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Only a Monster von Vanessa Len
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Only a Monster

von Vanessa Len

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Fantasy. Romance. Science Fiction & Fantasy. Young Adult Fiction. HTML:

The sweeping romance of Passenger meets the dark fantasy edge of This Savage Song in this stunning contemporary fantasy debut from Vanessa Len, where the line between monster and hero is razor thin.

Don't forget the rule. No one can know what you are. What we are. You must never tell anyone about monsters.

Joan has just learned the truth: her family are monsters, with terrifying, hidden powers.

And the cute boy at work isn't just a boy: he's a legendary monster slayer, who will do anything to destroy her family.

To save herself and her family, Joan will have to do what she fears most: embrace her own monstrousness. Because in this story...she is not the hero.

Dive deep into the world of Only a Monster: hidden worlds dwell in the shadows, beautiful monsters with untold powers walk among humans, and secrets are the most powerful weapon of all.

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This one is all over the place with nonsensical conclusions off of unrelated information and a lot of very unbelievable reactions and surreal dialogue.
Reading this felt a bit like experiencing a fever dream.

The third-person perspective seemed weirdly distant and removed because of the odd way the MC and her surrounding are described and the time flow seems choppy even without the whole time-jump mess that also makes no sense whatsoever.

I didn't read enough of the book to feel justified in giving this a rating but I am pretty confident it would be 2 stars at most if I kept on reading.
  omission | Oct 19, 2023 |
Thank you NetGalley and Harper Teen for the ARC in exchange for my honest review.

4.5 stars, rounded up. It was a quick read for me but kept me entertained and drawn in from the beginning. After struggling recently with books not capturing my full attention until later in the book and/or not connecting with the writing style this was a welcome change. After this and "All of Us Villains" I am thinking that maybe really dark YA fantasy books are my thing. I'm excited to see where this keeps going! ( )
  Fatula | Sep 25, 2023 |
3 ⭐️
Not a horrible book but not mind blowing either. I'm unsure if I'll continue the series. I also don't get why the author felt the need to capitalize the word black when describing some character's skin color.....it’s not an ethnicity. Other than that it's a decently written book. ( )
  thecozyshelf | Aug 6, 2023 |
Originally posted on Just Geeking by.

Content warnings:
From the author’s website:

On and offscreen deaths of parents and guardians
On and offscreen deaths of family members
Threats of violence
Violence
Blood
Murder
Weapon use
Brainwashing
Interrogation
Involuntary drug use
Real-world racist microaggressions
Fantasy xenophobia



Only a Monster turns the hero genre on it’s head in so many ways, and goes beyond the simple premise of she’s the monster, he’s a hero, and they’re in love. Way, way beyond. As another review I read stated, this is one of those books that takes a bunch of nice sweet tropes, like star crossed loves, and then takes a massive sledgehammer to them. That doesn’t mean there is no happiness or love in this book, it’s just not a fairytale type of book.

Len has woven a masterpiece of fantasy and emotion, taking readers on a journey through time and this is a love letter to adult YA fans if I ever saw one, especially 90s children like myself. I don’t want to go into too much detail about the powers of the monsters, so I’m just going to leave it as time travel. Naturally, it’s not as simple as that because why would they be considered monsters and hunted down otherwise.

Joan is forced to use her powers to escape Nick and stay alive, doing the one thing she never wanted to do. She ends up in 1993 with Aaron Oliver, the heir of a monster family that hates her family. Some things are bigger than family feuds, and a legendary hero who can kill monsters as easy as can be is most definitely one of them.

It was so strange for me reading about the 90s from a modern 16-year-old’s perspective, and it was also such a nostalgic moment too. The novel is set in London as well, so there were a lot of things that were particularly relevant to my childhood. When Joan was remarking about the London Eye being missing from the skyline, I remember it being built. There was also a nice personal connection for me when a Crystal Palace football kit turned up because I grew up five minutes away from Crystal Palace. That is actually my home team although, in a fit of teenage rebellion I always refused to support them along with the rest of the family because “they sucked”.

I struggled to find a rating I was happy with for this one, and I realised that it was wholly depending on whether Only a Monster was a standalone novel or not. The book ends in a way that it could be either a part of a series or an open-ended standalone. It is a part of a trilogy, so it’s a solid four stars for me, otherwise it would have only been a three because it definitely felt like it wasn’t completely wrapped up. I’d have liked to have given it more, however, I don’t feel like everything was as solid as it could have been in a few places.

For more of my reviews please visit my blog! ( )
  justgeekingby | Jun 6, 2023 |
'Superman?' Gran scoffed when Joan came to stay with her in London that summer. 'You're not a hero, Joan.' She bent down her grey head confidingly. 'You're a monster.'

I am not sure where I am going to rate this book. On the one hand, this book has much potential to come with the second book — a chance to expand and explain the world and where monsters fit within this world. On the second hand, the female lead really grated on my nerves to the point I nearly stopped reading this book.

I understand that she is in shock and trying to understand the whole situation. At sixteen, all of this would have been new to her, and without any guidance from her family, she would not understand what she is or what she is about. However, she should listen to the voice of reason beside her. Aaron Oliver may be from the enemy family, but he has a stronger grasp on what is going on around them.

But no, she won't. She does not take in the situation, does not see the bigger picture, and believes that she doesn't need anyone's help. Like, what? You are in a life-and-death situation. Your nerdy boyfriend is not what he seemed to be. In fact, he is the one who had pretty much decimated the Olivers and now he had dispatched his hunters to kill all monsters within the radius. So, I would have listened, tried to understand, and did what I needed to do to stay alive.

I also blame her grandmother and the extension of her family. They drop hints that she has a monster in her blood but offer no further information, give her no training, and told her a story of a boy who would become a hero and destroy monsters. All this should have been an incentive to give her training. It did not matter whether the boy had appeared or not. They should have been more vigilant and should have expected the possibility that this boy could have appeared at any moment.

The thing that bothers me the most is when Joan is going on her date with Nick. She is happy, possibly dancing on cloud nine because of all the girls that were clamoring for his attention, he had picked her. Unfortunately, a single touch changes everything. She has no memory of anything that happens afterward. She finds that her day is now night and she has missed her date with Nick. When she returns home, her grandmother is simply vague, and offers:

He didn't do something to you, Gran had said. You did something to him.

What I don't understand is why Joan did not prod her grandmother further and question all of this. Something like this would have made me, even if I was sixteen, begin to question everything I had been told. I would have asked what power this was, what it could mean not long to myself but to others, and how to use it sparingly. Yet, Joan does NONE of these. This is what frustrated me the most about Joan. She just accepted whatever her grandmother said.

If you ever steal time from a human again, I will kill you myself

I am not sure if Nick can be considered one of the male leads because we don't see him much. We know he worked with Joan, he's nerdy, and although he can have any girl at work, he seems to gravitate toward Joan. After I learn what he is, I often found myself wondering if he already knew who and what Joan was. It just seemed odd that he would simply take her excuse for their first date as true. I have a feeling he actually knew and pretended everything just so he could be taken within the world of monsters and use all that information to rectify his decimation of them. I can't see him as not knowing. It feels out of place for him. Maybe I am just reading into things.

Our second male lead, Aaron, comes from the Oliver family. A family, according to Ruth, of "posh gits who drive around in black Jaguars. They hate us and we hate them." She also goes on to describe them as "real bad" and "Cruel". Joan actually saves him from the hunters and the two of them set off, in Joan's mind to save her family and others from the coming of the hunters. Aaron has tried, on occasion, to tell her that such things are impossible. I am really surprised that he did not get tired of Joan's whining and denial of the situation.

I was drawn to the premise of this story and had seen a lot of hype for this book on BookTok. Yet, the execution seemed to be bare bones. There is a promise to the next book with the hopes of seeing the world-building being expanded on. At least, I hope there is. ( )
  Revengelyne | May 19, 2023 |
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Fantasy. Romance. Science Fiction & Fantasy. Young Adult Fiction. HTML:

The sweeping romance of Passenger meets the dark fantasy edge of This Savage Song in this stunning contemporary fantasy debut from Vanessa Len, where the line between monster and hero is razor thin.

Don't forget the rule. No one can know what you are. What we are. You must never tell anyone about monsters.

Joan has just learned the truth: her family are monsters, with terrifying, hidden powers.

And the cute boy at work isn't just a boy: he's a legendary monster slayer, who will do anything to destroy her family.

To save herself and her family, Joan will have to do what she fears most: embrace her own monstrousness. Because in this story...she is not the hero.

Dive deep into the world of Only a Monster: hidden worlds dwell in the shadows, beautiful monsters with untold powers walk among humans, and secrets are the most powerful weapon of all.

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