She Made Herself a Monster: A Novel Ruth Forman Spanning thirty-five years

Spanning thirty-five years

who disappeared when they were teenagers

where the lines between magic

writes about his vibrant

a dark and treacherous genius

She Made Herself a Monster: A Novel Ruth Forman Spanning thirty-five yearsA heady, dark hued Gothic gem of a debut novel: in nineteenth century Bulgaria, a self proclaimed vampire slayerin truth, a traveling con artistjoins forces with a teenage girl to create a monster deadly enough to vanquish their own demons. We make monsters in order to destroy them. For thousands of years, weve named witches and burned them, suspected demons and exorcised them. When crops die and children fall ill, who better to blame than a monster?