Welcome to My 31 Days Of Thrills And Chills 2026! I’m so excited to do it again. I’ll be sharing reviews and lots of extra spooky stuff every day leading up to Halloween. I hope you’ll join me!
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I’m sharing all kinds of books, movies, and other spooky stuff for every day in October. Gots to get those scares on for the 31st!
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Little Monsters
By Maire Roche
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Genre: Fantasy / Horror / Middle Grade
MY REVIEW
I read the synopsis and quickly felt I could relate. I also have three sisters and I’m sure the neighborhood kids thought we might be monsters. It got me thinking how cool it would be if we had been. What mayhem we could cause.
What a fun retelling of Little Women. The sisters are monsters. They keep it secret, fearing what that knowledge might do with their relationship with the neighbors. Monsters mean scary, something to be feared. So, when a strange monster ventures near their town and bad things start happening, Meg is determined to get to the bottom of things and protect her secret.
There was a lot more going on here than just a mysterious creature lurking in the woods. Meg is waking up in strange places with no memory of how she got there. She has to hide from her foster mother the fact all of the sisters are monsters. What if they get split up? That was a heavy burden to carry all by herself. When she meets Brooks she’s smitten. He’s cute and kind. Can she trust him with her secret? I sure hoped so. Meg worked her way into my heart and a little bit of joy for her would also make me happy. I kept my fingers crossed.
The forest was a character in itself. And the monster lurking there? I wondered. Made a few guesses on who it was. And had a rollicking good time finding out.
Young angst and family unity made this a special story for me. Took me back to my own experiences and I feel young readers will enjoy the fun story and relate to these girls.
4 STARS
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Synopsis
In this modern supernatural middle grade retelling of the beloved classic Little Women, the March sisters have a monstrous secret Meg will do anything to protect—especially with another beast lurking in the woods threatening to expose them.
Meg March and her three sisters are monsters. No, really. Meg has teeth that are a little too sharp. Jo gets furry under the full moon. Beth goes night flying on wings that are impossible to hide under her sweaters. And Amy? Well, don’t let her near a body of water or she’ll start sprouting her mermaid’s tail.
Meg is sure their foster mom, Marmee, wouldn’t like any of this if she knew. And Jo’s best friend Laurie, the nice boy next door, would run screaming. To make matters worse, Meg’s small town outside of Salem is on edge. A vicious beast has been spotted in the forest, and Farmer Bhaer believes it’s responsible for his missing chickens. Meg is sure to be blamed if anyone realizes she’s a monster in disguise. And the closer it gets to Halloween, the surer the town is that something evil is hiding in the forest.
Meg doesn’t always remember what she gets up to at night, and sometimes, she wakes alone in a mossy part of the forest and has to find her way back. With John Brooke determined to find out just what Meg is hiding and locals working to uncover the monsters in their midst, Meg must find the culprit herself—or risk losing the little home she’s found with her sisters.
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