A review by awkwarrior
Monsters Within Men by TJ Rose

dark emotional tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

would i reread it?
 ╰┈┈➤yes
would i recommend it?
 ╰┈┈➤no
 𓍊𓋼𓍊𖡼.𖤣𖥧𖡼.𖤣𖥧𓋼𓍊𓋼
🍄 military settings
🍄 post apocalyptic London full of two kind of zombie-like creatures
🍄 forbidden slow burn romance
🍄 age gap of 5 years: one mc is 23 & other mc is 28
🍄 found family & siblings in arms
🍄 dog companion that can take down enemies
 𓍊𓋼𓍊𖡼.𖤣𖥧𖡼.𖤣𖥧𓋼𓍊𓋼
a guy who is still grieving all the people he lost (because of a virus that started turning humans into human-flesh-craving monsters a decade ago), has to lead a military squad to battle monsters. another guy who faints at the sight of blood is forced to join the military and be a new recruit for his squad (because his research assistant job ended when his boss was imprisoned). even though they started off on the wrong foot, they eventually become friends and... well it's the end of the world and the city they are serving is almost doomed too, so who cares about this kind of intra-squads relationships being forbidden? they don't.
 𓍊𓋼𓍊𖡼.𖤣𖥧𖡼.𖤣𖥧𓋼𓍊𓋼
my warmest thanks to TJ for the copy!!