Monsters!

OK, so I chose none of the books that I mentioned in the last post. Mostly because Harry Potter was too long, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest was stolen by some kid, and I wasn't in the mood for dinosaurs when I walked into the library this morning. But what caught my eye was the sparkly new volume on the new books shelf. It's called Monstrumologist by Rick Yancey.

So. It's really good. As I said, I picked it out this morning. I'm currently on page 104. Take that as you will.

Brief sum up up: The main character, Will Henry, was orphaned at age 11. His father's employer, took him in as an assistant. But Dr. Pellinore Warthrop is no normal employer, he specializes in monstrumology, or the study of monsters. At the beginning of the book, Will Henry and the doctor have caller in the middle of the night, a caller who has a muddy bag with him. Needless to say, their deadliest case yet involves headless, flesh eating forms of an exotic African monster. It can get pretty gory, but the language is great and I love the word choices and just the plot in general.