The Maiden and her Monster by Maddie Martinez

🐉 What happens when the monster you're hunting turns out to be someone you could fall for?

In The Maiden and Her Monster, Maddie Martinez reimagines the Jewish myth of the Golem in a sapphic fantasy filled with danger, intrigue, and forbidden feelings. When Malka ventures into a cursed forest to hunt the monster killing the girls in her village, she finds a disgraced golem who agrees to surrender—but only if Malka helps free the rabbi who created her. Soon, a sinister political plot threatens an entire country, and the two women must fight to save more than they ever imagined while they struggle with their feelings towards each other.

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