It definitely asks the question “What is a monster, truly?” and proceeds to examine it thoroughly. This was a re-read for me but it was good to get back into this world and the characters and remember why I enjoyed this book so much. Wyn, of course, is the sort who invites a human to tag along with him across the Wastes and makes sure his human is fed and watered and gets enough sleep and is a little insecure about his monstrous appearance, which he hides beneath a hood throughout most of the story but, as illustrated very early in the book, he is the military’s #1 enemy because of his bullet immunity and his ability to mow down humans, seemingly without hesitation. Some are parasites that infect humans to reproduce, some are likely better than humans on the spectrum of compassion, and some are living bullet sponges that live only to consume. And as the worldbuilding shows us, there ain’t just one kind of monster with a capital M. Wyn the Soul Eater could be argued as more supernatural being than monster, but anything not originating from the human realm is considered a monster. And Danny really questions everything when he discovers exactly what drives Wyn to kill.
Book one is the story of Danny, who’s been told all his life that monsters are obviously Bad yet in the midst of being spared by one who’s noted for cross-country mass murder, Danny begins to Question Everything. Review: In this series, the apocalypse’s inciting incident occurs when an existential plane of monsters overlaps with the human plane, leaving the known world overrun with horrifying creatures that force most humans to shrink to cities or military compounds.
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