Monsters: A Love Story
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Even the smartest people can be stupid at love.
When Stacey Lane writes a feminist take on Frankenstein, she never imagines it will catch the eye of unbelievably sexy Hollywood star Tommy DeMarco. Tommy’s passion for her book—and for her, a recently widowed poet, mom, and certified mess—threatens to turn her life upside down, or maybe right-side up. From their first poolside meeting the two are set on a collision course as they go about making the book into a movie, making each other crazy, and making love, if only in secret. Fueled by desire, love, grief, expertly poured cocktails, and crackling dialogue, Monsters: A Love Story is a witty portrait of a relationship gone off the rails and two people who are made for each other—even if they’re not so sure they see it that way.
**A Summer Beach Read Pick for Harper’s Bazaar, the Associated Press, Purewow, and Refinery29**
“This fast-paced novel will have readers immersed in the heady feeling of an alcohol-fueled affair with one of the sexiest men alive.” —
“An addictive page-turner, ripe with seduction and charm, that drops insights into this messy, crazy, wonderful thing called love.” —Washington Independent Review of Books
“Entertainingly dyspeptic.” —Vogue
“A perfectly imperfect love story.”—Bookpage
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Liz Kay. (2016). Monsters: A Love Story. Penguin Publishing Group.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Liz Kay. 2016. Monsters: A Love Story. Penguin Publishing Group.
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- A hilarious debut novel about a perfectly imperfect love story that will delight fans of Evvie Drake Starts Over.
Even the smartest people can be stupid at love.
When Stacey Lane writes a feminist take on Frankenstein, she never imagines it will catch the eye of unbelievably sexy Hollywood star Tommy DeMarco. Tommy’s passion for her book—and for her, a recently widowed poet, mom, and certified mess—threatens to turn her life upside down, or maybe right-side up. From their first poolside meeting the two are set on a collision course as they go about making the book into a movie, making each other crazy, and making love, if only in secret. Fueled by desire, love, grief, expertly poured cocktails, and crackling dialogue, Monsters: A Love Story is a witty portrait of a relationship gone off the rails and two people who are made for each other—even if they’re not so sure they see it that way.
**A Summer Beach Read Pick for Harper’s Bazaar, the Associated Press, Purewow, and Refinery29**
“This fast-paced novel will have readers immersed in the heady feeling of an alcohol-fueled affair with one of the sexiest men alive.” —
“An addictive page-turner, ripe with seduction and charm, that drops insights into this messy, crazy, wonderful thing called love.” —Washington Independent Review of Books
“Entertainingly dyspeptic.” —Vogue
“A perfectly imperfect love story.”—Bookpage - reviews
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A book of feminist poetry is optioned for a Hollywood movie. This debut novel from poet Kay shows a lot of nerve, because almost nothing about its fictional premise seems believable or workable. A violent, pornographic novel in verse about gender construction (!) by an anorexic, alcoholic, recently widowed, tightly wound, snarky, stunningly beautiful mother of two from Omaha, Nebraska, comes to the attention of the sexiest man alive, an A-list movie star named Tommy DeMarco, whose lack of a high school degree hasn't gotten in the way of his literary erudition. He options it, she flies to Turks and Caicos to discuss the script, and a book-length affair ensues. Perhaps the title of the novel--which comes from the title of the book of poetry and the movie based on it--indicates that the unlikability of the two leads is intentional. But it just doesn't work. Stacey is a nasty, uptight, self-absorbed woman who thinks things like "Grief is terrible but it looks amazing on me." The microreporting of her obnoxious thoughts about her food consumption--"I start my coffee and cut an apple into very thin slices to have for breakfast"; "He makes me eat eleven chips, which is ridiculous" --is surpassed only by the endless booze-a-logue. The characters drink to excess in almost every scene, to the point that it seems certain some terrible consequences are being foreshadowed. Nope. They just keep slugging it back. "God, Stacey, how'd we even end up like this," Tommy asks at one point. "We drink too much, and we're both a little slutty," Stacey replies. If the whole book had the sense of humor conveyed in that exchange, it might have worked. But it's not funny, and it goes on for far too long. Cut 100 pages, make it either a satire or a romance, then publish it.COPYRIGHT(2016) Kirkus Reviews, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
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Stacey, a young poet who lives in a flyover state with her two small children, is doing her best to regain a sense of normalcy after the untimely death of her husband. Then she gets sidetracked in a big way--Hollywood calls with an offer to make one of her books into a movie. Soon she's jetting back and forth between Omaha and Los Angeles, falling for Tommy, the handsome megamovie star who is producing and starring in her film, and drinking a lot of expensive libations. Tommy has a reputation as a superficial ladies' man, and yet he has the depth of understanding to appreciate Stacey's poetry. The more involved our protagonist gets with her unlikely beau, the more she tries to deny the relationship is meaningful and works to keep it a secret from those closest to her, but this strategy can't last forever. VERDICT In the tradition of Lolly Winston's Good Grief, in spite of the heavy backdrop, this fast-paced novel is suitable for an afternoon at the beach and will have readers immersed in the heady feeling of an alcohol-fueled affair with one of the sexiest men alive.--Karen Core, Detroit P.L.
Copyright 2016 Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.
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