Someone You Can Build a Nest In

Someone You Can Build a Nest In

by John Wiswell

4.4 (1,613)

4.4 stars from 1,613 reviews. Top 84% of Dark Romance books we track.

316 pages~5.3 hr readPublished by Jo Fletcher BooksPublished 2024-01-01

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Perfect for you if...

  • You're drawn to queer romance that treats love as an act of radical transformation, not just a feel-good plot point.
  • You appreciate dark humour and body horror alongside genuine tenderness, without needing one to undercut the other.
  • You want a disability narrative that centres connection and compromise rather than inspiration or tragedy.

Maybe not for you if...

  • You need a straightforward love story without metaphors about consumption, reproduction, and what it means to be monstrous.
  • You prefer romance where the central conflict is external drama rather than two people learning to want incompatible things.
  • You're uncomfortable with graphic imagery involving death, dismemberment, or the blurring of predator and prey.

About this book

Shesheshen is a shapeshifter living as an amorphous creature in a ruined manor. When monster hunters interrupt her rest, she constructs a body from available remains—a metal chain backbone, borrowed bones for limbs, and a bear trap as an extra mouth. Injured in the attack, she is nursed back to health by Homily, a kind human woman. Shesheshen's species reproduces by laying eggs inside a host, and she initially sees Homily as an ideal place for her young to develop. As they grow close, however, Shesheshen realizes she cannot go through with this plan. Before she can confess her true nature, Homily reveals she is hunting a shapeshifting monster that supposedly cursed her family. Shesheshen did not curse anyone, so she must uncover why Homily's family believes she did. As the hunt becomes increasingly dangerous, Shesheshen faces a larger challenge: learning to build a life with the woman she loves, rather than inside her.

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Currently 4.4★ from 1,613 reviews

Gaining approximately 61 new reviews per month. Steady word of mouth growth. Rating has climbed from 4.0 to 4.4. Recent readers are rating it higher.

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