The Monstrous Kind: a sweepingly romantic, atmospheric gothic fantasy
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Published: 10th September 2024
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Publishing Details
The Monstrous Kind: a sweepingly romantic, atmospheric gothic fantasy
By (Author) Lydia Gregovic
Hodder & Stoughton
Hodderscape
10th September 2024
United Kingdom
Classifications
Young Adult
Fiction
Physical Properties
Paperback
400
Width 152mm, Height 232mm, Spine 36mm
480g
Description
The darkest secrets lie closest to home . . .
In this gothic historical fantasy, set in an Regency-inspired world, when her father dies, Merrick Darling must return to her family's ancestral home, and the sister she left behind. But there are deadly secrets lurking in the manor, which could threaten everything she holds dear.When her father dies in mysterious circumstances, Merrick Darling is summoned to her family's mist-shrouded ancestral home - which she abandoned six months prior - and Estrella, the sister she left behind.Merrick - vain and beautiful, and determined to escape their family's provincial life - doesn't plan on staying long. But the Darling Manor has changed since she went away, and not for the better. The borders - the province's main defense against the mist, and the deadly monsters that lurk within - have been failing for unknown reasons. And Estrella is different: reclusive and strange. Merrick can't shake the feeling that she's hiding something to do with their father's death - but what Then Estrella disappears without a trace. If Merrick wants to find her sister, she'll have to dig into the history of her Manor, and the dark realities of their reign. Because someone is watching from the mist - and they'll do anything to bring down the Darlings for good . . .Reviews
A gorgeously evocative gothic fantasy * Ava Reid, #1 New York Times bestselling author of A Study in Drowning *
Lydia Gregovic's masterfully eerie twist on the Austenian will captivate readers with its haunting prose, decadent romance, and Gothic mise-en-scne. I was entranced by the beguiling world of regency and rot, where skeletons lurk in every closet and nothing is ever as it seems... * Sophie Kim, author of The God and the Gumiho *
Eerie, romantic, and laced with treacherous mysteries, The Monstrous Kind will lure readers into the mist and hold them captive until the very last page * Emily Thiede, author of This Vicious Grace *
Romantic, clever, and deeply emotional. Simmering tensions among the characters, well-wrought action scenes, and delightful twists will keep you tearing through the pages-even as Gregovic's decadent prose invites you to linger like the Graylands' mist. The Monstrous Kind is the darkly glimmering crown jewel of YA Gothic fantasy * Allison Saft, New York Times bestselling author of A Fragile Enchantment *
Author Bio
Lydia Gregovic grew up in the suburbs of Texas and along the coastline of Montenegro, where she inherited her love of storytelling from her grandmothers. She now lives in Brooklyn, New York, along with a couple half-dead plants and the complete works of Jane Austen. The Monstrous Kind is her first novel.
