Beth Monroe just wants to make it through the summer baseball season without being the constant target of her brother Shaneโs jokes, but he is relentless, and sheโs ready to lock herself in her room and hide.
Until the new girl shows up.
Halley appears in small town Barryville like a ghost. No one knows where she came from or anything about her past, not even her last name. When she gives Beth a piece of unsolicited advice that,ย โItโs whatโs on the outside that counts,โย Beth changes everything about herself.
By the time Beth realizes sheโs becoming a monster, it might be too late, and Halley has already sunk her claws into Bethโs best friend Ryanโwho mightโve been something more if Beth had opened her eyes a little earlier.
As Halleyโs past catches up to her, Beth realizes thereโs more to this mysterious girl than she realized. Can she stop Halley from revealing her true, monstrous nature to Ryan before itโs too late?
If you love the 1990s and movies like Heathers, as well as grunge rock and books full of nostalgia, you'll love Pretty Little Monster!
ID Johnson wears many hats: mother, wife, editor, tutu maker, and writer, to name a few. Some of her favorite people are the two little girls who often implore that she "watch me!" in the middle of forming finely crafted sentences, that guy who dozes off well before she closes her laptop, and those furry critters at the foot of the bed at night. If she could do anything in the world, she would live in Cinderella's castle and write love stories all day while sipping Dr. Pepper and eating calorie-less Hershey's kisses. For now, she'll stick to her Dallas-area home and spending her days with the characters she's grown to love.