{"product_id":"9781035048779","title":"The Maiden and Her Monster","description":"Author: Maddie Martinez\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781035048779\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Pan Macmillan UK\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 16 Sep 2025\u003cbr\u003ePages: 352 \u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe forest eats the girls who wander out after dark . . .\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eAn atmospheric dark fantasy rooted in fairytales, folklore, and sapphic romance. \u003ci\u003eThe Maiden and Her Monster\u003c\/i\u003e by Maddie Martinez is perfect for fans of Katherine Arden, Ava Reid, and Naomi Novik.\u003c\/b\u003e As the healer’s daughter, Malka has seen how the forest's curse has plagued her village. But the Ozmini Church only comes to collect its tithe, not to listen to heretics with false tales of monsters in the trees. When a clergy girl wanders too close to the woods and Malka’s mother is accused of her murder, Malka strikes an impossible bargain with a zealot Ozmini priest. If she brings him the monster, he will spare her mother from execution. When she ventures into the blood-soaked woods, Malka finds a monster, though not the one she expects: an inscrutable, disgraced golem who agrees to implicate herself, but only after Malka helps her fulfil an ancient promise by freeing the imprisoned rabbi who created her. But a deal easily made is not easily kept. And as their bargain unravels a much more sinister threat, protecting her people may force Malka to endanger the one person she left home to save – and face her growing feelings for the very creature she was taught to fear. \u003cb\u003e‘A dark and endlessly enchanting fairy tale’ – Ava Reid, No. 1\u003ci\u003e New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eA Study in Drowning\u003c\/i\u003e ‘A gorgeous dark fantasy rendered in detail sharp as a tailor’s needle’ – S. T. Gibson, No. 1 \u003ci\u003eSunday Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author of \u003ci\u003eA Dowry of Blood\u003c\/i\u003e ‘A dark, poignant fairy tale about resilience, faith, and redemption’ – Allison Saft, the \u003ci\u003eSunday Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author of \u003ci\u003eA Dark and Drowning Tide\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46524205301918,"sku":"TLD-9781035048779","price":34.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781035048779.jpg?v=1771390274","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781035048779","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}