This Monster of Mine Review

I was pretty much sold upon seeing Ben Barnes’ Darkling as an inspiration for the MMC. You don’t have to give much further to convince me to read a book.

This book had everything I wanted in it. A strong, vengeful FMC. A brooding, morally grey MMC. A murder mystery plot intertwined with political corruption. I was hooked!

The last 10% had me on the edge of my seat. So many important events were happening, yet I didn’t feel like any of it was rushed. Everything had its moment to shine, with every secret and lie coming to the light when most important.

I’m not sure how there’s going to be a sequel, I felt as though this closed up well enough for it to end as a solid standalone. We shall see what the author does with it!

I wanted to like this more.

The concept is such an interesting premise; demon hunters from the Vatican?! I was so ready for the Enemies to Lovers and Epic fight scenes.

Instead, I got confusing pacing and lots of question marks.

The main characters were well fleshed out, I cared about them from the get-go which is good going. The side characters however, showed up, seemed really important and then disappeared again.

I found myself blinking and somehow missing something. Whilst the beginning of the book was fine in regard to this, the further the book went on the more confused I got. The pacing just never felt right and sometimes it didn’t flow appropriately. The ending also felt rather rushed, unfortunately.

What. A. Book.

I had initially put off reading this, wanting to avoid any disappointment if it did not live up to the hype. Of course, I was wrong and this book completely devoured me.

Faerie Vampires (Kinda?). And I feel as though that is all I have to say. I would be sold based off that alone. But oh my God, it is so much deeper than that!

The characters are brilliant. The FMC is badass, epic, so fucking hot, and hilarious - I found myself cackling at her internal dialogue far too many times. The MMC? Hello Kingfisher. What a man. A complex tortured asshole who yearns and has shadow abilities? Where can I buy one? The SIDE characters?!? Phenomenal, I want to be within their little group and befriend all of them.

The world building was done in a digestible way, I throughly enjoyed the development of the worlds. The plot was cleverly done, I was never once bored and that is an impressive feat. After that final line, I look forward to the next one. (And anyone who HASNT audiobooked it… trust me, you want to.)

The Knight and The Moth Review

And so my first book of 2026 is completed. What a way to start the year.

This book had everything I wanted. I am thoroughly impressed, and I don’t even know where to begin. The writing was phenomenal, it had me hooked within the first paragraph and kept me in a chokehold all throughout. It was clever, the foreshadowing was done in such a dangerously nerve wracking way. I need the next book urgently.

The two main characters (and the gargoyle) are so dear to me. I adore them both, I only want the best for my close personal friends Sybil and Rory.

I would recommend this book to anyone who enjoys tales of corruption, lies, a complex god system, faith in… everything, and a super hot knight who knows how to yearn. 5 Stars. Gimme the next one.