Shalini Abeysekara 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 color reckoning with themselves and their place in a world that tells them they’re too much and not enough.
This Blade of Ours picks up where This Monster of Mine left off in 2025, bringing an even spicier blend of romance, blood magic, and high stakes. Secrets buried in ice, a reckoning from the gods, and a love tested by power drive this dark, politically charged fantasy.