Go read This Princess Kills Monsters by Ry Herman! It’s a mashup fairytale retelling which pokes fun at society’s strict and outdated gender norms, roles, and rules. Funny, witty, clever, heartwarming, action packed, feminist, and very queer. The perfect distraction from the chaos in the world🌈

This Friday I have interview on the Booktails Podcast! We'll dig into This Princess Kills Monsters, play fairytale madlibs, and drink a magic potion: The Lake Melilot. To make your own, use true love’s first kiss and: Blue Curaçao & vodka (or lemonade for a mocktail), pineapple juice, & guava juice

Two incredible books rocketed to the top of my list this month: ALMOST LIFE by Kiran Millwood Hargrave RADIANT STAR by Ann Leckie ryhermanwrites.wordpress.com/2026/05/31/f...

Lesson learned -- do NOT put fresh chives in the blender.

Cover reveal for my upcoming book This Knight Topples Empires! In a raucous, tongue-in-cheek spin on a Romanian fairy tale, a knight attempts to thwart an invasion, save the most beautiful woman in the world, and finally get away from their sisters. ARCs are available by request on NetGalley.

Two books I read in April were absolutely amazing: WE DO NOT PART by Han Kang UNDER FALSE COLORS by Sheila Jenné ryhermanwrites.wordpress.com/2026/05/01/f...

Sighting of the Book of the Month club edition of This Princess Kills Monsters in the wild - this one from Pittsburgh!

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The standout book for me in March was: CHILDREN OF STRIFE, by Adrian Tchaikovsky ryhermanwrites.wordpress.com/2026/03/31/f...

I think the audiobook of This Princess Kills Monsters is on sale right now. Certainly on Apple Books, but I guess maybe also on Amazon. books.apple.com/us/audiobook... What tipped me off:

@hollygodarkly.wandering.shop.ap.brid.gy Have you read This Princess Kills Monsters by @ryherman.bsky.social Absolutely incredible homage to fairy tales

The French language edition of This Princess Kills Monsters comes out today!

There were a whole lot of books I enjoyed this past month: ryhermanwrites.wordpress.com/2026/03/01/f... THE POET EMPRESS by Shen Tao GREEK LESSONS by Kang Han TAPPING THE DREAM TREE by Charles de Lint THE HUNGRY GODS by Adrian Tchaikovsky

I would like to write a cookbook which contains a few different ways to prepare every recipe solely so I could call it Bay Leaf It Or Not.

After a meetup last weekend at a new-to-me bookstore-cafe, my latest “browsing” resulted in getting this by @ryherman.bsky.social . I finished it yesterday and it was a delight to read. #BookSky #AmReading

finished the audiobook of This Princess Kills Monsters yesterday. it was delightful! I enjoyed the fairy tale references (even though I didn't understand some of them), the consistency of the main character's personality traits, the humor, and the great job the narrator did with Scottish accents! 🌈📚

Thanks to the works of Sigrid Undset and Xenophon, I now have every single letter of the alphabet represented by the author names on my bookshelf. This makes me obscurely happy.

The cover for the French language edition of This Princess Kills Monsters!

This Princess Kills Monsters by Ry Herman is based on The Twelve Huntmen but incorporates many different fairytale characters. It's an amazing adaptation of a classic fairytale. #booksky #fairytale #fantasy #cleanromance #LGBT

There’s no specific book I want to single out as the best of the month, but there were a whole bunch I very much liked, including: ryhermanwrites.wordpress.com/2026/02/01/f... SLOW GODS by Claire North WE COULD BE RATS by Emily Austin ASUNDER by Kerstin Hall

The world is insane and sometimes we all need some escapism. Check out "This Princess Kills Monsters" by @ryherman.bsky.social for an entertaining and inclusive story that takes the best parts of classic fairy tales and twists them into a clever and engaging critique of what we think we know. 💜

Another sighting of This Princess Kills Monsters in the wild! This one from Olympia, Washington courtesy of Ruth Apter!

People should read more books ngl Shoutout to "This Princess Kills Monsters" a banger fairy tale book I found lying around in my library Hilarious dialogue and gay (bi) main character, I think this one was basically made for me specifically

This Princess Kills Monsters has officially earned out its advance!

So, it turns out that a hot water bottle is basically an artificial cat.

I read "This Princess Kills Monsters" by Ry Herman, audiobook narrated by Kristin Sieh. A queer fairytale adventure that is brimming with references to stories both popular and more obscure! Such a delightful novel.

Recent reading: @ryherman.bsky.social ‘s three novels - This Princess Kills Monsters, Love Bites, and Bleeding Hearts. Dropped fives on them all. All three are great spins on fairy tales/vampire stories. If you’re a Christopher Moore fan, I think there’s some overlap here.

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It’s January 1, and that can only mean one thing… THE RY AWARDS, given to the best books read by Ry in the previous year! ryhermanwrites.wordpress.com/2026/01/01/t... It’s the most ignored, least prestigious literary award in the entire world, and it starts as always with Ry’s favorite genre –

There’s no single book I’m going to highlight for December, but a number of books I very much liked. ryhermanwrites.wordpress.com/2026/01/01/f... THE INCANDESCENT by Emily Tesh THE NIGHT WATCHMAN by Louise Erdrich THIS BRUTAL MOON by Bethany Jacobs THE WARDEN by Daniel M. Ford

#Sirens26 #Bookmas Day 25: For PAPER BAG PRINCESS fans THIS PRINCESS KILLS MONSTERS, a whimsical, queer, fairy tale misadventure by Ry Herman (@ryherman.bsky.social). Melilot is a stepsister, a murder target, and a bit of a mess, but nevertheless, the hero of this hilarious romp with so much heart!

My top reads of 2025! I had a great reading year and it was hard to narrow them down to just 15! I hope everyone is having a lovely holiday and looking forward to 2026 🖤 📚 #books #booksky #readingwrapup

Every single time I read a murder mystery, as soon as the body turns up, in my head I hear the police lieutenant from Plan 9 From Outer Space saying, "Inspector Clay is dead -- murdered. And somebody's responsible."

Emily Krempholtz likes This Princess Kills Monsters (high-pitched squealing noises ensue)! inbetweendrafts.com/three-favori...

Interview with Ry Herman, Author of “This Princess Kills Monsters” Interview with Ry Herman, Author of This Princess Kills Monsters Ry Herman, author of This Princess Kills Monsters, was so kind to provide insight about their book and fairytales through our discussion below, and I can't wait for…

Wheeee! I just finished reading @ryherman.bsky.social's new book This Princess Kills Monsters and what a treat it was! So many familiar fairy tales stitched together into a delightful new whole. I was grinning with joy each time a new bit of fairy tale was unveiled!

My absolute favorite book from my November reading was: THE RAVEN SCHOLAR, by Antonia Hodgson ryhermanwrites.wordpress.com/2025/12/01/f...

This Princess Kills Monsters by Ry Herman This was hilarious and beautifully queer, I loved every second of it. A lot of fairy tales are folded within the satirical mantle of this story and it was great. As someone who grew up listening to fairy tales on tape when falling asleep, and being German

I finished This Princess Kills Monsters by @ryherman.bsky.social last night and it was just excellent! Thank you @elvahills.bsky.social for the rec, I really enjoyed this funny and sweet adult spin on fairytales! #BookSky 📚

I just finished THIS PRINCESS KILLS MONSTERS by Ry Herman and I thoroughly enjoyed it.

First pass done on the current round of edits for this draft! (I like to do three -- one for the easy stuff, one for the hard stuff, and one to make sure I haven't accidentally changed something in a way that doesn't make sense anymore. So... basically, I've done the easy stuff.)

Sighting of one of my books in the wild! Lavender Menace was selling Love Bites at the Edinburgh Radical Books Fair. 😊 And of course, I picked up some reading material while I was there.

In October, two books I read got five stars from me: THE SUMMER WAR by Naomi Novik HANGSAMAN by Shirley Jackson ryhermanwrites.wordpress.com/2025/11/01/f...

And they better like it because I am watching. /silly #booksky mooties this is easily one of my favorite reads of the past few years and I will be shouting about it quite frequently now that I'm back for real 🙂‍↕️🙂‍↕️

So, uh... turns out putting This Princess Kills Monsters on sale actually worked.

#DEAL ALERT! Calling all one-clickers because THIS PRINCESS KILLS MONSTERS @ryherman.bsky.social is on #sale on #Kindle for a limited time only! amzn.to/3Wkd6Lh #ThisPrincessKillsMonsters #TheMisadventuresofaFairyTaleStepsister #ad

I loved “This Princess Kills Monsters” by Ry Herman and the ebook is on sale for only $1.99! It’s a mashup fairytale retelling which pokes fun at society’s strict (and outdated) gender norms, roles, and rules. Funny, witty, clever, heartwarming, action packed, feminist, and very queer🌈📚💙

Snatch this up! This Princess Kills monsters was some of the most fun I had this year! 💛

Ebooks of This Princess Kills Monsters are currently on sale for $1.99 (or equivalent) across all platforms! www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/753910...