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This Monster of Mine #2
This Blade of Ours
Not yet published
Expected 1 Jun 26#1 Sunday Times Bestselling Author
Their love was their salvation. It could be their ruin.
Sarai believed the worst was behind her. However, months after exposing the government’s corruption in what has now been deemed “the Great Unravelling,” she faces scorn from citizens who preferred her and Kadra as the underdogs than victors. Worse, eerie omens rock the country: from a deadly plague outbreak to a sweeping madness that leave the afflicted ranting of an approaching reckoning. Accused of angering the gods, Sarai returns to the only place that can clear her name: Ur Dinyé’s frozen north. But among the secrets buried in its ice are Kadra’s.
Cursed with frightening, new abilities, Kadra struggles to protect Sarai against a land at odds with itself. When historical tensions worsen between the north and the south, a powerful religious order seizes control in the chaos, led by a man whose very voice can kill—Noceo bu Kader. Trapped between love and a crumbling country, Sarai and Kadra must outwit a power with roots as deep in fear as in cruelty. But the gods are always watching, and Sarai and Kadra may not escape a second time.
The heart-pounding conclusion to This Monster of Mine, This Blade of Ours is a sweeping blend of cosmic horror, mystery, and achingly tender romance.
Their love was their salvation. It could be their ruin.
Sarai believed the worst was behind her. However, months after exposing the government’s corruption in what has now been deemed “the Great Unravelling,” she faces scorn from citizens who preferred her and Kadra as the underdogs than victors. Worse, eerie omens rock the country: from a deadly plague outbreak to a sweeping madness that leave the afflicted ranting of an approaching reckoning. Accused of angering the gods, Sarai returns to the only place that can clear her name: Ur Dinyé’s frozen north. But among the secrets buried in its ice are Kadra’s.
Cursed with frightening, new abilities, Kadra struggles to protect Sarai against a land at odds with itself. When historical tensions worsen between the north and the south, a powerful religious order seizes control in the chaos, led by a man whose very voice can kill—Noceo bu Kader. Trapped between love and a crumbling country, Sarai and Kadra must outwit a power with roots as deep in fear as in cruelty. But the gods are always watching, and Sarai and Kadra may not escape a second time.
The heart-pounding conclusion to This Monster of Mine, This Blade of Ours is a sweeping blend of cosmic horror, mystery, and achingly tender romance.
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Expected publication June 1, 2026
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About the author
Shalini Abeysekara
2 books292 followersShalini Abeysekara (she/her/hers) is the #1 Sunday Times bestselling author of This Monster of Mine. As a former corporate lawyer, she enjoys using fantasy to interrogate reality, exploring monstrosity—perceived and real—and centering neurodivergent women of colour reckoning with themselves and their place in a world that tells them they’re too much and not enough. She is passionate about demystifying traditional publishing for all writers. When not writing, she games her life away and tries to make the perfect entremet. Most days though, she can’t believe she's an adult, and hope you don’t either.
Her debut dark fantasy romance, This Monster of Mine, is an Ancient Rome-inspired bloodbath of manipulation, deception, and forbidden love. A second novel will follow in 2026.
Follow her @shalini.writes on IG/Tiktok to be the first to hear about promotions and more!
Her debut dark fantasy romance, This Monster of Mine, is an Ancient Rome-inspired bloodbath of manipulation, deception, and forbidden love. A second novel will follow in 2026.
Follow her @shalini.writes on IG/Tiktok to be the first to hear about promotions and more!
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April 25, 2025I thought This Monster of Mine was a standalone but I definitely won’t say no to more Kadra
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July 22, 2025Gimme this book right freaking now
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April 29, 2025How are you telling me I have to wait OVER a year for this Shalini? 😭
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October 2, 2025Want to read
May 12, 2025Just finished TMOM, and I am both elated and devasted to learn there's going to be a sequel. How am I supposed to wait an entire YEAR for more of Sarai and Kadra??? They are so delightfully, beautifully vicious and clever and reckless and ruthless and just, and I am utterly obsessed ❤️
Oh well, guess I just need to reread the first book about 50 more times to sate The Need for more while I wait!
Oh well, guess I just need to reread the first book about 50 more times to sate The Need for more while I wait!
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April 23, 2025I need this right now!!
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August 29, 2025What do you mean I have to wait until May 2026 😫
October 13, 2025
i don't usually rate a book before i read it, but how does one rate a book 1 star before even reading it?? arcs aren't even out 😭
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May 5, 2025I’m so ready to find out more about Kadra!! I have a feeling Sarai and him have similar street rat origins (endearingly)
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June 18, 2025Absolutely adored TMoM and cannot get my hands on this soon enough
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April 24, 2025Am so ready for this!!!!
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June 12, 2025I NEED THIS RIGHT NOW OMGGGG
October 10, 2025
Cannot wait for this one. ❤️🔥😍🙂↕️😩
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