Monster, Savior, Angel, Destroyer. Sixteen-year old trans boy Benji just wants to escape from the cult that raised him and unleashed Armageddon... and decimated the world’s population. They have experimented, killed, and created monsters, and Benji is their ultimate project. Benji wants to save the world from their destruction, he wants to be able to be himself without having people worship him for being a monster that will kill people. When his escape attempt goes wrong and his father is killed he is saved by a group of teens from the local Acheson LGBTQ+ Center (also known as the ALC). Their leader is Nick, a gorgeous deadly shot who is autistic and he knows Benji’s secret. Benji is the cult’s bioweapon that is slowly turning him into a monster and they want to use him to wipe out humanity from the earth once and for all believing that they will all be going to heaven and doing God’s will. But Nick has other plans and darker secrets...and Benji will have to ask himself if he can trust Nick. When Benji’s fiancee finds him and tells him that he has left the cult for him, things get even more complicated. Benji is slowly deteriorating, his boy is decaying and soon there will be nothing left but the monster in him. Benji only has a few weeks left to save the world and he’ll have to find out who he can truly trust and if he can embrace the inner monster in order to stop those who want to hurt him and the ones he loves. This was a beautiful story, albeit filled with horror and action, it was absolutely fantastic. It was one trans boy’s journey into defining himself, and taking a stance against the world that doesn’t see him for who he is and to go against all the labels created for him. It was magical, it was action packed, it was romantic, and it was just an absolute joy to read! ( Though if I’m being honest I WOULD LOVE MORE, LIKE MAYBE AN EXTRA EPILOGUE OR SOMETHING CUZ I DO NEED ME SOME MORE BENJI AND NICK CUZ THEY ARE JUST SO SWEET).

*Thanks Netgalley and Peachtree, Peachtree Teen for sending me an arc in exchange for an honest review*