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SUMMARY:The Maiden and Her Monster by Maddie Martinez
DESCRIPTION:All are welcome to our book club as we discuss The Maiden and h
 er Monster by Maddie Martinez!\nThe Maiden and Her Monster&nbsp\;is a gorg
 eous\, atmospheric debut fantasy rooted in history\, folklore\, and sapphi
 c romance—perfect for fans of Katherine Arden\, Ava Reid\, Hannah Whitte
 n\, and Naomi Novik.\n\nThe forest eats the girls who wander out after dar
 k.\n\nAs the healer’s daughter\, Malka has seen how the wood’s curse h
 as plagued her village\, but the Ozmini Church only comes to collect its t
 ithe\, not to protect heretics with false stories of monsters in the trees
 . So when a clergy girl wanders too close to the forest and Malka’s moth
 er is accused of her murder\, Malka strikes an impossible bargain with a z
 ealot Ozmini priest. If she brings the monster out\, he will spare her mot
 her from execution.\n\nWhen she ventures into the shadowed woods\, Malka f
 inds a monster\, though not the one she expects: an inscrutable\, disgrace
 d golem who agrees to implicate herself\, but only if Malka helps her fulf
 ill a promise first and free the imprisoned rabbi who created her.\n\nBut 
 a deal easily made is not easily kept. And as their bargain begins to unra
 vel a much more sinister threat\, protecting her people may force Malka to
  endanger the one person she left home to save—and face her growing feel
 ings for the very creature she was taught to fear.\nMore information about
  this warm and engaging book club can be found here.&nbsp\;\n\nThis meetin
 g will be on Zoom only.&nbsp\;\n\nJoin the Jewish Fantasy &amp\; Scifi Ema
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