Gee whiz! Well wasn't this an interesting book. Monster High was awesome and I am so happy with the way it turned out. It wasn't so serious and was an easy book to read. There was no depth to it, it was just a fun book.

The characters in this one were so cool; they were chilled and that was awesome, with my favourite being Melody. She was a normal teen with normal issues; I loved how she was socially awkward and yet still a pretty cool character to read about.

Favourite moment –

"Pick them up girls. Let's go!" Ms. J ordered as if clueless to the mini rebellion
"But I'm not afraid," Frankie said without sparking
Brett stopped roaring and examined Frankie with renewed interest
"Cool" Brett whispered.

That just gave me a thrill; which will make more sense once you've read the book (it was such a cool moment).

At first the start confused me but when you got into the book it started to flow really well; except that I'd rather be reading from Melodies point of view all the time rather than Frankie's.

The end was so cool. It didn't leave me any questions like "URGH! What's going to happen next?" which I really hate. It leaves you contentedly curious, I want to know what happens next but I can wait patiently for book two.

If you’re over the age of 18, avoid this book! Although the premise is an interesting one, the delivery is horrid!  You’ve got ‘monster’ teens hiding in plain sight at the local highschool, and it’s a great play on monsters from film and literature, from Frankie, Frankenstein’s Monsters’ grand-daughter, to the local werewolf pack and the invisible boy.

This is a book that will make a great 30-minute TV show, but most of the jokes were completely lost on me. A lot of teen-age Americana references (and FYI American authors... butter in Australia and New Zealand is actually yellow, and quite a bright yellow, so not a good colour reference for a supposedly appealing hair colour).

Gratuitous references to the hunky Justin Beiber, teen programmes and teen magazines were completely lost on me. Normally this wouldn’t be a problem, but there just isn’t a lot of story that doesn’t utilise these as a reference point or a start of a joke or conversation. Again, if I had tween children or was that age myself, I would probably find myself giggling the whole way through. As a jaded adult the only reason I finished it was by reading the last page, and getting curious enough to find out how they got there.

The marketing and promotions around this are wonderful, and the story will appeal to the target age group, but there is no leaning outward, once you’re too old, you’re just too old. It is very well written, but no, there is no crossover to the adult world. Sorry guys, this one is strickly for the teens.