When she discovers that her family are monsters with terrifying, hidden powers, Joan must embrace her own monstrousness if she is to save herself and her family from a legendary monster slayer who will do anything to bring her family down.
This time-traveling urban fantasy set in England contains subtle world-building that doesn't weigh you down even as it invites the reader quickly into a new reality of a world with Monsters. Our protagonist Joan is presented as a goodie-two-shoes, loving her morally grey family, while still disapproving of their indiscretions. Her crush? The straight-laced Nick with whom she has spent the summer volunteering with at a historical English estate. But as with all good books, her character evolves as she is placed in extenuating circumstances that thrust her moral compass into question. This is a fast paced and fun YA fantasy that I will eagerly await the next installment of!
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