The Worm and His Kings
Ratings5
Average rating3.6
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Ratings5
Average rating3.6
New York City, 1990:When you slip through the cracks, no one is there to catch you. Monique learns that the hard way after her girlfriend Donna vanishes without a trace. Only after the disappearances of several other impoverished women does Monique hear the rumors. A taloned monster stalks the city's underground and snatches victims into the dark.Donna isn't missing. She was taken.To save the woman she loves, Monique must descend deeper than the known underground, into a subterranean world of enigmatic cultists and shadowy creatures. But what she finds looms beyond her wildest fears-a darkness that stretches from the dawn of time and across the stars.
Series
3 primary booksThe Worm and His Kings is a 3-book series with 3 primary works first released in 2020 with contributions by Hailey Piper.
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I loved the dynamic between Monique and Donna, and I loved how it all came to a head with the main plot. I loved the cult aspect and how unique it was, I love when cult stories aren't afraid to be bold and get weird.
I liked it but I wish I loved it. I think it would have benefited from being longer; the scope of the story seemed too epic to squeeze into novella form. There just wasn't enough room for things to breathe and I never invested in the characters like I feel I could've with a bit more time. Still, there was some great writing on display here and Hailey Piper is an author I hope to read again!
Overall THE WORM AND HIS KINGS is a great concept marred by disorienting prose and vagueness. I found the text somewhat hard to follow, both with regard to sentence construction and plot. I was left with questions and a desire to discuss the book, which I count as a huge positive, but I cannot say reading this book was a consistently pleasurable experience. I might read another book by Hailey Piper, but probably not for awhile.
