Massimo is dirty, smelly, a bit hunched, and badly dressed. He never does the laundry and his house is a veritable garbage dump. Worse still, he’s lost his reason for living. On the advice of his faithful friend, Maurice, a professional monster seducer, he publishes a classified ad: ‘Monster seeks a mate to scare each other together.’

Dozens of monsters turn up in reply to the ad, but Massimo’s heart remains unmoved. Until Persephone, the scariest monster around, turns up. She knows how to frighten his poetic heart in just the right way…

Persephone is just about the ugliest monster on the planet. Massimo does not know how to flirt, either! But even among monsters, love can turn any ugly trait into a beautiful thing…