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A review by skycrane
The One Who Eats Monsters by Casey Matthews
5.0
This was delightful. Literally couldn't put it down, read it in a single siting. Kind of an edgy, horror superhero origin story. A world fallen into vice and decay, shadowy cabals manipulating crime from behind the scenes, and a hero who eats the hearts of her victims. I don't even particularly like superhero stories, but I really liked this. The characters are well-drawn, and the writing is sharp, and at times poetic. I think I knew this was not just good, but great when I got to this line: "Walking into an emergency room after midnight was like wandering past a plot twist in other people’s lives."
The romance is sweet, and occasionally sensual. I think this might have one of the sexiest kiss scenes I've ever read. Ryn is terrifying but also adorable. She shifts back and forth from an alien, inhuman mindset to that of an angsty teenager, sometimes in an instant.
Also, this exchange had me laughing out loud, and I still giggle to think of it:
Anyways, a great novel. It looks like it's intended to be part of a series, and I hope the author writes more. But even if not, it's still definitely worth a read on its own. I even came back to reread it barely more than a month after finishing it, and it holds up very well on a second read.
The romance is sweet, and occasionally sensual. I think this might have one of the sexiest kiss scenes I've ever read. Ryn is terrifying but also adorable. She shifts back and forth from an alien, inhuman mindset to that of an angsty teenager, sometimes in an instant.
Also, this exchange had me laughing out loud, and I still giggle to think of it:
“One spirit can kill another by eating it,” Ryn said, “because they’re made of the same substance. For non-spirits, you must have Hell-fire or something sharp enough to cut a ghost. I only know one such thing.”
“A plus-three vorpal sword?”
An odd piece of lore to know, for a mortal. “Two things,” Ryn allowed.
Anyways, a great novel. It looks like it's intended to be part of a series, and I hope the author writes more. But even if not, it's still definitely worth a read on its own. I even came back to reread it barely more than a month after finishing it, and it holds up very well on a second read.