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Hero archetypes
Heroine archetypes
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Synopsis
If you change the timeline, you can’t ever meet me. You can’t ever trust me. I won’t remember what you mean to me. Despite the odds, Joan achieved the impossible. She reset the timeline, saved her family … and destroyed the hero, Nick. But her success has come at a terrible cost. She alone remembers what happened. Now Aaron, her hard-won friend – and maybe more – is an enemy, trying to kill her. And Nick, the boy she loved, is a stranger who doesn’t even know her name. Only Joan remembers that a greater and more dangerous enemy is still out there. When a deadly attack forces Joan back into the monster world, she finds herself on the run with Nick – as Aaron closes in. Torn between love and family and monstrous choices, Joan must find a way to re-gather her old allies to face down the deadliest of enemies, and to save the timeline itself.
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Is Never a Hero (Only a Monster, 2) appropriate for my child?
Suitable for most readers 14 and up.
This YA fantasy sequel features timeline manipulation, moderate action violence, and emotional intensity around memory loss and shifting relationships. Romance is present but fade-to-black; the main content concerns are the psychological tension of Joan being the only one who remembers the true timeline and the life-or-death stakes.
What to know going in
This book has moderate violence, mild sexual content, and mild language. Content notes include death, grief, and betrayal (see the full list above).
Who'll love this
Teens will be gripped by Joan's desperate situation where everyone she loves either doesn't remember her or wants her dead, plus the high-stakes action and romance complications.