Título: Someone You Can Build a Nest In
Autor: John Wiswell
Sinopse: A Most-Anticipated Book of 2024: LitHub, Polygon, Apple, Goodreads
⭐ "Wiswell raises the bar on the outcast as protagonist . . . the ultimate monster slayer story, if the monster is just a misunderstood creature searching for love.” — Kristi Chadwick, Library Journal (starred review)
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.
Contexto da obra
Como livro em inglês, esta obra costuma ganhar também uma camada própria de interesse editorial e linguístico. “Someone You Can Build a Nest In”, de John Wiswell, publicado pela editora DAW, em 2024 e com 304 páginas, integra a categoria Livros em Inglês. Por isso, o interesse da obra tende a se ampliar quando o leitor considera também a relação com a língua em que ela circula.
Editora: DAW
Páginas: 304
Ano: 2024
Edição:
Linguagem: en
ISBN: 0756418852
ISBN13: 9780756418854
Sobre a editora
Os livros da editora DAW costumam transportar o leitor para mundos onde magia, poderes sobrenaturais e conflitos épicos são o centro da narrativa. As histórias frequentemente exploram personagens que enfrentam desafios ligados a habilidades ocultas, batalhas entre forças místicas e dilemas morais em cenários que vão desde universos fantásticos até realidades alternativas com elementos fantásticos. O ritmo tende a variar entre aventuras intensas e tramas que aprofundam a construção de mundos e relações complexas, com um tom que pode oscilar entre o sombrio e o esperançoso. O catálogo indica uma preferência por narrativas que mesclam fantasia épica, urban fantasy e ficção científica com elementos de fantasia, atendendo a leitores que buscam imersão em universos detalhados e tramas de tensão crescente.
