Only a Monster

A nice YA fantasy

This book is a nice new entry to the YA fantasy realm and I found the idea of us as readers being supposedly on the side of the bad ones (the monsters) quite original and interesting. The lines between good and bad weren’t obvious and I was debating myself the entire time while reading it. Even though as a whole this book was enjoyable and I liked it some elements were severely lacking. Joan’s power’s weren’t explained properly and I felt like more than anything they were a magical fix instead of a completely thought out abilities with rules and limitations. The timelines also weren’t explored enough, while the notion that the timeline strived to correct itself so that monsters couldn’t change the events that were supposed to happen was understandable enough the fact that some monsters could play with its’ rules and also the question about what happened to the original timeline were left as mysteries probably to be solved in the next book in the series. In addition, the supposedly forbidden romance (or maybe even lost romance) in the centre of the story wasn’t deep enough and instead of letting us get to know more about the love between Joan and Nick we get constant repetition of how they felt when they first met so that when the final betrayal comes it hardly evokes any emotions or sympathy towards them. The same is true for all the relationships between characters in the book. They were all too surface level for my liking and the mission always took priority instead of character building.

In conclusion, this book unfortunately has some lost emotional potential and felt short of my expectations based on early reviews. It’s not that I don’t recommend it, it’s just that there are more complete and well rounded entries to this genre that would likely be more worthy of your time.

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well told and read story

I loved this story. want more from Vanessa! hoping it has a sequel in the future!

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love it

great story I enjoy this book I would recommend someone else to read this book it's very intriguing could not put it down I vastly enjoyed narrator was awesome as well

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Liked it to start with, but…

Seemed really unwieldy and intriguing story at first, but quickly became apparent it was just going to be a ‘Twilight saga’ clone.

If you are looking for another twilight series look no further, this is ur book/series. If you want something unique and different, sadly this isn’t as great as it could have been.

Overall it is still a decent story

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Really good story

It's been a long time since I read a good story. I keep choosing stories with bad narrators or boring story. This one was awesome with a reader that can read to make everything real.

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Too many plot holes

I just didn't get into the story. The reader was OK and the story was OK, then it started with plot holes. Spoiler alert: A character took time from another person by accident, but she just lost time herself then lost more time being sick - made no sense and she had no control over it. One character sent a text out of time and place after she said she didn't push the button to send it - must be some time travel plan on that phone. Another character grabbed a land phone but was stopped, but somehow that call got through too, to another time and place. One character saved another person's life then the saved person witched about it. A lot of killing happened after that - no thank you. Not fun, not clever and I didn't like the relationship part. A lot of people seemed to like it, but it didn't work for me.

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Fun and interesting, but lacking subtlety

I found it really enjoyable, and I'm looking forward to the next book. It's definitely silly and a bit on the nose, but I still found it to be fun.

There are some plot mistakes. For example, someone has an ability. There is an instance where they should use it but doesn't. Turns out much later that they lost that ability years ago, but didn't tell the reader until then.

The voice acting could have been better. I felt that there were a handful of lines that the actress heavily put her interpretation on where I didn't agree. I understand that all voice actors reading books aloud struggle with this, but there were a few times when I think it was just too much.

In summary, read this if you love this genre and want an interesting idea with potential. Don't read this if you want a sophisticated literary work.

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An intriguing twist to time travel

Not gonna give much details here, because I don’t wanna give spoilers, but this was a unique take on time travel, including a romance and interesting sets of powers. The narrative moves along quickly with good character development, especially for the protagonist, and overall a fun great ride. The characters were different and fully flushed out. The world in which this time travel occurs was a brilliant amalgamation of the real world the designed one. Loved it.

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Captivating and Exciting

Such an incredible and enticing plot. Kept me on the edge of my seat from start to finish. The characters were colorful and well written. I would have loved a touch more backstory for the supporting characters.

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Amazing Narrator

Loved the story, very interesting, I was hooked from the beginning. Looking forward to the next book in this series.

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