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The Monstrous Kind

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11th September 2025

Price: £10.99

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Selected: Paperback / ISBN-13: 9781399724258

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‘GORGEOUSLY EVOCATIVE’ AVA REID
‘DECADENT AND NIGHTMARISH’ ERIN A. CRAIG
‘DELICIOUSLY DARK’ AMÉLIE WEN ZAO


Regency England, terrifying monsters and high-stakes romance entwine in this atmospheric romantic fantasy inspired by Jane Austen’s Sense and Sensibility.

WHO DO YOU TRUST WHEN THE FIRE GOES OUT?

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 only options are a smart marriage, or to live at the kindness of her elder sister, Essie.

Then her father dies in mysterious circumstances, and Merrick is called to return to her family’s mist-shrouded home. But things have changed while Merrick was away. Once strong and capable, Essie is withdrawn and frightened – and with good reason. The fires, their main defence against the toxic mist and the deadly monsters that lurk within it, have been failing for unknown reasons.

So 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 from her grasp?

READERS LOVE THE MONSTROUS KIND
‘My only complaint is that I wanted to keep reading, which is not a complaint!’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Absolutely adored this book. Gregovic is an auto-buy from here on out‘ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
‘It’s so beautifully written. I felt spellbound from the very beginning’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
‘STOP GIMME GIMME GIMME MORE. THAT ENDING?!!!!!! GAHHHHHH I SHALL NEVER SURVIVEEEEEEE. LIKE I NEED THERE TO BE ANOTHER BOOK MORE THAN I NEED AIRRRRRR’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Reviews

Ava Reid, #1 New York Times bestselling author of A Study in Drowning
A gorgeously evocative gothic fantasy
Sophie Kim, author of The God and the Gumiho
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...
Emily Thiede, author of This Vicious Grace
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
Allison Saft, New York Times bestselling author of A Fragile Enchantment
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
Kylie Lee Baker, the Sunday Times bestselling author of The Scarlet Alchemist
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.
A.M. Strickland, author of Court of the Undying Seasons
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!