Love and Other Monsters

If fantasy and romance are your two favorite genres and have read and obsess over books like Fourth Wing or ACOTAR, then I welcome you to Love and Other Monsters, a book club in which we know the most boring thing you can be as a love interest is a plain old human. Explore the new and exciting genre of romantasy as we read books ranging from YA’s filled with tension to incredibly spicy monster romance.

Sinner’s Isle by Montoya Angela

A spellbinding romantic fantasy about a powerful witch who will do anything to escape the remote island she’s being held captive on, including blackmail a notorious, charming pirate who washes up on shore.

ROSALINDA is trapped on Sinner’s Isle, an island filled with Majestics like her—beautiful witches loathed by society for their dangerous magic yet revered by powerful men who want to exploit them.

Now eighteen, Rosa will be the prize commodity at this year’s Offering, a fiesta for the wealthy to engage in drink, damsels, and debauchery. That is why she decides to flee—before someone forces the vicious phantoms within her to destroy everything she touches.

Handsome, swashbuckling MARIANO has long sailed the high seas as the Prince of Pirates. After the king’s fleet attacks his father’s infamous ship, Mariano is marooned on Sinner’s Isle with only an enchanted chain meant to lead him to his heart’s desire. Instead, he finds a brazen—but bewitching—headache: Rosa.

Mariano and Rosa must now outwit each other and their enemies before the Offering is over and it’s too late to escape the perils of Sinner’s Isle.

Purchase a copy to read, or grab it from the library, and join us at Dog·Eared Books at 5:30 PM on March 17th, to discuss the book with book club host Nayeli! This book club is free to anyone who wishes to participate, no registration necessary.

Also, for 20 minutes after each club meeting, you will receive 20% off all books and merchandise!

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