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A review by ctorretta
Matt Archer: Monster Hunter by Kendra C. Highley
4.0
Author interview at: http://myseryniti.wordpress.com/2012/11/03/book-review-matt-archer-monster-hunter-by-kendra-c-highley/
This was a really fun read! Matt is just your average kid, average build, average height, actually he is a bit short even so when he and his uncle go out camping and he finds and kills a monster he doesn't know what to think! And then his Uncle tells him that the knife he was wielding chose him to be a Monster Hunter at 14!! And this is just the first few pages! You get to know Mike and Matt a bit more as the story progresses of course but right there, chapter one and I was in it for the long haul.
The plot is really interesting. What makes it even more fun and dastardly is that Matt is only 14 but he has the courage of a mountain lion. He doesn't only have to learn how to fight monsters out in the world, he also has to fight them in his own school, and we're not talking the grizzly bear type. We're talking the type that thinks smaller kids are easy to push around. But he does have friends that have his back and that's the best part of this story, the characters. There's also a huge military presence that adds a lot of substance to the plot.
Mike is his Uncle and that guy is a real stand up kind of person, willing to do anything for his family which includes helping Matt figure out his way in this new world. Will is probably my favorite though, he and Matt go through some very interesting things together. They kill monsters, save damsels in distress and have mysterious growth spurts. Interesting, unique and I loved reading about them.
This ended on a note that says, maybe sequel, maybe not but as Kendra kindly told us above there is definitely a sequel of Matt spending his time in Australia. And there's also the companion to this, Matt Archer: Monster Summer, so if you enjoy young adult horror this will be right up your alley!
This was a really fun read! Matt is just your average kid, average build, average height, actually he is a bit short even so when he and his uncle go out camping and he finds and kills a monster he doesn't know what to think! And then his Uncle tells him that the knife he was wielding chose him to be a Monster Hunter at 14!! And this is just the first few pages! You get to know Mike and Matt a bit more as the story progresses of course but right there, chapter one and I was in it for the long haul.
The plot is really interesting. What makes it even more fun and dastardly is that Matt is only 14 but he has the courage of a mountain lion. He doesn't only have to learn how to fight monsters out in the world, he also has to fight them in his own school, and we're not talking the grizzly bear type. We're talking the type that thinks smaller kids are easy to push around. But he does have friends that have his back and that's the best part of this story, the characters. There's also a huge military presence that adds a lot of substance to the plot.
Mike is his Uncle and that guy is a real stand up kind of person, willing to do anything for his family which includes helping Matt figure out his way in this new world. Will is probably my favorite though, he and Matt go through some very interesting things together. They kill monsters, save damsels in distress and have mysterious growth spurts. Interesting, unique and I loved reading about them.
This ended on a note that says, maybe sequel, maybe not but as Kendra kindly told us above there is definitely a sequel of Matt spending his time in Australia. And there's also the companion to this, Matt Archer: Monster Summer, so if you enjoy young adult horror this will be right up your alley!