A review by t_ajda
Only a monster by Vanessa Len

inspiring mysterious

• Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

re-read
4.5☆ ---> 5☆

It didn't make sense to stick with Aaron. He despised her, and the feeling was mutual.

"Don't look at them," Aaron said "Look at me."

"A Hunt and an Oliver together? How very Romeo and Juliet.

"I hate you," she said. This time Nick did hesitate, long enough for Joan to hear his hitched exhale. "I know."

Oliver stories are mostly horror. I guess they enjoy terrifying their children before they fall asleep."
Aaron usually hated people talking about his family. But there was mild approval on his face at this. God, the Olivers are weird, Joan thought.

Aaron said. "All I know is that if you undo the massacre, you can't ever meet me. You can't ever trust me. I won't know. I won't remember what-" He cut himself off. Then he ground out, "I won't remember what you mean to me."

"Aaron," she said. She touched his hand. He was always so warm.
Then he did meet her eyes. There was such intensity in his face that for a long moment, Joan thought he was about to kiss her.

But it wasn't her he wanted to reach for. Not really. He wanted the other Joan. The Joan who made the right choices. That Joan had died in the massacre, along with her family.