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My Name Isn't Paul
by Drew Huff
ARC
Release date; Nov 18 2025
This story is about Paul, except his name isn’t Paul & he’s not actually human. He’s a Mirror Person- an eldritch bug like creature. Seven years ago, he stumbled upon Paul’s dead body & decided to inhabit it, wearing it as a “Skin Suit”. Not Paul desperately wants to be human, but every seven to ten years his species goes into heat & his time is running out.
From the very first pages on this novella, we’re thrust into Not Paul's head as he’s trying to live his day to day life as a human. We quickly learn he’s essentially isolated himself from his “siblings” & is battling his natural instinct to reproduce. Now his time is up, he’s in heat & out of control.
I loved the premise of this novella. It’s unlike anything I’ve heard or read before. It’s original, trippy, a little bloody & so bizarre. The writing is good & the descriptions of the gory bits were great. However, I really struggled with the overall execution. For the first half of the book I felt really confused, which may or may not be the Authors intent, & it kept me from enjoying it until the last half so for that I’m landing on a 3 star.
I look forward to diving into more of Drew’s other works in the future. Thank you Netgalley for the arc!
Release date; Nov 18 2025
This story is about Paul, except his name isn’t Paul & he’s not actually human. He’s a Mirror Person- an eldritch bug like creature. Seven years ago, he stumbled upon Paul’s dead body & decided to inhabit it, wearing it as a “Skin Suit”. Not Paul desperately wants to be human, but every seven to ten years his species goes into heat & his time is running out.
From the very first pages on this novella, we’re thrust into Not Paul's head as he’s trying to live his day to day life as a human. We quickly learn he’s essentially isolated himself from his “siblings” & is battling his natural instinct to reproduce. Now his time is up, he’s in heat & out of control.
I loved the premise of this novella. It’s unlike anything I’ve heard or read before. It’s original, trippy, a little bloody & so bizarre. The writing is good & the descriptions of the gory bits were great. However, I really struggled with the overall execution. For the first half of the book I felt really confused, which may or may not be the Authors intent, & it kept me from enjoying it until the last half so for that I’m landing on a 3 star.
I look forward to diving into more of Drew’s other works in the future. Thank you Netgalley for the arc!