473 reviews for:

The Monster

L.J. Shen

3.71 AVERAGE

emotional mysterious tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Boring retell

I really enjoy LJ Shen’s books. However, she really missed the mark with this one. It came off as a poorly rewritten version of her really early work. Unfortunately her writing has regressed immensely. I would not recommend this book at all.
dark tense

I don’t even know how to put this book into words! It was that good.
I went into this expecting a timid,docile, people pleaser Of a woman but holy shit Aisling Fitzpatrick is a bad ass! She went toe to toe with Sam and was not afraid to stand her ground. She did not let him push her around. I think Sam was surprised at how alike they really were and how well they complemented each other. Their story was definitely one of a kind. The push and pull, the angst and damn the steam was all to die for. This love was a decade in the making and when they finally got together it was pure perfection. Once again this is LJ at her best. Can’t wait to see how brilliant The Rake will be.
dark emotional relaxing slow-paced

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see, I liked this up until about 60-70%

until the whole marriage, kids, possessive shit. I’m starting to realise every single L.J. Shen book ends the same way

yk what i’m lowering my rating. this fucking sucked and samaisling did not get the book they deserved. sam was a fucking creep, he literally kissed her when she was a minor like????? the romance was SHIT and moved so fast, there was literally no tension, build-up, or foundation for it and out of no where sam is saying he loves her…they had such good potential smh. aisling babe you deserved better.
dark emotional funny tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Favourite of the Boston Belles so far. 

the pacing was really bad

idkw yall still support this bully and problematic person