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Someone You Can Build a Nest In by John Wiswell

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Someone You Can Build a Nest In

by John Wiswell

Narrator Carmen Rose

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Length 9 hours 36 minutes

Language English

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Bookseller recommendation

“A story of monsters and love of legendary proportions, with a healthy share of body horror and a charming blue bear. An amazing and surprisingly human story of learning to love and moving beyond abuse and trauma and learning what it looks like to learn to grow and be... together.”
— Sara • Crow & Co. Books

Bookseller recommendation

“A tender misfit love story interlaced with heaps of body-horror and gore. Neurodivergent queer characters in a cozy horror-fantasy ticked all the boxes I didn't even know I had.”
— Jericha Macie • Northshire Bookstore

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“Visceral, heartbreaking, and utterly amusing. The writing is absolutely fantastic and the narration is superb. One of my new favorites!”
— Emily • The Traveling Book Bus

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“The coziest horror novel out there! Shesheshen is a just a monster girl who never knew she was looking for love until she fell into it and realized she had no idea what she was doing. Cozy horror is my new favorite genre and if you haven’t read it yet, dig into it for Fall! ”
— Lauren • Friendly City Books

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“I just adored this book! Like Frankenstein, and other predecessors, it asks who the real monsters are, and it does it with a little bit of sweet romance! ”
— Laura • Second Flight Books

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“By the end of this book, you'll want Shesheshen to be YOUR monster girlfriend. She's absolutely hilarious and the audiobook's narrator does a fantastic job of bringing her to life.”
— Sydney • Book Soup

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“This book is a strange, gruesome, heartwarming, and tender fantasy that can both make you squirm and pull at your heartstrings. It’s just filled with so much love and demented whimsy you can’t help but laugh.”
— Bella • Cream & Amber

Bookseller recommendation

“This book was impeccable, from the characters to the plot to the narrator. I loved the way the characters grew together, learned, loved, and had each other's backs. If you're looking for an adorable romance of people falling in love for the first time set in a wonderful fantasy world, this book is perfect for you! ”
— Sarah • Cavalier House Books

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“The single most charming horror fantasy you will ever read! Told from the perspective of the monster this one is both slightly gruesome and super adorable all at once.”
— Anne • The Traveling Book Bus

Bookseller recommendation

“Shapeshifting from gory horror to cozy fantasy and back again as quickly and inventively as its monstrous heroine changes form, this utterly unique story about found family, queer love (with Ace rep!), generational trauma, and modern parenting will make a nest in your heart if you’re not careful! Recommended with no rationale for fans of T. Kingfisher, Tamsyn Muir, and Andrew Joseph White! ”
— Megan • Underground Books

Summary

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 using 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 warmhearted human, who has mistaken Shesheshen as a fellow human. Homily is kind and nurturing and would make an excellent coparent: 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. 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.

Fiction Romance Fantasy