The Monster of Elendhaven by Jennifer Giesbrecht

Gideon and Harrow have suffered enough.įor me, there’s lots I could say, but I’ll only say this: Giesbrecht writes like a Jim Steinman song feels.Īs for the book itself, I wrote this to her back when I got to read it early (which is my undeserved prize for having attempted to force Giesbrecht to write a story with me where Jade Harley was a pregnant superhero having shacked up with Equius and Nepeta), and I wrote thus: I have had the honour of having written as her co-writer on Promstuck and Herobound – I’m sorry to say that the best thing we ever wrote together never went public, but I assure you it was rad – and having my debut novel and her debut novella drop in the same month is like having our children get married, except that in this case I will say that although it is usually “X and Y don’t deserve to have to marry Gideon and Harrow,” this is the only case where I will say: Gideon and Harrow don’t deserve having to marry Florian and Johann. At the time, we just took a lot of joy in talking about what it would be like if Terezi went to law school. I first met Jenn in Homestuck fandom, never knowing that she was the one sent by the prophecy to later write the Epilogues.

I am not by any accounts an unbiased bystander. If you're squeamish or it's not your cup of tea, this may not be the book for you.On the 24th of September, which is tomorrow for me, you can purchase The Monster of Elendhavenby Jennifer Giesbrecht. It has multiple graphic depictions of murders, and deaths, and wounds. And I loved it! ?)Īnd!!! The audiobook narrator is amazing! They nailed it!įair warning to others: this book is gory and bloody. And before I forget, the prose is so damn beautiful?!?!? For a book with such a grim setting/plot, the author still managed to weave prose that is both equally disturbing and breathtaking (I don't know if that made sense, but that's what I thought. It was humorous and tender, but also violent and melancholic. The romance in this book is nothing I epected. We see them get consumed by revenge, sadness, lust, greed. The characters are complex and they're far from having the perfect moral compass, but that's what makes the whole story so interesting for me. But it's also very, real, and raw, witty and snarky.

It's dark, it's haunting, it's atmospheric. I don't even know what to say about it exactly.

The Monster of Elendhaven by Jennifer Giesbrecht