A review by gilroi
A Cosmology of Monsters by Shaun Hamill

emotional hopeful slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

Writing a novel is hard. Writing a first novel is presumably very hard. Shaun Hamill might have bitten off more than he could chew by trying to make a very complex novel out of his first go. The first 2-3 chapters are exellent, exciting and almost perfect, then the book falls off steeply. Noah is just not interesting or sympathetic like the first part of this novel's POV characters, and Hamill cannot yet write a romance that I care about. While this is nominally a horror, it's really a supernatural family drama. The ending is incredibly pasted on, and everything just kind of happens because the book is running out of space. Hamill does have promise, though, so I'll check out his other books... in a little while.