A review by poppysmic
Monstress by Lysley Tenorio

4.0

Every story but one had me gripped. I don't know if it was a case of a new perspective (I bought this in San Francisco, interested first in the title and then that the author is Filipino-American, and it was enlightening to see America through his eyes), or that the author's style was peculiar and engaging, but I easily could have steamed through this in one day. All of the stories had something melancholic lurking, though some were easily more tragic than others. The boy who'd imagined himself a superhero to deal with a difficult life was particularly sad.