Kill the Beast
$61.93
- Hardcover
320 pages
- Release Date
14 October 2025
Summary
The night Lyssa Cadogan’s brother was murdered by a faerie-made monster known as the Beast, she made him a promise: she would find a way to destroy the immortal creature and avenge his death. For thirteen years, she has been hunting faeries and the abominations they created. But in all that time, the one Beast she is most desperate to find has never resurfaced.
Until she meets Alderic Casimir de Laurent, a melodramatic dandy with a coin purse bigger than his brain. Somehow, he has fou…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781250373786 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1250373786 |
| Author: | Serra Swift |
| Publisher: | Tor Publishing Group |
| Imprint: | Tor Books |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 320 |
| Release Date: | 14 October 2025 |
| Weight: | 430g |
| Dimensions: | 50mm x 146mm x 218mm |
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Critics Review
“I devoured this book! Full of revenge, monsters, and found family, Kill the Beast is riveting and thrilling!”–Sarah Beth Durst, New York Times bestselling author of The Spellshop
“Heartfelt, dark, and yet very fun, Kill the Beast is a fresh fairy tale that pulls apart old tropes and artfully reconstructs itself as a new story about friendship, grief, and forgiveness.”–J.R. Dawson, the author of The First Bright Thing
“This cheerful, brawling adventure has everything you could want: bloody revenge, exquisite tailoring, and a very good dog.”–Davinia Evans, author of Notorious Sorcerer
“A glorious adventure, filled with heart and heroics, friendship and redemption, monsters and hope. I love Lyssa and Alderic, and I loved this book.”–H.G. Parry, author of A Far Better Thing
“I wholly adored this fun, bloody, and phenomenal fantasy debut. With a queer friendship story, a feral bisexual main character, and a lot of heart, this is definitely one you’ll want to get your hands on!”– M. Stevenson, author of Behooved
“Swift’s novel falls in the twilight between melancholy and adventure, punctuated with brutality, occasional gore, and shocking moments of joy. The foreshadowing is excellent, stringing action scenes and a delightful berserker/sunshine dynamic on a thread of delicious tension…. An excellent recommendation for all fantasy readers.”–Library Journal (starred review)
“Fans of folklore and fairy tales will enjoy pondering the tinges of “Beauty and the Beast” woven into Swift’s debut.“–Booklist
“A charming fairy tale.”–Publishers Weekly
“Adventurous and warmhearted.”–Shelf Awareness
Serra Swift
Serra Swift lives in Southern California with her husband and their Boston Terrier, Waffles. When she isn’t writing, she can usually be found reading or (let’s be honest) eating a snack. Kill the Beast is her first novel.
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