I thoroughly enjoyed my time with Rayleigh Mann in the company of monsters.
It’s a wonderfully contrived story which turns not only London (and the rest of the world) on it’s head but also the concept of monsters. Of course, the London Rayleigh comes from is not quite the London we know, and there are still some bad monsters, but all that is fine too.
My only problem with the book was that I found some of it a little jarring. Maybe it was the use of vocabulary I wouldn’t expect from a twelve year old, or maybe some sentences just rang the wrong bell for me.
I still have the word “apropos” buzzing around in my head, for example. It’s a word that I don’t think I’ve ever used myself, even though it is in my vocabulary. I’ve never felt the need to use it I suppose and I guess my brain is still struggling to fathom why it was needed here.
I loved the characters, but my favourites were Thelonius and Marley.
It was a great adventure and, even at my ripe old age, I’m tempted to follow the series.
Thank you to Readers First, Piccadilly Press and Ciannon Smart for the ARC in return for my honest review.