Name: Monsters Among Us
ISBN: 9780593125861

Monica Rodden

Recovering at home after a dorm-room rape she can barely remember, Catherine is devastated when a neighbor girl is murdered, and turns to childhood friend, Henry, for help.

Monsters Among Us

Kath Lau

Catherine is sexually assaulted but she can barely remember what happened that night after the party. She remembers leaving someone's dorm room with her dress on backward and blood dripping down her legs. It's haunting her but she refuses to talk about it. She heads home for the holidays to be with her family and friends. She is reunited with Henry, her childhood friend and Amy, a young teenage girl she used to babysit. Few days later, Amy turns up missing and is found dead. On the same day, a guy named Andrew shows up with Catherine's stuff that she left while leaving the stranger's door room. She feels responsible for solving Amy's murder so she makes her own investigation together with Henry and Andrew.

I liked that this book is written in mutiple perspectives but it took me awhile to get used to the writing. Both storylines are equally important but I thought the sexual assault was overshadowed. Catherine is going through a really serious matter and having a hard time so reading her perspective was hard. Her story felt unfinished and it could have been much better. One of the characters I found really interesting to read about was Andrew. I was able to identify the perpetrator early on but it didn't ruin my enjoyment. This book is inspired by Emily Brontë's Wuthering Heights which I haven't read yet so I wasn't able to see the similarities. Overall, this was still an entertaining read. It kept me intrigued throughout the end.

TW: rape/sexual assault, murder of a teen, PTSD
Disclaimer: Huge thanks to PRHInternational and NetGalley for my free e-arc. This did not affect my overall opinion of the book.

Monsters Among Us

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