Vanessa Len: Only a Monster (2022, HarperCollins Publishers)
English language
Published June 24, 2022 by HarperCollins Publishers.
It should have been the perfect summer. Sent to stay with her late mother’s eccentric family in London, sixteen-year-old Joan is determined to enjoy herself. She loves her nerdy job at the historic Holland House, and when her super cute co-worker Nick asks her on a date, it feels like everything is falling into place.
But she soon learns the truth. Her family aren’t just eccentric: they’re monsters, with terrifying, hidden powers. And Nick isn’t just a cute boy: he’s a legendary monster slayer, who will do anything to bring them down.
As she battles Nick, Joan is forced to work with the beautiful and ruthless Aaron Oliver, heir to a monster family that hates her own. She’ll have to embrace her own monstrousness if she is to save herself, and her family. Because in this story… she is not the hero.
Vanessa Len really did something here, I loved how interesting and surprising it was during the whole book, the story feels so thought out as well as the characters, and it being a debut and YA makes me want to give a 5 stars, even if its more of a 4.5, I can't wait to read the sequel
