HUGE THANK YOU TO BLOOMSBURY AND NETGALLEY FOR AN ADVANCED COPY OF THIS BOOK!

When I say Kalynn Bayron NEVER misses I truly mean that. I loved this with every part of me.

Following Meka and her family at their home/funeral home was such a different, unique, and made for such a compelling and eerie story. I’ve never read Frankenstein or even watched a movie of it but that didn’t deter my enjoyment of this story.

Meka is just a girl who loves her parents, her boyfriend, and working with dead people and you know what we love that for her. I laughed out loud and I cried uncontrollably.

Kalynn Bayron truly knows how to write a main character you always feel so deeply for with the best of story telling and endings that always leave you clutching your chest and wanting more.

Thank you to Bloomsbury Publishing and NetGalley for the ARC! This young adult Frankenstein inspired retelling explores themes of loss, grief, and reanimation through Meka, a young woman who works as a newly certified mortician in her family’s funeral home. The plot twists were simultaneously creepy and heartbreaking. It dragged a little in the middle- but was still an enjoyable read.

Make Me a Monster was an interesting read to say the least. It dealt with grief, death, heavy emotions and some very macabre themes but somehow the author was able to weave in humor to it. I loved the idea of the ravens and the funeral home (I wish it had been creepier) and the Frankenstein spin! I will say there were times when I didn't feel like there was a whole lot going on and the action was definitely mostly at the end of the book. Overall this was a good fall read! Meka was a lovable and strong main female lead and I always love to see that. Also I love the cover!

Make Me A Monster took me by surprise in the best way. Now I love me some Kaylynn Bayron, but man she put her foot in this one! I wasn’t sure what a reimagining of Frankenstein would look like but it checked all the boxes. The way she built atmosphere and kept the gothic, spooky feeling consistent was exactly what I want from gothic stories. And she didn’t hold back on the action! I didn’t expect to laugh so much in a book about grief that had its fair share of violence but I sure did.