This Monster of MineShalini Abeysekara

This Monster of Mine

Shalini Abeysekara

First published 2025

8.18.1 / 10
Score out of 1020 ratingsEarly score · confidence 10%

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About the book

Eighteen-year-old Sarai doesn’t know why someone tried to kill her four years ago, but she does know that her case was closed without justice. Hellbent on vengeance, she returns to the scene of the crime as a Petitor, a prosecutor who can magically detect lies, and is assigned to work with Tetrarch Kadra. Ice-cold and perennially sadistic, Kadra is the most vicious of the four judges who rule the land—and the prime suspect in a string of deaths identical to Sarai’s attempted murder. Certain of his guilt, Sarai begins a double life: solving cases with Kadra by day and plotting his ruin by night. But Kadra is charming and there’s something alluring about the wrath he wields against the city’s corruption. So when the evidence she finds embroils her in a deadly political battle, Sarai must also fight against her attraction to Kadra—because despite his growing hold on her heart, his voice matches the only memory she has of her assailant… A dazzling Ancient Rome-inspired romantasy debut, This Monster of Mine is a bloodbath of manipulation, deception, and forbidden love.

Description: publisher’s blurb via Hardcover

Where the score comes from

The sources average 8.5 across 20 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 10% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the Rankings average of 7.8. That is how 8.1 comes out.

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Hardcover8.520 100%

Reader voices

The most-liked reviews on Hardcover (credited to their authors).

  • “A very well written combination of mystery, romance, and politics.  I enjoyed the characters”

    ★ 4/5jtone on Hardcover

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What is This Monster of Mine rated?

8.1 out of 10, from 20 reader ratings across 1 independent sources.

Is This Monster of Mine worth reading?

Readers give it 8.1/10 from 20 ratings in open sources.