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A review by jenthebookfish
Monstrous Travels as Wicked as Sin by W.H. Lockwood
adventurous
dark
funny
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Monstrous Travels was hilarious from start to finish. While definitely darker than Sinful Crimes, it was still filled with the dark humor and quick wit that we’ve come to love from Joe & Percy. (Plus, there were clear nods to our heroes knowing they were in a book lol)
We pick up right where Sinful ended, trying to find a way to end Cleo’s zombies. Except Percy makes a small detour to a party of a Belgian billionaire first to earn money for the adventure. He makes an absolute mess, as we expect, and pulls off the heist, as we expect, leaving with the commission and a little something extra for himself, as we expect.
Because Percy never learns. And we honestly don’t want him to.
Again and again the author made me laugh through zombies, possession, gorey deaths, and brutal fight scenes. Probably because they’re written like
“Giordano rolled, taking Tareq with him, until he was on top. He locked his fine thighs over Tareq’s and reached for the sheath, straining. Tareq’s fist closed around his shirt, and he tried to pull him down, but Giordano had already braced against such an attack and all it did was rip the shirt clean open, exposing his sweaty, muscular chest…
… Tareq only wrenched him closer, until their two naked chests were pressed together, Tareq attempting to force Giordano onto his back while Giordano struggled against his grip.”
… 🤤🤤🤤 amiright?
Before it’s all said and done, we get Joe’s origin story and see Percy’s true capacity for love. And for tomfoolery. Because he wouldn’t be Percy Ashdown if he didn’t do something to make you roll your eyes.
We pick up right where Sinful ended, trying to find a way to end Cleo’s zombies. Except Percy makes a small detour to a party of a Belgian billionaire first to earn money for the adventure. He makes an absolute mess, as we expect, and pulls off the heist, as we expect, leaving with the commission and a little something extra for himself, as we expect.
Because Percy never learns. And we honestly don’t want him to.
Again and again the author made me laugh through zombies, possession, gorey deaths, and brutal fight scenes. Probably because they’re written like
“Giordano rolled, taking Tareq with him, until he was on top. He locked his fine thighs over Tareq’s and reached for the sheath, straining. Tareq’s fist closed around his shirt, and he tried to pull him down, but Giordano had already braced against such an attack and all it did was rip the shirt clean open, exposing his sweaty, muscular chest…
… Tareq only wrenched him closer, until their two naked chests were pressed together, Tareq attempting to force Giordano onto his back while Giordano struggled against his grip.”
… 🤤🤤🤤 amiright?
Before it’s all said and done, we get Joe’s origin story and see Percy’s true capacity for love. And for tomfoolery. Because he wouldn’t be Percy Ashdown if he didn’t do something to make you roll your eyes.