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Gloam by Lily Mayne
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
hopeful
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
At this point, I'm starting to wonder if Lily Mayne is a witch of some description because for all 4 books in a series, so far, to be 5 star reads for me is unheard of! I loved this! It just gave everything I hoped it would.
Book 4 of the Monstrous series follows Rig (aka Adam. Human) and Gloam (Monster), who we met in the last book. Rig is a member of the Raider Camp, and Gloam is one of the beasties chained to the RV that shows up in the last book owned by that creepy Mary woman who wanted Aury. Gloams head is covered in a cage he can just about see out of so we have no clue what he looks like, he also can't speak not that that stops Rig from communicating with him via a trusty notebook and pencil and deciding to tag along with Mary when she leaves so that he can figure out how to free the Monsters she has captured. I don't want to spoil anything so what I will say is there is more to Mary than meets the eye and Adam finds himself in a situation that I have a feeling could play heavily into future books somehow.
I adored Adam & Gloam, because Gloam Is unable to verbally communicate for a good chunk of the book I worried that would hinder how these two were going to come to mean more to each other but boy was I wrong, the scenes with them writing back and forth to each other were perfection and I actually loved that even without being able to talk they formed such a deep and caring bond. Gloam is incredibly gentle & intelligent his kind lives for knowledge and all he wanted was to learn all about the human realm so he could take that knowledge back home to his world, but he was betrayed in the worst way and enslaved by Mary who has him under some sort of mind control and has forced him to do awful things, Hearing and seeing the pain and anguish Gloam goes through broke my heart. This book was full of action, tension, betrayal, heartbreaking/heartwarming moments, and the world building was great. Lily just adds layer upon layer through each book without it being too much. Her characters all have incredible depth to them as do their interactions with others and the relationships they form with their monsters. The spice was on point, didn't disappoint at all, especially those earlier scenes when Adam couldn't see Gloams face. I'm running out of ways to describe the performance Michael Lesley gives in these audiobooks... just incredible. 🌶🌶🌶🌶
Book 4 of the Monstrous series follows Rig (aka Adam. Human) and Gloam (Monster), who we met in the last book. Rig is a member of the Raider Camp, and Gloam is one of the beasties chained to the RV that shows up in the last book owned by that creepy Mary woman who wanted Aury. Gloams head is covered in a cage he can just about see out of so we have no clue what he looks like, he also can't speak not that that stops Rig from communicating with him via a trusty notebook and pencil and deciding to tag along with Mary when she leaves so that he can figure out how to free the Monsters she has captured. I don't want to spoil anything so what I will say is there is more to Mary than meets the eye and Adam finds himself in a situation that I have a feeling could play heavily into future books somehow.
I adored Adam & Gloam, because Gloam Is unable to verbally communicate for a good chunk of the book I worried that would hinder how these two were going to come to mean more to each other but boy was I wrong, the scenes with them writing back and forth to each other were perfection and I actually loved that even without being able to talk they formed such a deep and caring bond. Gloam is incredibly gentle & intelligent his kind lives for knowledge and all he wanted was to learn all about the human realm so he could take that knowledge back home to his world, but he was betrayed in the worst way and enslaved by Mary who has him under some sort of mind control and has forced him to do awful things, Hearing and seeing the pain and anguish Gloam goes through broke my heart. This book was full of action, tension, betrayal, heartbreaking/heartwarming moments, and the world building was great. Lily just adds layer upon layer through each book without it being too much. Her characters all have incredible depth to them as do their interactions with others and the relationships they form with their monsters. The spice was on point, didn't disappoint at all, especially those earlier scenes when Adam couldn't see Gloams face. I'm running out of ways to describe the performance Michael Lesley gives in these audiobooks... just incredible. 🌶🌶🌶🌶