My Boyfriend Is a Monster 4: Under His Spell

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Under His Spell aims its wooden stake/silver bullet/pitchfork at the heart of the paranormal romance YA readers love, with the insight into real-world relationships everyone could use, and with True Love for its horror-story roots.

Bethany Farmer isn't looking for excitement anywhere but on the soccer field. When it comes to dating, Bethany is far too practical for cheesy romance. That is, until transfer student Allein shows up. Allein acts like someone out of a romance novel, but to her horror, Bethany is smitten. To make matters worse, Allein turns out to be the heir to the throne of Faerie, hunted by savage creatures set loose into suburbia who want his throne for their own. After battles of iron and magic, and a trip to Faerie itself, Bethany must make a choice: give up the mortal world for Allein, or ask him to give up his immortality. Or maybe, just maybe, they can make the ultimate long-distance relationship work.

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Bethany is intrigued by the new guy in school, especially when his pointy-eared relatives show up and start trying to kill people. Croall's addition to the humorous paranormal-romance series My Boyfriend Is a Monster has trouble fully developing Bethany and Allein's relationship, but fans of the series won't be deterred. They will enjoy the premise of pitting fairies against mortals, the artwork's Wizard of Oz switch from black-and-white to color upon Bethany's entrance into the fairy realm, and, of course, the middle-school appropriate romance, with the jock girl getting the cute monster boy in the end. --Booklist

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Marie P. Croall lives in Cary, North Carolina. She has written for Marvel, DC Comics, Moonstone Books, Devils Due, and Harris Comics, and has completed a self-published graphic novel and a short film. Marie has spent much of her life reading fables and legends, and enjoys discovering new things about different cultures. She is also the author of School of Evil (Twisted Journeys, Spring 10) and Marwe: Into the Land of the Dead (Graphic Myths and Legends, Spring 09),

Hyeondo Park was born in South Korea and moved to Dallas, TX, when he was 10. He is a recent graduate of the School of Visual Arts in NYC with a BFA in Cartooning/Illustration. Hyeondo illustrated manga adaptations of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and Shakespeare's Julius Caesar for John Wiley & Sons, and illustrated Sam & Lilah for the acclaimed webcomic site ACT-IV-ATE. More of his work can be read on his website at hanaroda.net.