When We Were Monsters, 9780241772492
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Secrets, betrayal, and ambition: only one writer will survive.
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When We Were Monsters

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  • Paperback

    400 pages

  • Release Date

    2 September 2025

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Summary

The compulsive new thriller from multimillion-selling NYT bestselling author Jennifer Niven.

Eight students walk into an exclusive writers’ retreat, but only one will walk out with a life-changing opportunity to realize their creative dreams.

Effy is piecing together a story about the tragic betrayal that led to her mother’s death. Arlo hopes to publish a novel - but he’s also trying to start a new chapter with Effy after he broke her heart and ghosted her three years earlier.…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780241772492
ISBN-10:0241772494
Author:Jennifer Niven
Publisher:Penguin Random House Children's UK
Imprint:Penguin Books Ltd
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:400
Release Date:2 September 2025
Weight:274g
Dimensions:197mm x 131mm x 27mm
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Critics Review

Niven’s signature ingredients: deep sensitivity, romance, poetry, and misunderstood, passionate characters. Now add a gothic mansion, a dangerous cliffside and a charismatic genius— and she’s serving up a standout dark academia thriller. * E. Lockhart, #1 New York Times bestselling author of We Were Liars *

About The Author

Jennifer Niven

Jennifer Niven is the #1 New York Times and internationally bestselling author of All the Bright Places, Holding Up the Universe and Breathless. Her books have been translated in over 75 languages and have won literary awards around the world. An Emmy-award winning screenwriter, she co-wrote the script for the All the Bright Places movie- currently streaming on Netflix and starring Elle Fanning and Justice Smith. She is also the author of several narrative nonfiction titles and the Velva Jean historical fiction series. Jennifer divides her time between coastal Georgia and Los Angeles with her husband and literary cats.

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