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She Made Herself A Monster
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  • Published: 12 February 2026
  • ISBN: 9781529975420
  • Imprint: Vintage Digital
  • Format: Audio Download
  • Narrator: Helen Laser
  • RRP: $38.00
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She Made Herself A Monster

Formats & editions
Paperback
11 Apr 2027
Tr. Paperback
17 Feb 2026
Hardback
12 Mar 2026
EBook
12 Feb 2026
Audiobook
12 Feb 2026
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The village's curse has endured for many years. The arrival of Yana, a vampire hunter, promises salvation. But there is more to the village than meets the eye. And Yana is not what she pretends to be.

'It's dangerous to go alone at night...'

Yana, a vampire hunter, rides into Koprivci promising salvation. The village’s curse has endured for many years and rumour has it that Anka – whose parents died on the night of her birth – is to blame. But enduring the villagers’ suspicion is the least of Anka’s worries; now she has reached womanhood, she can no longer avoid the odious marriage that seems to be her only option.

When animal corpses start to appear in the village square and eggs filled with blood are found in the chicken coops, panic rises. The villagers look to Yana for hope. She knows all about the monsters that stalk the night, monsters that only she can vanquish. But Yana is a liar. And monsters come in all different forms.

Yana and Anka become unlikely allies in hatching a plot to save both Koprivci and Anka from their fates. But then their plan takes on a horrifying life of its own...
  • Published: 12 February 2026
  • ISBN: 9781529975420
  • Imprint: Vintage Digital
  • Format: Audio Download
  • Narrator: Helen Laser
  • RRP: $38.00
Categories:

About the author

Anna Kovatcheva

Anna Kovatcheva was born in Bulgaria and holds an MFA in fiction from New York University. Her chapbook, The White Swallow, was selected by Aimee Bender as the winner of the Gold Line Press Chapbook Competition and published in 2015. Her short fiction has been anthologized in Best American Nonrequired Reading and has appeared in The Kenyon Review and The Iowa Review. She Made Herself a Monster is her debut novel. She lives in Brooklyn, New York.
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Praise for She Made Herself A Monster

Brimming with folklore, superstitions and a dark gothic backdrop, this is a fantastic read for anyone seeking a character-driven story in a moody setting.

Daily Mirror

Rooted in folklore and peopled with characters who are hauntingly real, She Made Herself a Monster never looks away from the consequences of burying humanity's evils too shallow and too near.

Kate Heartfield, author of THE EMBROIDERED BOOK

A poetic exploration of the power of stories. Inspired by Slavic folklore, the novel uses lyrical prose, realistically drawn characters, and multiple points of view to expose the monsters created to make sense of the shadows.

Library Journal

Exquisite: atmospheric, startling, and beautiful. An enthralling story, with brilliantly complex characters and a fabulously claustrophobic setting.

Naomi Kelsey, author of THE BURNINGS

Gorgeous and gruesome, pulses with folklore and reads like the best literary fiction.

Julia Fine

Deliciously dark... By turns horrific, atmospheric, and tender, this is a spell book that practices the best kind of magic - revealing the monsters embedded within and around us.

Sequoia Nagamatsu