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She Made Herself A Monster

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Yana, a vampire hunter, arrives in the cursed village of Koprivci promising salvation. But there is more to the village than meets the eye. And Yana is not what she pretends to be. Yana hunts monsters. Anka might be one. They'll need each other to survive.... Read More
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She Made Herself A Monster

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Yana, a vampire hunter, arrives in the cursed village of Koprivci promising salvation. But there is more to the village than meets the eye. And Yana is not what she pretends to be. Yana hunts monsters. Anka might be one. They'll need each other to survive. 'This exciting, gorgeous novel reminded me why I love vampire stories... I still have chills' Kate Heartfield, author of The Embroidered Book 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... ' A tale of dark secrets, unnatural lusts and hidden violence' Annie Garthwaite, author of Cecily 'Poetic, visceral, dark... A terrifying read' Isabelle Schuler, author of Lady Macbethad 'An exquisitely-written feminist vampire story. . . Mesmerising' Anna Mazzola, author of The Clockwork Girl

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781787305168

Publisher: Vintage Publishing

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 12 February 2026

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Harvill

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 22.0mm

Width: 153.0mm

Height: 233.0mm

Weight: 350g

Pages: 288

About the Author

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 Goldline 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. In 2023, she completed her first novel while in residence at the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts. She lives in Brooklyn, New York.

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