Ordinary Monsters: A Novel

Written by:
J. M. Miro
Narrated by:
Ben Onwukwe

Unabridged Audiobook

Ratings
Book
2
Narrator
1
Release Date
June 2022
Duration
25 hours 21 minutes
Summary
MOST ANTICIPATED SFF BOOK of 2022 by Tor, The Nerd Daily, CrimeReads, BookBub and more!

'Ordinary Monsters is a towering achievement: a dazzling mountain of wild invention, Dickensian eccentrics, supernatural horrors, and gripping suspense. Be warned... once you step into this penny dreadful to end all penny dreadfuls, you'll never want to leave.' —Joe Hill, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Fireman and Heart-Shaped Box

A STUNNING NEW WORK OF HISTORICAL FANTASY, J. M. MIRO'S ORDINARY MONSTERS INTRODUCES LISTENERS TO THE DARK, LABYRINTHINE WORLD OF THE TALENTS

England, 1882. In Victorian London, two children with mysterious powers are hunted by a figure of darkness—a man made of smoke.

Sixteen-year-old Charlie Ovid, despite a brutal childhood in Mississippi, doesn't have a scar on him. His body heals itself, whether he wants it to or not. Marlowe, a foundling from a railway freight car, shines with a strange bluish light. He can melt or mend flesh. When a jaded female detective is recruited to escort them to safety, all three begin a journey into the nature of difference, and belonging, and the shadowy edges of the monstrous.

What follows is a story of wonder and betrayal, from the gaslit streets of London, and the wooden theatres of Meiji-era Tokyo, to an eerie estate outside Edinburgh where other children with gifts—the Talents—have been gathered. There, the world of the dead and the world of the living threaten to collide. And as secrets within the Institute unfurl, Marlowe, Charlie and the rest of the Talents will discover the truth about their abilities, and the nature of what is stalking them: that the worst monsters sometimes come bearing the sweetest gifts.

Riveting in its scope, exquisitely written, Ordinary Monsters presents a catastrophic vision of the Victorian world—and of the gifted, broken children who must save it.

A Macmillan Audio production from Flatiron Books.
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Allison Y.

Amazing book with great, unpredictable and interesting storyline, rich and relatable characters, vivid imagery that immerses you easily in any given scene and had a way of drawing you in for keeps. I had a few little issues with some plot points, but all around one of the best fantasy novels I've ever read in all aspects. Kudos! The narrator has a mesmerizing and engaging narrating voice that is a pleasure to listen to, but his character voices for dialogue were often inconsistent and inaccurate (the American accents were spotty especially) and at times grating. I often found myself cringing and sometimes would pause the audio to say the line in my head the way I imagined the characters to truly speak. Audiobooks are always a bit like that for me, but the especially inconsistent nature of some of the voices led me to give 3 stars.

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