Publisher: Torquere
Press
Date
published: 3/13/13
ISBN: 978-1-61040-448-8
Young Adult,
Paranormal
Er e-book
Reviewed by Helen
Obtained via
publisher
Whenever
anything goes wrong in Monster Town everyone stares at James Dire. Because he’s
ordinary. There is no magic in him at all and that makes him a social outcast.
He also has a secret crush on a werewolf, Theo Howard. Then one day that seems
as boring and ordinary as ever his life changes.
Unfortunately,
in her efforts to paint James’ life as deadly dull, Ms. Chase has made the
start of the book excruciatingly slow. This is a shame because the characters
are completely weird and wonderful, so unusual as to be the stuff of
drug-induced hallucinations. Or perhaps just exactly the kind of thing Young
Adult readers will enjoy.
In such a
short book, and with so much happening, it’s impossible for any of the minor
characters to be more than sketches, but they are all very vivid sketches and
all totally off-the-wall in a way that should appeal to younger readers. The
mystery itself is solved with a suitably gory denouement, and the book allows
potential for sequels. The world building is simple but interesting and quite
different. As the first of a series, this book has great potential, provided
the reader sticks it out at the start.
There was
one really annoying contradiction in the plot, and a few typos, but I’ll still
be willing to read any more books in this world.
This is an objective review and not
an endorsement of this book.
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