Fantasy Author

“Please buy my book.”

— Serra Swift

Learn more about Kill the Beast!

What people are saying:

  • I devoured this book! Full of revenge, monsters, and found family, Kill the Beast is riveting and thrilling!

    —Sarah Beth Durst, New York Times bestselling author of The Spellshop

  • This cheerful, brawling adventure has everything you could want: bloody revenge, exquisite tailoring, and a very good dog.

    —Davinia Evans, author of Notorious Sorcerer

  • Heartfelt, dark, and yet very fun, Kill the Beast is a fresh fairy tale that pulls apart old tropes and artfully reconstructs itself as a new story about friendship, grief, and forgiveness.

    —J.R. Dawson, the author of The First Bright Thing

  • A glorious adventure, filled with heart and heroics, friendship and redemption, monsters and hope. I love Lyssa and Alderic, and I loved this book.

    —H.G. Parry, author of The Magician’s Daughter

  • I wholly adored this fun, bloody, and phenomenal fantasy debut. With a queer friendship story, a feral bisexual main character, and a lot of heart, this is definitely one you'll want to get your hands on!

    —M. Stevenson, author of Behooved

  • Swift’s novel falls in the twilight between melancholy and adventure, punctuated with brutality, occasional gore, and shocking moments of joy. The foreshadowing is excellent, stringing action scenes and a delightful berserker/sunshine dynamic on a thread of delicious tension.... An excellent recommendation for all fantasy readers.

    —Library Journal

  • Fans of folklore and fairy tales will enjoy pondering the tinges of "Beauty and the Beast" woven into Swift's debut.

    —Booklist

  • Readers looking for a sweet yet substantial pause from the romantasy offerings should enjoy this friendship-forward fairy tale

    —Shelf Awareness review by Jaclyn Fulwood

  • I only found one typo!

    —Serra’s dad