Kajal survives in a war torn and blight infected world to complete a single task, to bring her sister back to life before her soul becomes wraith who only seeks to kill. When she is caught by a group of rebels, Kajal has no choice but to perform the necromancy she has been practicing and bring back the Crown Prince, for if she fails her sister will be lost forever. When she accidentally resurrects the wrong boy, they must work together to not only save Lasya, Kajal's sister but their entire world.
Thanks to Netgalley and Nancy Paulson Books for the advanced copy of this book.
The tagline for this book is Frankenstein meets Indian mythology and it has really left me wondering how much is Indian mythology and how much was the fantastical mind of Tara Sim?
I have a little bit of an obsession with ghosts, necromancy, and mythology. Especially when all three are combined into one of the most vibrant and enchanting stories. I own a Tara Sim book, and I have another on my TBR, but this is the first book by her that got me. Of course it has to be the first in a series so now I have to wait forever for the next book to be released.
Theres this moment that happens in the book that was right around the 75-80% mark where my face literally looked like this and it completely changed my whole opinion on the story up until that point. We Shall Be Monsters has all the anticipated world building of the first book in a series which makes the start of it a bit slow. Even after the action started I was like, this is a good read, its fun. Honestly, that's usually where I am for a first in a series book unless it totally rocks my socks. But then the moment happened and for me it was so completely unexpected that it immediately made the jump to ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️. Obviously I can't tell you what this amazing thing is or why I found it to be such a boost to the story for me, what I can tell you is that the characters that Tara Sim created in We Shall Be Monsters lead very interesting lives.
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