Someone You Can Build a Nest In

De: John Wiswell

Narrado por: Carmen Rose

Duración: 9 h y 36 m

Resumen del Editor

Shesheshen is a shapeshifter, who happily resides as an amorphous lump at the bottom of a ruined manor. When her rest is interrupted by hunters intent on murdering her, she constructs a body using a metal chain for a backbone, borrowed bones for limbs, and a bear trap as an extra mouth. However, the hunters chase Shesheshen out of her home and off a cliff. Badly hurt, she's found and nursed back to health by Homily, a warmhearted human, who has mistaken Shesheshen as a fellow human. Homily is kind and nurturing and would make an excellent coparent: an ideal place to lay Shesheshen's eggs so their young could devour Homily from the inside out. But as they grow close, she realizes humans don't think about love that way.

Shesheshen hates keeping her identity secret from Homily, but just as she's about to confess, Homily reveals why she's in the area: she's hunting a shapeshifting monster that supposedly cursed her family. Shesheshen didn't curse anyone, but to give herself and Homily a chance at happiness, she has to figure out why Homily's twisted family thinks she did. As the hunt for the monster becomes increasingly deadly, Shesheshen must unearth the truth quickly, or soon both of their lives will be at risk. And the bigger challenge remains: surviving her toxic in-laws long enough to learn to build a life with, rather than in, the love of her life.

©2024 John Wiswell (P)2024 Tantor

Amazing!

I loved the writing style so much and the characters, the plot twist and fights were amazing. This is literally my new favorite book!

I Loved This!

I loved the magnificent Someone You Can Build A Nest In by John Wiswell as read by Carmen Rose. I loved this book. It was cozy. It was heartwarming. It dealt with abuse, with trauma, and love. Shesheshen is wonderful. Homily is amazing. It was funny, scary, and romantic.

Now, I will be the first to admit that romance is not always my bag. Too often I find it gets in the way of a story or is presented in a way I can't relate to (though more power to you awesome romance lovers.) Here, I got it. It made sense. I felt it.

I wanted it to work. I wanted to hear more. I was rooting for it. It made me happy. Darn you Wiswell making me feel my own feelings. But there was more to the story than that. There was action. There was horror. There was justice. There were struggles and there were lies.

The story follows Shesheshen, a shapeshifting monster, attacked in her lair and blamed for a family curse. When she meets the warm-hearted Homily her perspectives change. Maybe humans are more than just a handy meal. Unfortunately, Homily is out hunting a shapeshifting monster.

What is one to do when your newly found girlfriend wants you dead, her family blames you for every ill, and the real monsters might just become your in-laws?

Obviously the answer is love. Oh, and selective devouring.

If you don't have a heart, you might just have to ingest one.

Carmen Rose does a fantastic job as the narrator. Apparently she narrates lots of romance books, which probably explains why this one hits so hard. I love when the perfect narrator meets the perfect book.

I can't wait for John Wiswell's next book.

and while there may be debates going around about prologues and the like, you will appreciate the epilogue in this one.

work through trauma with your Eldritch gf

an incredible story about the cycle of abuse and queer autistic love. i highly reccomend

Lovely!

I’ve created a new genre for this type of book. This a cozy horror and I am here for it.