Nebula and Locus Award Winner Hugo Award Nominee An NPR, Washington Post, Book Riot, Library Journal and Audible Best Book of 2024 'This novel is monstrously perfect, in every way' --P. Dj l Clark for The New York Times 'This unusual queer romance is a heartfelt fable about disability and the possibility of reconciling conflicting needs through love and understanding.' --The Guardian 'Sweetly furious, darkly funny, and gruesomely wholesome. It's a love story for the unloved, a happily-ever-after with a higher-than-average body count. I just adored it.' --Alix E. Harrow, New York Times-bestselling author of Starling House 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