Serena Valentino Books in Order

GloomCookie Volume 1 collects the opening arc of Serena Valentino's goth soap opera, following club regular Lex, her gargoyle-like lover Damion, and their friends as romance, jealousy, and curses draw real monsters into the San Francisco night.

A Monster's Christmas is a GloomCookie holiday special in which the lonely Monster decorates his roof and waits for Santa to notice him, while a shorter backup tale checks in on Lex, blending melancholy, humor, and a touch of seasonal magic.

This volume continues the tangled drama between Lex, Damion, and Isabella, reveals more about Sebastian and Chrys, and pushes the gothic soap opera deeper into betrayals, family secrets, and the strange magic lurking just outside the club's doors.

Broken Curses raises the stakes for the GloomCookie cast, as Lex and Damion struggle against a deadly enchantment, Sebastian wrestles with unsettling new powers, and Chrys finally learns the dark history that has been haunting her family.

Once Upon a Time introduces Annabelle, a cursed doll who remembers every owner she has ever had, as she narrates a series of eerie tales that twist familiar fairy stories and urban legends into gothic horror for the girls she tries to protect.

Beautiful Beasts continues Annabelle's haunted memories with new owners and new nightmares, mixing fractured versions of classic princess tales with original stories about girls who discover that the real monsters may live much closer to home.

The Carnival Wars pits the mysterious Carnival Macabre against Marguerite and her shape-shifting followers, dragging Sebastian, Lex, and the rest of the GloomCookie cast into a battle of sideshows, sorcery, and vengeance that could tear their world apart.

1140 Rue Royale follows Rebecca and her elderly aunt Victoria into a grand but decaying New Orleans townhouse, where the tortured spirits of Madame LaLaurie's victims, a convent full of sinister nuns, and the presence of Annabelle twist grief into possession.

The Final Curtain brings the long-running GloomCookie saga to a climax, as curses are confronted, secret identities revealed, and Lex, Damion, Isabella, and their friends face the consequences of years of magic, betrayal, and obsessive love.

Dancing with the Ghosts of Whales collects later Nightmares & Fairy Tales arcs, including a modern Sleeping Beauty retold among the ruins of San Francisco's Sutro Baths and a tragic story of a captured mermaid, with Annabelle observing every haunting turn.

Fairest of All tells the Wicked Queen's story from shy young bride to feared stepmother, tracing how grief, a cruel father trapped in a magic mirror, and the whispers of three witches slowly twist her love for Snow White into something deadly.

How to Be a Werewolf serves as a glossy field guide to lycanthropy, mixing humor, history, movie recommendations, and practical advice on transformations, pack life, dating, and full-moon parties for teens who like their monster lore playful.

How to Be a Zombie is a tongue-in-cheek handbook for the newly undead, offering quizzes, fashion advice, etiquette tips, mini comics, and pop-culture lore to help brain-craving readers figure out their zombie type and survive among the living.

The Beast Within looks at the prince from Beauty and the Beast before the curse, charting his vanity, his toxic friendship with Gaston, and the role of the Odd Sisters and Circe in turning a handsome noble into a literal monster.

Poor Unfortunate Soul gives Ursula a tragic backstory, from a human childhood and rejection by a seaside town to her fraught connection with King Triton, showing how being forced to hide her true self twists her into the sea witch we know.

Mistress of All Evil follows Maleficent from an abandoned child raised by crows to an outcast prodigy at the Fairy Academy, tracing how heartbreak, betrayal, and the influence of the Odd Sisters lead her toward the curse that defines Sleeping Beauty.

Mother Knows Best reveals Mother Gothel's origins in the Dead Woods, her complicated relationship with her witch sisters and their terrifying mother Manea, and the desperate choices that drive her to steal Rapunzel and hoard the magic of the golden flower.

The Odd Sisters finally puts witches Lucinda, Ruby, and Martha at the center of the series, uncovering their fractured family history with Circe, their ties to gods and fairy courts, and the terrible cost of the chaos they have unleashed.

Evil Thing is Cruella De Vil's own account of her life, from a childhood defined by a distant mother and doting father to glittering parties, obsessive friendships, and the moment her love of fashion hardens into something ruthless and cruel.

Cold Hearted explores Lady Tremaine's life before she became Cinderella's stepmother, following a widowed London socialite who marries for love and security, only to find herself trapped in a cold household where resentment slowly freezes into cruelty.

Evil Thing: A Villains Graphic Novel adapts Cruella De Vil's origin into comics, pairing Valentino's darkly witty narration with stylish art that shows her evolution from lonely heiress to infamous fashion predator in a bold black-and-white inspired palette.

How the Villains Ruined Christmas is a picture-book caper where Maleficent, Hades, Captain Hook, the Evil Queen, Ursula, and Cruella plot to wreck the holidays, sending minions and disguises that create chaotic fun for young Disney fans.

Never Never traces Captain Hook's journey from James Bartholomew, a London boy who once visited Never Land, to a ruthless pirate captain, as his longing to return, training under Blackbeard, and bargains with the Odd Sisters twist a dream into obsession.

Raising the Horseman is a modern Sleepy Hollow retelling about Kat Van Tassel, a teen expected to inherit her family's role in the town, who uncovers Katrina's old journal, questions her planned future, and falls for mysterious newcomer Isadora Crow.

Fire & Fate follows Hades, who never wanted to rule the Underworld, as loneliness and years of slights from Zeus and the other gods push him toward a dangerous friendship with the Odd Sisters and a bargain that can reshape many destinies.

Kill the Beast retells Beauty and the Beast from Gaston's perspective, tracing his childhood bond with the prince, the trauma that shatters their paths, and the way pride, fear, and Odd Sisters magic turn him into the hero he thinks he deserves to be.

Heartbroken journeys into Wonderland to uncover the Queen of Hearts' past, following her first days in a shattered world, her desperate attempts to impose order, and the mysterious events that leave her seeing red whenever anyone breaks the rules.