Is your wildest dream a novel in which an apocalyptic pandemic overtakes society and culminates in a select few completing a transformation into creatures of Biblical proportions? Then buckle up, buttercup- because I've got some 'splainin to do.

Sister, Maiden, Monster follows a global apocalypse caused by a virus with several manifestations to varying degrees, some of which are nods to traditional paranormal creatures like vampires and zombies, but the references to biblically accurate angelic creatures are impossible to ignore and, well, I loved that aspect regardless of how horrifying it was. "Fear not!" and all that jazz, you know.

The story focuses on three consecutive protagonists navigating the changes caused by the apocalypse, with their paths and relationships connecting in interesting ways. The book is filled with death and gore, and the body horror is abundant and written well (points added). The social commentary is a bit sloppy, and the character diversity as well as the gender and sexuality representation were present in some ways but still lacking in my opinion . However, what kept fully removing me from the story was the author's penchant for ancient Tumblrspeak (i.e. 'sexy times' and 'did me a concern'- points lost and I'm only mostly joking).

I did, through it all, end up liking the book and I found the characters interesting. The suspense was well written as well as, again, the horror of it all. So many WTF WTF WTF moments, I could never count them all!

I was given the opportunity to listen to an ALC of this book as well as reading an ebook, and I think this one may be better suited to print/page. The audiobook is well-narrated, but the voices are not distinct enough to differentiate the three protagonists and that made things a bit more confusing.

Thanks so much to Tor Nightfire as well as Macmillan Audio and NetGalley for the opportunity to read this book ahead of its publication in exchange for my honest thoughts.