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The Monstrous Kind

The Monstrous Kind (Book 1)

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What to expect

The darkest secrets lie closest to home . . .

Merrick Darling's life is better than most. As the daughter of a powerful lord, she wants for nothing - yet she will never inherit her family's Manor. Her only options are a smart marriage, or to live at the kindness of her practical and regimented elder sister, Essie.

Until the day her father dies in mysterious circumstances, and Merrick is torn from her glamorous New London society life to Norland House, her family's mist-shrouded ancestral home.

But the Manor has changed while Merrick has been away. Once strong and capable, Essie is withdrawn and frightened, and with good reason. The borders - their main defence against the toxic mist that has claimed much of their nation, and the deadly monsters that lurk within - have been failing for unknown reasons.

When Essie goes missing, it's clear that Merrick needs help. But who can she trust when everyone seems to be scheming, and all she holds true feels like it's slipping out of her grasp?

Critics Review

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-scène. 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
Both haunting and tender, THE MONSTROUS KIND invites you into a gilded world of treachery with monsters clawing at every door. A dark and captivating tale where you can trust no one.
Kylie Lee Baker, the Sunday Times bestselling author of The Scarlet Alchemist
THE MONSTROUS KIND is a darkly thrilling dream-a hauntingly atmospheric gothic fantasy with all the sumptuous social decadence of Bridgerton and the lurking, romantic horror of Crimson Peak ... plus monsters!
A.M. Strickland, author of Court of the Undying Seasons
Author Lydia Gregovic
Narrator Fran Burgoyne
Series The Monstrous Kind
Duration 13 hours and 9 minutes
Release Date
ISBN 9781399724241
Format Audiobook
Publisher Hodder & Stoughton
Genre Children’s / Teenage fiction: Fantasy, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Fantasy romance, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Historical fantasy, Fantasy romance
Availability AU, GB, IE

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