Make Me a Monster

The nightmare is back. In it, Meka watches her dad trying to help her dying mother after a car accident. Though she has seen doctors and therapists, the nightmare has not only returned but evolved. Thankfully, she has earned her license as an assistant at her family’s mortuary, which, while strange for someone still in high school, is something that gives her purpose. Her friends respect her hard work, and Noah, who has become something more than a friend, is trying hard to reconcile the fact that death is Meka’s life. When a freak accident changes Meka’s trajectory, her life will never go back to the one she wanted, especially after she discovers the secret behind the mortuary’s past.

While skipping half of a book is generally not recommended, in this case, the first half is just so slow and tedious. Once readers slog through the first 150 pages, the pace picks up, and it is hard to put down. There are monsters, death, fights, a cool book, and more, all in the shadow of the original Frankenstein story. Cool concept, but too much nothing at the beginning for some to get to the end.