Thank you to Rockstar Book Tours and Delacorte Press for providing me with a copy of this book in exchange for review! All opinions are my own.

This book was fantastic. I can't even form complete and cohesive sentences to describe how much I loved this book with all of my soul. 

Plot:
This was definitely a slow-burn book, there's no doubt about it. The beginning was kind of tough for me to get through at first, despite the opening line being one of the best I've ever read, but once I got past it, I could not put this book down. If you're looking for a fast paced, action filled book, you won't find that here. Instead, you will find a girl desperate to survive at any cost and the story that unfolds from her making the decision to be what she thinks this boy needs her to be. You will find a character that is morally grey, and manipulative, but also smart and brave. And most of all (and probably my favorite) you'll question just who really is the monster in this story? There are strong female characters, madness, creepy atmospheres, monstrous humans, and a few plot twists that will have you reading the page again just to make sure you read that correctly. Yes, the start is slow, but once it picks up, you'll keep reading until you've finished the last page. Which is my favorite part of the book, I do believe. Best opening line and best closing line in any book I've ever read, hands down.

Characters:
I absolutely adored Elizabeth, oh my goodness. There were so many times throughout the book that I just sat there in complete and total awe of her. She's so cunning and so incredibly brave and there wasn't a page that I turned that I didn't find myself loving her more and more. I loved that you could quite literally watch her "descent" as the book progressed. It was such a great slow build-up with some amazing character development sprinkled in there. I also really appreciated that we as readers got to see her come to the realization that she was in an abusive relationship that she needed to get out of, and fast. It showed so much about her development as a character and I just really appreciated seeing her rise above and get herself out of a bad situation. A really, really, really bad situation. We need more characters in YA that are like Elizabeth Frankenstein.

I also really liked Victor, despite him being bad and horrible and abusive and, well, insane. There was always something about him from the very beginning that just wasn't right, and I loved how Kiersten White really played that up and made his madness more and more present as the book continued. Even as a child, you could tell that he wasn't normal and I loved following along as he grew up and eventually became completely insane. His motivation was love, but it was his twisted view of it that drove him to become the way he was. I really liked the slow build-up with his character as well, and seeing more of his insanity present itself the farther along the book went.

Just as a side note, Kiersten White absolutely killed it with the slow and steady character development with this book. All of the snaps for her!

Writing:
I'm going to start this off with some of my favorite lines and quotes from this book. Be prepared, because there are quite a few.

Week One: