Review originally posted at between-the-shelves.com!

Thanks to Net Galley and Iron Circus Comics for providing me an early copy to review! And honestly, what a fun book to review the week of Halloween. Yes, there are aspects of gore in here, but everything is in black and white so it wasn't too bad (at least for me). I overall enjoyed the art style; it's cartoonish and adds to the atmosphere of the book. It was really engaging and I'll have to check out Howard's other art. 

I also loved the characters in this. For a lot of the novel, Mona is mostly like "do I have to?" She's our reluctant hero, and it makes the book all the more entertaining. Plus, her little group of monster friends adds to the humor, with puns and ridiculous situations. Yes, the world is ending and creepy monsters are everywhere, but that doesn't mean that they can't have fun.

Bonus representation: Mona's parent is nonbinary (with a vampire love interest). I can't even think of a novel where I've seen that, so that was refreshing. The only reason I'm not giving this a full five stars is because the ending felt a little rushed to me, but it was such a fun, twisty book. Pick it up just in time for Halloween!