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From debut author Emily Yu-Xuan Qin comes a snarky urban fantasy novel inspired by Chinese and First Nation mythology and bursting with wit, compelling characters, and LGBTQIA+ representation
Readers of Seanan McGuire, Ilona Andrews, and Ben Aaronovitch will devour this gory story, and the sweet-as-Canadian-maple-syrup sapphic romance at its monstrous heart.
Tam hasnāt eaten anyone in years.Ā
She is now Mamaās soft-spoken, vegan daughter, everything dangerous about her is cut out, repressed. Medicated.
But when Tamās estranged Aunt Tigress is found murdered and skinned, Tam inherits an undead fox in a shoebox and an ensemble of old enemies.Ā
The demons, the ghosts, the gods running coffee shops by the river? Fine. The tentacled thing stalking Tam across the city? Absolutely not. And when Tam realizes the girl sheās falling in love with might be yet another loose end from her past? Thatās just the brassy, beautiful cherry on top.
Because no matter how quietly she lives, Tam canāt hide from her voracious upbringing, nor the suffering she caused. As she navigates romance, redemption, and the end of the world, she canāt help but wonderā¦
Do monsters even deserve happy endings?
With worldbuilding inspired by Chinese folklore and the SiksikĆ” Nation in Canada, LGBTQIA+ representation, and a sapphic romance,Ā Aunt TigressĀ is at once familiar and breathtakingly innovative.
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From debut author Emily Yu-Xuan Qin comes a snarky urban fantasy novel inspired by Chinese and First Nation mythology and bursting with wit, compelling characters, and LGBTQIA+ representation
Readers of Seanan McGuire, Ilona Andrews, and Ben Aaronovitch will devour this gory story, and the sweet-as-Canadian-maple-syrup sapphic romance at its monstrous heart.
Tam hasnāt eaten anyone in years.Ā
She is now Mamaās soft-spoken, vegan daughter, everything dangerous about her is cut out, repressed. Medicated.
But when Tamās estranged Aunt Tigress is found murdered and skinned, Tam inherits an undead fox in a shoebox and an ensemble of old enemies.Ā
The demons, the ghosts, the gods running coffee shops by the river? Fine. The tentacled thing stalking Tam across the city? Absolutely not. And when Tam realizes the girl sheās falling in love with might be yet another loose end from her past? Thatās just the brassy, beautiful cherry on top.
Because no matter how quietly she lives, Tam canāt hide from her voracious upbringing, nor the suffering she caused. As she navigates romance, redemption, and the end of the world, she canāt help but wonderā¦
Do monsters even deserve happy endings?
With worldbuilding inspired by Chinese folklore and the SiksikĆ” Nation in Canada, LGBTQIA+ representation, and a sapphic romance,Ā Aunt TigressĀ is at once familiar and breathtakingly innovative.
