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A review by rashellnicole
The Descent of Monsters by Neon Yang
adventurous
informative
mysterious
fast-paced
5.0
Yang keeps getting better with every addition to this series! While I have thoroughly enjoyed the journey we’ve been on through the Protectorate, this was by far the most intriguing method of storytelling of theirs that I’ve encountered. Told through journal entries of Investigator Chuwan as she looks into the records of what occurred at the Rewar Teng Institute of Experimental Methods, Yang paints a grisly picture of the secrets that the Tensorate would like to keep hidden. We get glimpses of the original investigators’ conversations with Rider, information about Akeha and Mokoya (some of our most beloved characters), and even entries from Rider as they witnessed the absolute bloodbath at the institute on a journey to track down their long-lost twin.
I’ve said it about each novella in this series so far, but this one has been my favorite to date, as the method of storytelling felt fresh, exciting, and unique - it really mixed things up for me and made it easy to tear through each chapter. I absolutely cannot wait to dig into the conclusion of this series SO SOON.
I’ve said it about each novella in this series so far, but this one has been my favorite to date, as the method of storytelling felt fresh, exciting, and unique - it really mixed things up for me and made it easy to tear through each chapter. I absolutely cannot wait to dig into the conclusion of this series SO SOON.