Monstrumologist by Rick Yancey
I was intrigued by this cover when we received it at our library. Hearing about it at a recent conference made me want to read it but the book trailer definitely sold me on it.
In 1888, Will Henry is the orphaned assistant of Dr. Pellinore Warthrop. Dr. Warthrop has a very strange specialty, monstrumology, he studies monsters. Late one night, they are visited by a grave robber who brings with him a most unusual creature. As Will Henry, the doctor and the grave robber soon realize this creature is a deadly monster an “Anthropophagi.” The monster has no head but instead has eyes where a man’s shoulders are with a mouth where a man’s stomach would be.
After the visit by the grave robber, they soon make a gruesome and deadly discovery of multiple Anthropophagi near the graveyard. Reminiscent of Frankenstein, fans of teen horror and Cirque du Freak will eat this book up. The language of the book gives it the feel of a 19th century novel but there are all of the elements that 21st century fans love.
Having been a fan of R.L. Stine and Christopher Pike as a teenager. This is one I can’t wait to book talk.
