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A review by michellewords
Here There Are Monsters by Amelinda Bérubé
5.0
"I've buried terrible things."
Here There Are Monsters is a book about Deirdre and Skye. It's a first person story told from 16 year old Skye's perspective after they move into a new area that is more swamp than suburbia.Skye uses the move as a chance to start over with a new group of friends: Sophie, Kevin, and William. Deirdre is wild at heart and embraces the forest and the forest swallows her somehow. Skye feels like there's something more out there in Deirdre's kingdom. It's always been a game, children's pretend stories, but this time it's something more.
I read Berube's The Dark Beneath the Ice Last Year and I loved it so much. I was psyched to get this one through Net Galley as well. She does not disappoint.
I love the way she tells a story. I lose myself in her details and the dark, creepy vibe. She writes a good creepy, horror. It reminds me of nightmares and horror movies. It's so good!
I also love the way she weaves her themes into her books. This one seems to surround the choice teenagers make between their friends and their families, about choices and what defines a person. Is it the monster you know, the monster you want to know, or are you the monster? It's awesome and subtly powerful.
I'm a huge fan. I will follow Berube into the dark any day.
Huge thanks to Net Galley and Berube' for an advanced reader copy in exchange for an honest review.
Here There Are Monsters is a book about Deirdre and Skye. It's a first person story told from 16 year old Skye's perspective after they move into a new area that is more swamp than suburbia.Skye uses the move as a chance to start over with a new group of friends: Sophie, Kevin, and William. Deirdre is wild at heart and embraces the forest and the forest swallows her somehow. Skye feels like there's something more out there in Deirdre's kingdom. It's always been a game, children's pretend stories, but this time it's something more.
I read Berube's The Dark Beneath the Ice Last Year and I loved it so much. I was psyched to get this one through Net Galley as well. She does not disappoint.
I love the way she tells a story. I lose myself in her details and the dark, creepy vibe. She writes a good creepy, horror. It reminds me of nightmares and horror movies. It's so good!
I also love the way she weaves her themes into her books. This one seems to surround the choice teenagers make between their friends and their families, about choices and what defines a person. Is it the monster you know, the monster you want to know, or are you the monster? It's awesome and subtly powerful.
I'm a huge fan. I will follow Berube into the dark any day.
Huge thanks to Net Galley and Berube' for an advanced reader copy in exchange for an honest review.