Rainy Day Reads

I’m kicking off a new series in which I will give 5 book recommendations based on a subject. And in honor of Halloween we are kicking off with monsters. I don’t read a lot of super scary books, but I still managed to find 5 books with monsters, although some of these monsters perhaps don’t fit the conventional monster stereotype. From "A Monster Calls" This Savage Song by Victoria Schwab This is part one of a duology. The story takes place in a dystopian version of our world. A city is divided between a corporation that deal out their version of justice, and a mob boss using monsters for his own gains. In this world monsters are created by bad actions - you hurt someone, you spark the creation of a monster. Both sides of the city are trying to control things in their own way, but when Kate and August get caught in the middle, the unstable equilibrium threatens to topple. Kate is the daughter of the mob boss, and she wants nothing more than to be as tough as he...

This is the first book of a series, and I decided to read this because Sarawithoutanh on Youtube has been recommending this series forever in her videos. I haven't really heard anyone else talking about it, but the story of angels descending on Earth with brimstone and destruction intrigued me.  This is the story of Penryn Young, a young girl who has a sister in a wheel chair and a mentally challenged mother. They try to survive after angels have invaded Earth, but the sister, Paige, gets kidnapped and Penryn sets out to find her. She teams up with an angel who seems to have his own agenda, and they head for the headquarters of the angel army. Before they reach their destination they come across many situations that they must work together in order to survive.  I found the plot of this book really interesting. I do like it when something as archetypical good as angels, turn out to be morally flawed, just like humans. From the beginning of this book I thought I ...