A review by kerasalwaysreading
Monstrous by Jessica Lewis
5.0
Wow, this is not what I expected when picking up this book!
Latavia (Avie), sent away by her mother, has been living with her aunt and cousin for the last six weeks. The town is weird and the rules there are strange, not to mention all the funerals… At least she has her cousin Jade, and Jade’s friend Allison, the girl with golden hair and the sweetest smile. She is crushing on this girl hard, making this town just a bit more bearable.
Sanctum, Alabama has tons of secrets, and Latavia becomes embroiled in the whole thing, but not of her own free will. But, she is an outsider and they let her know it. Inside the Red Wood, where people are NOT permitted to enter, lives something ancient and monstrous, and now Avie is ripped from everything she knows and forced to learn the true ways of the town and the pastor who runs the show.
Life for Avie will never be the same again, if it even continues at all… but she makes some unexpected allies in her determination to get revenge on those who have wronged her.
This book was phenomenal. This doesn’t skirt that line of right and wrong, but shows that bad things can be done for good reason. I loved Avie. She was so strong, persevering through pain and anguish. I love the alliances she made and the way she fights for herself, no matter what.
Monstrous was an energy filled thrill ride that I simply could not put down. It depicts the monstrosity in humanity for the sake of power, and showcases the ways in which connections with unlikely friends can mean righting wrongs long since past.
Latavia (Avie), sent away by her mother, has been living with her aunt and cousin for the last six weeks. The town is weird and the rules there are strange, not to mention all the funerals… At least she has her cousin Jade, and Jade’s friend Allison, the girl with golden hair and the sweetest smile. She is crushing on this girl hard, making this town just a bit more bearable.
Sanctum, Alabama has tons of secrets, and Latavia becomes embroiled in the whole thing, but not of her own free will. But, she is an outsider and they let her know it. Inside the Red Wood, where people are NOT permitted to enter, lives something ancient and monstrous, and now Avie is ripped from everything she knows and forced to learn the true ways of the town and the pastor who runs the show.
Life for Avie will never be the same again, if it even continues at all… but she makes some unexpected allies in her determination to get revenge on those who have wronged her.
This book was phenomenal. This doesn’t skirt that line of right and wrong, but shows that bad things can be done for good reason. I loved Avie. She was so strong, persevering through pain and anguish. I love the alliances she made and the way she fights for herself, no matter what.
Monstrous was an energy filled thrill ride that I simply could not put down. It depicts the monstrosity in humanity for the sake of power, and showcases the ways in which connections with unlikely friends can mean righting wrongs long since past.