Never a hero / Vanessa Len.

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Title:

Never a hero / Vanessa Len.

Author:

Len, Vanessa, author.

HarperTeen (Firm), publisher.

HarperCollins (Firm)

ISBN:

9780063024694

Edition:

First edition.

Physical Description:

510 pages ; 22 cm

Series:

Monsters trilogy ; 2

Monsters trilogy ; 2.

General Note:

Sequel to: Only a monster.

Series information from author's website: https://www.vanessalen.com

Abstract:

"Despite all of the odds, Joan achieved the impossible. She reset the timeline, saved her family--and destroyed the hero, Nick. But her success has come at a terrible cost. She alone remembers what happened. Now, Aaron, her hard-won friend--and maybe more--is an enemy, trying to kill her. And Nick, the boy she loved, is a stranger who doesn't even know her name. Only Joan remembers that a greater and more dangerous enemy is still out there. When a deadly attack forces Joan back into the monster world, she finds herself on the run with Nick--as Aaron closes in. Torn between love and family and monstrous choices, Joan must find a way to re-gather her old allies to face down the deadliest of enemies, and to save the timeline itself" -- Provided by publisher.

Subject Term:

Monsters -- Juvenile fiction.

Family secrets -- Juvenile fiction.

Interpersonal relations -- Juvenile fiction.

Ability -- Juvenile fiction.

Survival -- Juvenile fiction.

Space and time -- Juvenile fiction.

Amnesia -- Juvenile fiction.

Enemies -- Juvenile fiction.

Family secrets -- Fiction.

Young adult fiction.

Monsters -- Fiction.

Interpersonal relations -- Fiction.

Ability -- Fiction.

Survival -- Fiction.

Monstres -- Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse.

Secrets de famille -- Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse.

Aptitude -- Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse.

Habiletés de survie -- Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse.

Amnésie -- Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse.

Ennemis -- Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse.

Secrets de famille -- Romans, nouvelles, etc.

Roman pour jeunes adultes.

YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Fantasy / Contemporary.

Survival after airplane accidents, shipwrecks, etc -- Fiction.

Genre:

Added Corporate Author:

HarperTeen (Firm),

HarperCollins (Firm)

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Library	Material Type	Item Barcode	Shelf Number	Status
Searching... Avon-Washington Township Public Library	Teen Fiction Book Hardback	120791003091398	T LEN	Searching... Unknown

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Summary

These Violent Delights meets This Savage Song in this sequel to the contemporary fantasy Only a Monster from Vanessa Len that New York Times bestselling author Stephanie Garber called "mind-bending, heart wrenching, and unputdownable!"

Despite all of the odds, Joan achieved the impossible. She reset the timeline, saved her family - and destroyed the hero, Nick.

But her success has come at a terrible cost.

She alone remembers what happened. Now, Aaron, her hard-won friend - and maybe more - is an enemy, trying to kill her. And Nick, the boy she loved, is a stranger who doesn't even know her name. Only Joan remembers that a greater and more dangerous enemy is still out there.

When a deadly attack forces Joan back into the monster world, she finds herself on the run with Nick - as Aaron closes in.

Torn between love and family and monstrous choices, Joan must find a way to re-gather her old allies to face down the deadliest of enemies, and to save the timeline itself.

Vanessa Len's stunning Only a Monster trilogy continues with this second instalment, a thrilling journey where a secret past threatens to unravel everyone's future.

Reviews (1)

Kirkus Review

After unmaking the boy she loved to save her family, Joan Chang-Hunt finds herself pursued by agents of the Monster Court in this sequel to Only a Monster (2022). In the new timeline that Joan created, Nick Ward is a normal human boy, not a legendary monster-slaying hero. But when Joan is attacked by monsters looking to capture her, Nick steps in to defend her, causing them both to time travel to the near future. They quickly discover that a manhunt is underway for them, led by Aaron Oliver, who doesn't remember his friendship with Joan in the previous timeline. Joan leads a bewildered Nick through London as she desperately searches for help, all the while avoiding answering his questions for fear of horrifying him with the truth about monsters: They steal human lives in order to time travel. When Joan finally reunites with old allies, she learns that her erasure of the original Nick put into motion a catastrophic end to the timeline. Joan, whose human father is Chinese and monster mother was English, is once again forced to decide where her allegiance lies. She struggles with a complicated mix of feelings toward Nick, including guilt, yearning, and fear, as his heroic potential is evident even without his possessing a hatred of monsters. The introspective third-person narration is occasionally repetitive, but the original magic system, immersive descriptions, and compelling stakes create a cinematic reading experience. Will keep readers hooked. (Fantasy. 13-18) Copyright (c) Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.