Monster in the Middle: A Novel

"Tiphanie Yanique’s Monster in the Middle is a striking and beautifully written intergenerational exploration of love’s origins. Its core belief and organizing principle is that love stories are life stories that begin long before two lovers ever meet. So though Stela and Fly are the ultimate focus, the journey starts with their parents – how they grew up, met and fell in love – and then progresses to Fly and Stela’s coming of age and their first loves and formative experiences. Though I wanted more time with the couple, I thoroughly enjoyed this thought-provoking voyage into the complex social origins of that thing we call love."