Romance About Monsters, Belonging, and First Love
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Death, entropy, and decay, those were the gifts that Ash was born with. Gifts he never wanted and had no way of returning. His touch was death, so he cut himself off from humanity, forever wandering alone, terrified of the next time he would be found… and killed.And then he met Danika… who killed him immediately. Ash was dead, which meant it was probably a Tuesday, and as he died, he couldn’t help but notice that this death felt different from all the others. Warm instead of cold.Waking up in the crumbling halls of the School for Wayward Monsters, Ash discovers a place for teenage creatures like him, though belonging is complicated. Danika loathes Ash’s very existence, which is especially rude given that she literally killed him earlier that day. Archie, the ill-tempered lizard kid, is far too comfortable beating Ash with lumps of wood, and the super off-putting talking cat keeps offering Ash dead mice, presumably as snacks. It’s a lot.Yet as private study sessions with Danika in the attic grow longer, sparks flare and hostility blurs into something far more dangerous and impossible to ignore. Wanting her might cost Ash the fragile belonging he’s found, especially when Bethany, the minister’s daughter, is making her intentions toward Ash phenomenally clear, even as her family vows to wipe monsters like him from existence.Caught in a tangle of desire, first love triangles, and a terrifying evil stirring beneath the minister’s church that threatens everything he has grown to need. Ash may finally learn what it truly means to be human, even when you’re not.The School for Wayward Monsters is a darkly funny, romantic YA fantasy about desire, identity, and choosing who you become when the world insists you’re a monster. Read more
