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3 YA fantasy novels for summer that bring out the monsters within

As we roll into the dog days of summer, these three YA novels move beyond being beastly — as their protagonists transform into the creatures that lie within.
Source: Meghan Collins Sullivan

Ambition, longing, love — extreme emotions are capable of making us all a little beastly as we strive for what we want most in our hearts.

As we roll into the dog days of summer, these three YA novels move beyond metaphor as their protagonists physically transform into the creatures that lie within.

I Feed Her to the Beast and the Beast is Me

by Jamison Shea is set in the brutal world of the Ballet Academy of Paris. As the end of her last year at the academy draws nigh,

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