It was simple but his decision made a big difference. For example, I almost cried listening to the scene around 20% between Clara and Julian. There's a lot of satisfying and heartbreaking heart-to-heart moments. Others by expectations- their own and others. My favorite part of this story is undoubtedly the characters. When a chance to escape her abusive home by joining an international fight team against Scrabs, Clara takes it- even though it may cost her life. In a state that's never seen a Scrab attack, Clara has a more immediate danger: her father. Clara lives in an alternative timeline of Texas, where monsters called Scrabs began popping up around the world in the 2010. She is a half-white, half-Mexican who comes from a working class background and a dysfunctional home. In some ways, it fits the beats of a supernatural monster-hunting book but it's also much more.Īll These Monsters follows seventeen-year-old Clara. I started this audiobook simply hoping for a quick and easy read to help me out of my funk, but found myself quickly connecting and feeling for Clara. Once I can borrow the audiobook again, I'll be relistening to the last 44% to make sure that anything significant I comment on hasn't changed. but I'm also really hooked and couldn't wait till I could borrow the book again, so I'm continuing to read it as an e-arc. I got distracted by the new Taylor Swift album and forgot my library hold expired yesterday. I started the book as an audiobook until around 56%. half-Mexican/half-white MC (non-Spanish speaking) Trigger warnings: family violence, gaslighting, and physical abuse I received an eARC from Edelweiss in exchange for an honest review.
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