This book cover is killer and the synopsis sounded interesting but I couldn’t get into the story. I considered not finishing this book a few times but stuck with it since it’s rather short — and I was really hoping to love it in the end. Honestly, I'm a little confused why I had such an unfavorable reading experience when all I've seen is praise for this book.

I think the main reason I didn’t like it is because I couldn’t connect with any of the characters and I didn’t find the main characters (Andrew and Thomas) lovable. I also didn't like the narrator, that was a big drawback for me.

Monsters coming to life is a great idea. I love how the written stories and their pictures brought these twisted fairy tales to life. And most of the scenes with those monsters were descriptive and interesting. But the rest of the story fell flat.

I did also love the queer representation, especially having an asexual main character. I don’t see that in novels enough.

Maybe, just maybe, this is a case of wrong-book wrong-time and I’d give this author another chance in the future.