The Monsters in our Shadows by Edward J Cembal was a great apocalyptic horror novel!
The character development, the world-building, and the amazing atmosphere; I was constantly on the edge of my seat.
The writing style and the character development as well as the storytelling made this story that much more intriguing.

Thank You NetGalley and Book Whisperer for your generosity and gifting me a copy of this amazing eARC!

This didn't work for me, and I tried to like it, I really tried. The idea of the book/story appealed to me, but once I started reading, the appeal dropped away. I just couldn't connect with the style of writing, and I couldn't get any visual images from the printed words.

I get where the story could be appealing -- it just didn't appeal to me in the slightest.

I received a complimentary copy of the novel from the publisher and NetGalley, and my review is being left freely.

Anthem is an Exilist. It is his horrifying job to escort the afflicted out of the walled city of Atlas. Their sickness? The monster that came from their own shadows. Why cast them out? Once their time is up and the monster eats them, it will eat everything else after. Anthem is desperate to find a solution for the afflicted and when he is given a mission to find that solution in the Deadlands beyond the wall he is reluctant, frightened, but also determined to find it.

A wonderful book. I finished it in 2 days. The descriptions of the monsters, the horrifying situations, the loneliness of the afflicted, and the hope that Anthem has are engaging and sometimes even emotional. Even though it is set is a dystopian world, you still recognize things we have today. The worldbuilding is remarkable and not too extensive, which leaves room for your own imagination. You can sense that there are metaphors on depression, but it is subtle and fits right in.

4/5 stars ✨

Thanks to Netgalley and Book Whisperer for this ARC. This is all full of dystopian spooky horror. We learn very quickly that Shivers are what shadows are but they feed off of the last people of humankind and there’s a Exilist named Anthem and we follow him on his journey to get past the wall. Very fast paced and adventurous and action packed for sure! Anthem is a grim reaper of some sorts and at the 50% mark he’s throw into the deadlands with an outsider and he has to make a journey to get as much of a drug to save Atlas as he can before the Shivers kill the remaining population of Earth. This is a little horrid and descriptive but not bloody gore. I was also kinda rolling my eyes sometimes about the weather always being thunder, I’m like really? It could have been something else or better described. That part was just boring to me but everything else so fun and I enjoyed from start to finish. To me it’s a pretty unique story

A fun fast paced apocalyptic horror novel. Introduces an original and horrifying new monster, the Shiver. Races from one terrible situation to another, this one keeps you on the edge of your seat!

This book ends up being too slow and drawn out for me. Maybe it will be good for someone but definitely not me. A slow burn can sometimes be good but when it's this long it gets a tad annoying.