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Author(s): Dan Wells
Title: Mr. Monster
Publication: Paperback
Pages: 287
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Acquisition: Christmas Gift
Date Completed: January 4, 2011
Rating: 4.5 stars out of 5

John killed a man, but his mother is the only one who knows. Following the sudden disappearance of the Clayton Killer the community is trying to put itself back together, and John and his small broken family are trying to find a balance that will let them live in relative peace.

Two things work to disrupt that peace: Agent Forman of the FBI, who's still around ... and the appearance of the mutilated body of a young woman. Once again the town is terrorized by violence it can't understand, and John finds himself struggling with his intentions as he's drawn to the case by ever fiber of his being.

Mr. Monster is another fantastic thriller; readers are treated to further development of the character of John, the self-acknowledged teenage sociopath, and watch with anticipation as he struggles with the desires of Mr. Monster, and the rules that he has cluttering his mirror. While I felt like the concluding elements of the first novel were a bit of a cheap device to put a bow on the story, similar elements are utilized much more effectively in the current novel, nicely blending the fantastic and the realistic. Readers who enjoyed I am not a Serial Killer will very likely enjoy Mr. Monster.