Review of 'Delicious Monsters'

Delicious Monsters is a complex and chilling tale that addresses trauma in all its forms, forcing people to face their trauma and reveal the monsters that live in the past and present.

Gripping Story

Delicious Monsters is a story split into two POVs. One follows Daisy, reeling over the breakup with her much older boyfriend, when her mother gets a letter informing her that her brother-in-law has passed, leaving her his estate on an island off the coast of Ontario.

Flash forward to ten years later, and we are following Brittney, who is determined to bring a name to the girl found dead ten years ago in the mansion her mother swears made her a better person and a better mother. But Brittney knows better.

Each storyline has to deal with the complex relationships between single mothers and their daughters. But they also deal with the cycle of abuse, physical, emotional, mental, and sexual. It is haunting and chilling and also easily moves between POVs.

I loved the ease at which the novel moved and how eerie the setting was. Instantly, you could tell that there was something wrong with the house. Daisy’s perspective focuses more on the haunting, the eerie atmosphere, and the haunting. It is more chilling to read, but it sucks the reader in.

For Brittney, her POV is more investigative journalism. We’re putting the pieces together, gripped by the present, whereas the past is still unfolding. It creates so much tension and mystery that it balances Daisy’s arc brilliantly.

Final Thoughts

Word of the wise, Delicious Monsters does deal with tough topics such as sexual abuse, not explicitly but by implication. However, Sambury’s storytelling, the way the characters and story evolve, is masterful and gripping.

• Writing Quality : 9/10
• Character Development : 9/10
• "Couldn't Put It Down"-ness : 10/10
• Intellectual Depth: 10/10
• Originality: 9/10
• Overall Rating: 4.5 out of 5.

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About the Author

Cynthia Bujnicki graduated from Emerson College with a BA in Writing, Literature and Publishing. She has always loved to read since she was a child. A contributing writer for YA Fantasy Addicts, she is also the Editor-in-Chief for Cyn's Workshop. She lives in sunny