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Ry Herman

    Ry Herman crafts narratives with a unique blend of humor and heart, often exploring themes of identity and queer experiences. His prose is fluid and accessible, drawing readers effortlessly into his worlds. Herman's distinctive style lies in his masterful weaving of supernatural elements with deeply human emotions. His work resonates with contemporary readers through its sincerity and willingness to delve into complex relationships and personal growth.

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    This Princess Kills Monsters
    • 2025

      This Princess Kills Monsters

      The Misadventures of a Fairy-Tale Stepsister: A Novel

      • 416 pages
      • 15 hours of reading
      4.0(2698)Add rating

      A princess with a mostly useless magical talent takes on horrible monsters, a dozen identical masked heroes, and a talking lion in a quest to save a kingdom—and herself—in this affectionate satire of the Grimm Brothers’ fairy tale The Twelve Huntsmen. Someone wants to murder Princess Melilot. This is sadly normal. Melilot is sick of being ordered to go on dangerous quests by her domineering stepmother. Especially since she always winds up needing to be rescued by her more magically talented stepsisters. And now, she's been commanded to marry a king she’s never met. When hideous spider-wolves attack her on the journey to meet her husband-to-be, she is once again rescued—but this time, by twelve eerily similar-looking masked huntsmen. Soon she has to contend with near-constant attempts on her life, a talking lion that sets bewildering gender tests, and a king who can't recognize his true love when she puts on a pair of trousers. And all the while, she has to fight her growing attraction to not only one of the huntsmen, but also her fiancé’s extremely attractive sister. If Melilot can't unravel the mysteries and rescue herself from peril, kingdoms will fall. Worse, she could end up married to someone she doesn’t love.

      This Princess Kills Monsters
    • 2020

      Love Bites

      • 384 pages
      • 14 hours of reading
      3.7(255)Add rating

      Angela likes Chloe. Chloe likes Angela. It should be simple enough - there's just the small matter of Angela's aversion to sunlight. And crosses. And mirrors . . .In 1998, Angela was a smart, gothy astronomy student ­- until her then-girlfriend accidentally turned her into a vampire. A year later, she divides her time between her post-graduate degree (working on it in a dark, basement room, and only at night) and controlling her need for human blood.Then she meets lonely but wryly humorous slush-pile reader Chloe, who's battling demons of her own. Chloe's anxiety and depression can make it hard for her to leave the house, while memories of her ex haunt her at night.As sparks fly and romance blooms, Angela and Chloe struggle to hide their difficulties from each other - but sometimes the only way out is to let someone else in.

      Love Bites