Review- Alex Finch: Monster Hunter (The Monster Files #1) by Cate Dean

Title: Alex Finch: Monster Hunter

Series: The Monster Files #1

Author: Cate Dean

Genre: YA, urban fantasy

Publication date: September 2013

Published by: Pentam Press

Source: Amazon Freebie

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Synopsis:

Meet Alex Finch - tomboy, techno geek, monster hunter.

Reluctant monster hunter.

A school project, an absentminded project partner, and a misplaced backpack all change 16-year-old Alex Finch's life forever.

In a single afternoon Alex finds the missing backpack, has a run-in with Sam, the boy she's had a crush on since first grade - and discovers that monsters are real.

That mind-blowing incident throws her life in a completely different direction, uncovering secrets that cost her more than she could ever imagine. And the further she digs, the darker and more dangerous the secrets become.

What else is hiding behind the ordinary facade of her California beach town?

Alex is about to find out.

My rating: ★★★★☆

"The monster’s out of the closet, and we have to shove it back in and lock the door."

All because of a lost backpack...

Review: Because We Told Her To by Sal Conte

Title: Because We Told Her To

Author: Sal Conte (pen name of E. Van Lowe)

Genre: YA, horror

Publication date: April 2015

Published by: EViL E Books

Source: Gift from author for signing up to newsletter

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Synopsis:

*This is a 4000 word short story*

It was supposed to be a simple babysitting job, a way for teenage runaway, Kim, to get off the mean streets of Hollywood three nights a week. Then, Amaryllis and Hyacinth said "Let's play Twitter," and things got murderously strange.

My rating: ★★★☆☆
It all started with a babysitting job for Kim. She thought this was going to be a great job, and it was a plus that the girls were so damn cute! Well, it was initially great, because then the girls wanted to play this Twitter game that eventually ended in murder. Supernatural powers and creepy kids—there isn’t much Kim can do, except do exactly as the girls say, because otherwise...

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