This creature, Pet, is a monster hunter who speaks in a painfully ‘i’m not human’ way that brought to mind Yoda from Star Wars. Her blood brings forth the clawed and monstrous-looking creature her mother had depicted in said painting. Her mother is an artist and one-day Jam bleeds on one of her paintings. She has loving parents and a best-friend named Redemption (all of their names are like this…why? not sure).

Jam, our protagonist, is a child who lives in Lucille. Apparently, monsters (what kind of monsters? i’m not sure) are no longer a thing and have been banished or annihilated by badass looking angels (when? how? not sure). Pet opens with some pages of exposition which paint a rather vague dystopian picture. I couldn’t help but feel that at times the tone and content of these two books didn’t always quite mesh well together. I had a similar experience when I read All Our Hidden Gifts, Caroline O’Donoghue’s foray into the MG/YA genre. The word hype was invented to describe books like this.Pet is my second book by Akwaeke Emezi and while I did find it to be an engaging read it didn’t quite hit me the way as their The Death of Vivek Oji did. beautiful, genre-expanding debut -The New York Times Jam must fight not only to protect her best friend, but also to uncover the truth, and the answer to the question -How do you save the world from monsters if no one will admit they exist?Ī riveting and timely young adult debut novel that asks difficult questions about what choices you can make when the society around you is in denial. Pet has come to hunt a monster, and the shadow of something grim lurks in Redemption's house. But when Jam meets Pet, a creature made of horns and colors and claws, who emerges from one of her mother's paintings and a drop of Jam's blood, she must reconsider what she's been told.

Jam and her best friend, Redemption, have grown up with this lesson all their life. There are no monsters anymore, or so the children in the city of Lucille are taught. NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR by The New York Times - Time - Buzzfeed - NPR - New York Public Library - Publishers Weekly - School Library JournalĪ genre-defying novel from the award-winning author NPR describes as 'like L'Engle.glorious.' A singular book that explores themes of identity and justice. NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST - STONEWALL BOOK AWARD WINNER - ONE OF TIME MAGAZINE'S 100 BEST YA BOOKS OF ALL TIME

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