A review by victoriaisbooked
No Beauties or Monsters by Tara Goedjen

mysterious medium-paced

4.0

Supernatural in the desert almost always turns out to be some Native American archetype.  Not so here! 'No Beauties or Monsters' by Tara Goedjen is unique and suspenseful with just the right touch of everything I want in a YA read.  Rye returns to the desert near Joshua Tree (hold on adding to my To-Be-Traveled list) after an accident four year prior.  This time, from the time they arrive she can feel something wrong.  Then she learns that an old friend has gone missing...her recently deceased grandfather may have been involved...and somehow it has something to do with the wrongness she feels.

Looking for something for your tween/ teen? NBOM has just the right touch of creepiness. There is killing but it is not graphic. There is a small romance but nothing sexy.