Folklore, magic, monsters of all shapes and sizes: they're all real, and they want to kill you. Lisa Sato might have been upset to learn the truth, if she'd had anything left to lose. Torn from her wealthy family's estate in Japan to experience the most poverty-stricken communities of New York City firsthand, what's left of Lisa's life is further upended when she's attacked by a demon. Her rescuers are even more unusual: a team of superheroes, strangely reminiscent of Power Rangers, and led by her own mother. Or is all that just a shiny coat of paint over a corrupt private military? Once again Lisa has to move away from the place and people she knew, this time to the small town of Sleepy Hollow.
The small town of Sleepy Hollow, as it turns out, has a secret. Sophie Romano has lived there all her life, and she's become an expert at denying that secret. So what if there’s a top secret military base? So what if strange creatures are seen in the night? Sophie has more important things to focus on: submitting her college applications, trying to figure out why she' i's suddenly seeing the ghost of her long-dead girlfriend, and of course awkwardly flirting with the beautiful new girl at school, Lisa.
As Lisa and Sophie navigate their quickly growing feelings for one another, they’ll learn that trying to separate their high school social life from the deadly world of monsters and magic could lead to the loss of the last things that they still hold dear.
Monsters & Magic is an urban-fantasy sapphic romance. A horror novel pretending to be a YA. It centers on trauma, how our loved ones heal us, and how viciously killing a monster can be surprisingly cathartic.
For fans of:
- Harrow The Ninth - Tamsyn Muir
- Camp Damascus - Chuck Tingle
- A Deadly Education - Naomi Novik
- Sawkill Girls - Claire Legrand
- Dark And Hollow Star - Ashley Shuttleworth
- Gearbreakers - Zoe Hana Mikuta
- Meddling Kids - Edgar Cantero
- Skullduggery Pleasant - Derek Landy
- The Mermaid's Daughter - Ann Claycomb
- John Dies At The End - David Wong