01997nam a22002657a 4500 260109b |||||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d 9780756419745 tbs eng PS3623.I8486 S66 2024 Wiswell, John 1981- 26590 author Someone you can build a nest in / John Wiswell. New York, NY : DAW Books, 2024. 310 pages ; 22 cm. Shesheshen has made a mistake fatal to all monsters: she’s fallen in love. Shesheshen is a shapeshifter, who happily resides as an amorphous lump at the bottom of a ruined manor. When her rest is interrupted by impolite monster hunters, she constructs a body from the remains of past meals: a metal chain for a backbone, borrowed bones for limbs, and a bear trap as an extra mouth. Badly hurt by the hunters, Shesheshen’s nursed back to health by Homily, a warm-hearted human. Homily is kind and would make a great co-parent: an ideal place to lay Shesheshen’s eggs so their young can devour Homily from the inside out. But as they grow close, Shesheshen realizes that eating her girlfriend isn’t an option. Just as Shesheshen’s about to confess her identity, Homily reveals something else: she’s hunting a shapeshifting monster that supposedly cursed her family. Has Shesheshen seen it anywhere? Shesheshen didn’t curse anyone, so now she has to figure out why Homily’s twisted family thinks she did. As Shesheshen’s hunt for the monster becomes increasingly deadly, the bigger challenge remains: learning how to build a life with, rather than in, the woman she loves. Blessing and cursing Fiction 26547 Lesbians Fiction 24049 Love Fiction 24358 Monsters Fiction 26140 Shapeshifting Fiction 26591 Monster fiction 26141 Paranormal fiction 22925 Fantasy fiction 22510 lcc 0 0 lcc 0 0 TBS TBS 2026-01-09 0 P-EN WIS B05607 2026-01-09 1 2026-01-09 1 5204 5204