Monstrous by Marcykate Connolly

Monstrous by Marcykate Connolly

Reminiscent of Frankenstein and tales by the Brothers Grimm, this fantasy novel, hailed by award-winning author Anne Ursu as "a marvel of storytelling alchemy" stands out as a compelling, original story that has the feel of a classic.

The city of Bryre suffers under the magic of an evil wizard. Because of his curse, girls sicken and disappear without a trace and all live in fear. No one is allowed outside after dark.

Night is when Kymera comes to the city, with a cloak disguising her wings, the bolts in her neck, and her spiky tail. Her mission is to rescue the girls of Bryre. Despite Kym's caution to go secretively, a boy named Ren sees and befriends her...but what he knows will change her world forever.

MarcyKate Connolly is a bestselling children's book author and nonprofit executive who lives in New England with her family and a pack of pugs. She graduated from Hampshire College (a mystical school where no one gives you grades) with a senior thesis that was an opera sequel to Hamlet. She also fell in love with plotting there, and she's been coming up with new ways to make things difficult for her characters ever since. MarcyKate is the author of the Shadow Weaver trilogy and The Star Shepherd, which she coauthored with Dan Haring.