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Fear University #3
Monster Mine
I, Sunny Lyons, am chasing my best friend’s ghost.
Or at least I thought I was until Ollie calls me on the phone and tells me to come to Anchorage, Alaska. We find her in a renovated warehouse surrounded by halflings and Hex, her father and the greatest aswang warrior who has ever lived.
While trying to protect Ollie from the people who want to use her as a weapon, I stumble across a secret the halflings will kill to protect—a secret that could save the man I love. I may be the Cowardly Lyon, but I’m willing to do whatever it takes to protect my friends—even if it kills me.
My name is Ollie Volkova, and I am not broken.
Though my friends may say otherwise after I spent three weeks with a sadistic madman. They think I’m crazy, but when a monster called the Manananggal surfaces on the outskirts of Anchorage, my father offers to tell me about my mother in exchange for my help in hunting down the winged creature. It’s a deal I can’t pass up. Not when my mother’s past is so important to my future.
But the more I learn about her, the more I discover about my monster’s soul, and when my father reveals the final, darkest truth, the decision I make will change the course of my life.
This book is recommended for mature readers due to sexual content, violence, and language.
Or at least I thought I was until Ollie calls me on the phone and tells me to come to Anchorage, Alaska. We find her in a renovated warehouse surrounded by halflings and Hex, her father and the greatest aswang warrior who has ever lived.
While trying to protect Ollie from the people who want to use her as a weapon, I stumble across a secret the halflings will kill to protect—a secret that could save the man I love. I may be the Cowardly Lyon, but I’m willing to do whatever it takes to protect my friends—even if it kills me.
My name is Ollie Volkova, and I am not broken.
Though my friends may say otherwise after I spent three weeks with a sadistic madman. They think I’m crazy, but when a monster called the Manananggal surfaces on the outskirts of Anchorage, my father offers to tell me about my mother in exchange for my help in hunting down the winged creature. It’s a deal I can’t pass up. Not when my mother’s past is so important to my future.
But the more I learn about her, the more I discover about my monster’s soul, and when my father reveals the final, darkest truth, the decision I make will change the course of my life.
This book is recommended for mature readers due to sexual content, violence, and language.
334 pages, Kindle Edition
First published July 23, 2016
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Meg Collett
29 books546 followersBestselling and award-winning author Meg Collett lives the cozy mountain life in a tiny home in Tennessee with her dogs. Inspired from an early age by her grandmother’s spicey mystery novels, Meg dreamed of writing books of her own one day. Today, with countless stories to her name, she’s known for weaving tales with monsters, bad language, and lots of kissing. When she’s not writing, Meg enjoys coaching rowing, playing video games, and trout fishing. Discover more about her work at megcollett.com.
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July 27, 2016
Meg Collett must have been raging mad when she wrote this. And I love her even more for that. Monster Mine is the best monster book I've read this year. Not because there was a Manananggal on the loose. Not because there were halflings or part-aswang, part-human walking in and out of Fear University. Not because Sunny stole the sunshine and limelight in the story. Not because Luke had become the better man I wanted him to be. Not because Hatter did all these crazy little things that made me of think of ... well, crazy little things about him. And definitely not because Ollie Volkova was a monster.
No, this is the best Meg Collett book I've read and I love everything about aswangs, manananggal, tikbalang, halflings, Luke, Hatter, Sunny and most importantly, Ollie, the Hunter.. And everything else written in this book. I love how Meg Collett had done an extensive research about Filipino folkloric creatures and had come up with a suspenseful thriller that left me waiting with bated breath, reading at the edge of my seat and screaming like a banshee.
This.Is.A.Highly.Recommended.Read!
No, this is the best Meg Collett book I've read and I love everything about aswangs, manananggal, tikbalang, halflings, Luke, Hatter, Sunny and most importantly, Ollie, the Hunter.. And everything else written in this book. I love how Meg Collett had done an extensive research about Filipino folkloric creatures and had come up with a suspenseful thriller that left me waiting with bated breath, reading at the edge of my seat and screaming like a banshee.
This.Is.A.Highly.Recommended.Read!
June 20, 2018
I feel like I lost a sense of who Ollie, Luke, even Sunny is. I guess they were all dealing with the lies, hurt, abuse, betrayal inflicted on them and they were redefining their purpose as it pertained to Fear University, the aswangs and the halflings.
I hope the author gets back to the personal relationships because that's what gave each character strength, both the friendships and the romantic attachments.
I am a hopeless optimist so I am crossing my fingers for Ollie and her father to resolve their issues and find a common ground.
I hope the author gets back to the personal relationships because that's what gave each character strength, both the friendships and the romantic attachments.
I am a hopeless optimist so I am crossing my fingers for Ollie and her father to resolve their issues and find a common ground.
June 14, 2017
4.5 stars. This book had a different vibe from The Killing Season in that Luke took a huge backseat. The events at the end of book 2, which were horrible, changed Ollie. And Luke. This book centers more on Ollie and her family and her basically finding herself again. A new self. There was tons of action and suspense and death and it was great. But the huge romance reader in me was a little disappointed. I wanted huge declarations and heart to hearts. I think we deserved that after all that happened. Sure we get a tiny glimpse, but for me it wasn't enough. I needed about 25 more pages with Ollie and Luke and Sunny and Hatter. It feels like there could be more to the story, some loose ends still dangling out there. I will admit that at the very end, I ended up crying like a little bitch, like almost embarrassingly so, at what I thought was happening. The very last page had me in tears.
I'm so glad I saw this on another friends GR newsfeed otherwise I never would have see this series. I'm a new fan of Meg Collett and I'm going to pray really really hard for a short story or extended epilogue.
*****just got a message from Meg Collett that there will be 2 more books. At least!!!! So effing happy now! Not till next year, but she didn't want to leave off on a cliffy, so I love her even more. Read this series people!!
I'm so glad I saw this on another friends GR newsfeed otherwise I never would have see this series. I'm a new fan of Meg Collett and I'm going to pray really really hard for a short story or extended epilogue.
*****just got a message from Meg Collett that there will be 2 more books. At least!!!! So effing happy now! Not till next year, but she didn't want to leave off on a cliffy, so I love her even more. Read this series people!!
August 21, 2016
4.5 stars
I am still loving this series! If this was the final book in the Fear Univesity series like I originally thought, I would have rated it a little lower. The only reason for that is I would want a little more out of the romance in the final book. This book focused on Ollie and her family. It was so much more emotional than the other books, and it makes you feel so much more for the characters . I can't wait to see what happens in the next book.
I am still loving this series! If this was the final book in the Fear Univesity series like I originally thought, I would have rated it a little lower. The only reason for that is I would want a little more out of the romance in the final book. This book focused on Ollie and her family. It was so much more emotional than the other books, and it makes you feel so much more for the characters . I can't wait to see what happens in the next book.
September 21, 2016
Still liking this series quite a bit but I didn't like this one as much as the previous two.
I liked that we get some more info about Hex and Ollie's mother and their relationship.
I really enjoyed the chapters told from Sunny's point of view and I thought she actually stole the show.
I really really enjoyed the head-butt scene. Lauren absolutely had it coming, but that brings me to the part I absolutely hated, and that was all down to Hex. WTF was he thinking, leaving Ollie in the situation she was in? And her misplaced anger towards Luke and her friends for being unable to rescue her irritated me. They, unlike Hex, had no idea where she was. Hex's actions, or inaction rather, bothered me so much that I couldn't really concentrate on anything else because I was waiting for some type of explanation as to what he thought he would achieve by letting Ollie suffer. I thought it took too long to get to it, which irks me because the crazy supernatural creature being hunted would have been my favorite and I felt cheated out of enjoying it fully.
I'm glad Max got what was coming to him, but I really didn't see where this series even needed Max to be in it at all. He didn't really add anything worthwhile and there is certainly no shortage of villains here.
I liked that we get some more info about Hex and Ollie's mother and their relationship.
I really enjoyed the chapters told from Sunny's point of view and I thought she actually stole the show.
I really really enjoyed the head-butt scene. Lauren absolutely had it coming, but that brings me to the part I absolutely hated, and that was all down to Hex. WTF was he thinking, leaving Ollie in the situation she was in? And her misplaced anger towards Luke and her friends for being unable to rescue her irritated me. They, unlike Hex, had no idea where she was. Hex's actions, or inaction rather, bothered me so much that I couldn't really concentrate on anything else because I was waiting for some type of explanation as to what he thought he would achieve by letting Ollie suffer. I thought it took too long to get to it, which irks me because the crazy supernatural creature being hunted would have been my favorite and I felt cheated out of enjoying it fully.
I'm glad Max got what was coming to him, but I really didn't see where this series even needed Max to be in it at all. He didn't really add anything worthwhile and there is certainly no shortage of villains here.
March 7, 2025
This book took a bit of a detour by moving away from the interpersonal relationships of the two couples (Ollie, Luke, Sunny and Hatter) and doing a world building extension of Ollie's father's sphere instead. This gave the book an unexpected twist that I did not care for nearly as much as I did the first two in the series. I'm hope the fourth installment snaps back to the ones I really enjoyed. This one was good as a stand-alone, but I was in a hurry to get to the end already.
August 4, 2017
4.5* another great installment in this 3rd book in the series. We get more from Sunny's POV, more drama, action, and background on Ollie's parents. No sexy times but real development in the MCs relationships. Love this series. I hate that I'm quickly getting to the 4th and last currently published book in the series and if there is a 5th I will have to wait a whole year to read it. Uggghhh...still a great read and I will quickly dive into the next.
August 14, 2017
4.5 STARS!
It's been a week since I finished this one, and I've been feeling like such a cop-out for not writing a review. But how dare Meg Collett put my beloved Ollie and Luke through such a horrific wringer?! And then have the nerve to show character growth from all they'd been through?! Outrageous! I liked them fine the way they were. LOL.
All petulance aside, I know Ollie couldn't have remained unchanged after book 2. What was I expecting? For her to jump up like a dismounting Olympic gymnast and yell, "I'm okay!" Not likely. In fact, if she had, I'd be writing a scathing review right now.
So even if I despised Hex, and I resented Ollie for giving him the time of day in this installment, this series is undoubtedly one of the best things I've read all year. I can't recommend it enough!
It's been a week since I finished this one, and I've been feeling like such a cop-out for not writing a review. But how dare Meg Collett put my beloved Ollie and Luke through such a horrific wringer?! And then have the nerve to show character growth from all they'd been through?! Outrageous! I liked them fine the way they were. LOL.
All petulance aside, I know Ollie couldn't have remained unchanged after book 2. What was I expecting? For her to jump up like a dismounting Olympic gymnast and yell, "I'm okay!" Not likely. In fact, if she had, I'd be writing a scathing review right now.
So even if I despised Hex, and I resented Ollie for giving him the time of day in this installment, this series is undoubtedly one of the best things I've read all year. I can't recommend it enough!
August 19, 2016
I'm so glad this isn't the last book. I think I would surely die from that ending alone. The ending didn't feel rushed and left it open for the next book. I'm so glad that one other question didn't end unanswered. Literally, my heart shattered, then with the last sentence it felt whole again, only to shatter again because it was the last fricking sentence.
Ollie and Sunny's dual pov was brilliant. They didn't blur together like most do where you have to go back and see who the hell your reading from. They were two different entities.
Monster Mine- Yes, Ollie, You are our beautiful brilliant monster. And Sunny you are just as fierce and always have been in your own right.
To watch them all grow from past mistakes, past wounds that slowly mend because of their love for one another and I don't mean just Sunny and Ollie, this goes for Luke and Hatter as well.
Everyone wants a piece of Ollie. Everyone wants to break her and own her for their own sick and twisted needs. But You cannot break Ollie, you cannot take Ollie! For all she needs to hold her pieces is to leave them behind with Luke, Sunny, and Hatter. She is the Manananggal in a sense, she leaves her pieces hidden within them when those try to break her or she loses herself along the way. Without them, she can never be whole. Every dirty Dick and Harry wants to exploit her family, her pack, including daddy dearest.
In this 3rd installment, we find Ollie recovering from what Max has done to her what he's taken from her. She's now with her father, Hex's, pack. She has to hunt the rogue aswang and the Manananggal to get the true answers of her deceased mother.
Sunny is determined to find a cure for Hatter. We find she has strength and courage way beyond the stipulations the Hunters have placed on her. She is not the cowardly Lyon, as we have always known this, she proves it to all that would doubt her. Her love for Ollie and vice versa is so endearing.
This series is now in my top 3.
Ollie and Sunny's dual pov was brilliant. They didn't blur together like most do where you have to go back and see who the hell your reading from. They were two different entities.
Monster Mine- Yes, Ollie, You are our beautiful brilliant monster. And Sunny you are just as fierce and always have been in your own right.
To watch them all grow from past mistakes, past wounds that slowly mend because of their love for one another and I don't mean just Sunny and Ollie, this goes for Luke and Hatter as well.
Everyone wants a piece of Ollie. Everyone wants to break her and own her for their own sick and twisted needs. But You cannot break Ollie, you cannot take Ollie! For all she needs to hold her pieces is to leave them behind with Luke, Sunny, and Hatter. She is the Manananggal in a sense, she leaves her pieces hidden within them when those try to break her or she loses herself along the way. Without them, she can never be whole. Every dirty Dick and Harry wants to exploit her family, her pack, including daddy dearest.
In this 3rd installment, we find Ollie recovering from what Max has done to her what he's taken from her. She's now with her father, Hex's, pack. She has to hunt the rogue aswang and the Manananggal to get the true answers of her deceased mother.
Sunny is determined to find a cure for Hatter. We find she has strength and courage way beyond the stipulations the Hunters have placed on her. She is not the cowardly Lyon, as we have always known this, she proves it to all that would doubt her. Her love for Ollie and vice versa is so endearing.
This series is now in my top 3.
July 20, 2016
Meg continues to amaze me with this series, every time I think I have it worked out BAM its taken in a completely different direction and this direction amazes me. You don't know who to trust, not everyone is as they seem in this book. Secrets are revealed, only to leave more questions in their wake, but Meg manages to answer them all.
It was great to be reunited with everyone again and it was awesome to see Sunny come out of her shell in this one.
It was great to be reunited with everyone again and it was awesome to see Sunny come out of her shell in this one.
July 20, 2016
Crazy good! Another great addition to the series that had me riding on a wave of emotions. I love how real and raw the characters are and their journey. In this book we got to see Sunny's ppv along with Ollies. I love the character growth in this book and can't wait to see where the story goes from here.
I received a free copy in exchange for an honest review.
I received a free copy in exchange for an honest review.
July 19, 2016
I'm addicted to the writing of Meg Collett (and incredibly curious what my reaction to 'swang saliva would be).
July 20, 2016
This book was epic!! 5+Stars!!
When we last left Ollie she was barely hanging on to life and her sanity. The chances of her coming back from what happened to her were very slim. Luke, Hatter and Sunny were searching for her.. I love these 3! They all have something that Ollie is missing and she needs each one in her life. Sunny is definitely the stitches that hold the 4 together.
Monster Mine picks up at the end of The Killing Season and I love when series do that. It gets you right back in the mind set you had while reading the previous book.
Monster Mine was filled with exciting, wild, and heart-pounding action! from the 1st page to the last, it was a nonstop Rollercoaster of emotions.
This book with played with your emotions, taking you from one high to the next. At the end you didn't know if you wanted to Hug Meg for putting you through all that or shake her and ask what you did to deserve it.
An absolutely twisted crazy thrill ride that left me breathless till the very end.
When we last left Ollie she was barely hanging on to life and her sanity. The chances of her coming back from what happened to her were very slim. Luke, Hatter and Sunny were searching for her.. I love these 3! They all have something that Ollie is missing and she needs each one in her life. Sunny is definitely the stitches that hold the 4 together.
Monster Mine picks up at the end of The Killing Season and I love when series do that. It gets you right back in the mind set you had while reading the previous book.
Monster Mine was filled with exciting, wild, and heart-pounding action! from the 1st page to the last, it was a nonstop Rollercoaster of emotions.
This book with played with your emotions, taking you from one high to the next. At the end you didn't know if you wanted to Hug Meg for putting you through all that or shake her and ask what you did to deserve it.
An absolutely twisted crazy thrill ride that left me breathless till the very end.
July 24, 2016
WOW!!! I so love this story!! It is so action packed, that the thought of putting it down, going to bed, doing anything other than reading are just CRAZY!!! From the beginning you fall in love with the characters, you feel their fears, tears, and love. But I think the best part is....you never know what monster may be out there coming for them.
Luke, Hatter and Sunny are on a quest to find Ollie. Although most think shes dead, Luke can't believe that. When Sunny gets a phone call from Ollie, the group rush to her side. But Ollie has changed. Max did A LOT of damage. That isn't their only problem. Ollie's father is there! While Ollie tries to learn about her mother, secrets reveal themselves, one could change the whole fight! Ultimatums are given. Now not only does Ollie have to deal with the past, she has to decide a side for the future.
Luke, Hatter and Sunny are on a quest to find Ollie. Although most think shes dead, Luke can't believe that. When Sunny gets a phone call from Ollie, the group rush to her side. But Ollie has changed. Max did A LOT of damage. That isn't their only problem. Ollie's father is there! While Ollie tries to learn about her mother, secrets reveal themselves, one could change the whole fight! Ultimatums are given. Now not only does Ollie have to deal with the past, she has to decide a side for the future.
July 25, 2016
Kindle Copy for Review
As the aftermath Sunny, Hatter and Luke think that Ollie is dead since a burened body was found. But then Sunny receives a phone call from Ollie telling her that she is an abandon warehouse in Alaska.
Ollie finds herself wanting to know more about her dead mom as she ends up in a place that belonged to her mom. It is a place where humans and aswangs can live together as appose to Fear University. But to learn more about her mom, she must help Hex, her dad, hunt down a monster called Manananggal.
Will Ollie change when she learns everything? Another gripping read in the series.
As the aftermath Sunny, Hatter and Luke think that Ollie is dead since a burened body was found. But then Sunny receives a phone call from Ollie telling her that she is an abandon warehouse in Alaska.
Ollie finds herself wanting to know more about her dead mom as she ends up in a place that belonged to her mom. It is a place where humans and aswangs can live together as appose to Fear University. But to learn more about her mom, she must help Hex, her dad, hunt down a monster called Manananggal.
Will Ollie change when she learns everything? Another gripping read in the series.
August 15, 2016
Well this 3 book trilogy turned out to be so incredibly unique. I loved that the heroine was a bad ass but it somehow never seemed over the top. The writing style was great. The Filipino legend made for a really creative storyline. I don’t feel that the series title gave it any justice. Fear university just sounds lame, and that was not the case with any of these books. I will definitely check out more of this writers work in the future.
July 23, 2016
OMG!! Is this the end, could it be the end?!! Ahh!
This books was simply amazing. Meg never fails to disappoint. Monster Mine will rip you to shreds and slap you back together again in the very best way.
This entire series is at the top of my list of favorites. I hope it's not the end, but if it is, things get wrapped up pretty nicely.
This books was simply amazing. Meg never fails to disappoint. Monster Mine will rip you to shreds and slap you back together again in the very best way.
This entire series is at the top of my list of favorites. I hope it's not the end, but if it is, things get wrapped up pretty nicely.
September 6, 2016
Amazeballs!
I LOVED this book! Please say there is a book 4. I would write more but I'm going to look up this authors other work now!
I LOVED this book! Please say there is a book 4. I would write more but I'm going to look up this authors other work now!
September 23, 2020
Hated this so much. Everything, every thought, every action, every character was a total contradiction to the previous book and everything that came before. I hated how confusing and pointless and unnecessary the storyline got, like I genuinely didn't get the point or was just confused in general by the sudden turn of events that started and ended so fast they did not make sense or seem relevant.
I was also super disappointed by the character development, or the lack thereof. Somehow everyone had broken down and become super shitty - like not just horrible people with terrible motives and actions and decisions, but they were just a shitter version of the people I had previously liked.
Ollie in particular, like I could understand her being traumatised, but she wasn't or it wasn't explored properly and resolved. She just decided it made her better... And her feelings towards each of her parents gave me whiplash. One minute she hated them because of how they'd treated her, then suddenly she loved them and wanted to worship the ground they walked on, but then oh no we hate them again. With zero explanation or acknowledgement to the sudden shift. I mean, frankly I hated Hex, but nothing was really explained well in regards to Irena so I didn't really have an opinion of her. I just didn't get Ollie's almost instant attitude flip.
I mostly just felt bad for Sunny, like she was trying to do go and look out for everyone, but the others may as well not have been there. No other characters served any purpose in this book. No relationship development happened, no deeper feelings explored, no further backgrounds of halflings, they were all literally pointless. Their actions and motives were irrelevant, no thing they did exactly mattered and they were all 2D. I wanted more of an understanding of Thad, we could've had more from Sunny's pov about him.
This one is a big fat no from me, and the rest of the series can go f@*k itself. I have zero interest or hope that it can redeem itself after what happened and how bullshit the characters have turned out, this was just a huge shit show from the get go.
Done. It'd be a -5 stars if possible.
I was also super disappointed by the character development, or the lack thereof. Somehow everyone had broken down and become super shitty - like not just horrible people with terrible motives and actions and decisions, but they were just a shitter version of the people I had previously liked.
Ollie in particular, like I could understand her being traumatised, but she wasn't or it wasn't explored properly and resolved. She just decided it made her better... And her feelings towards each of her parents gave me whiplash. One minute she hated them because of how they'd treated her, then suddenly she loved them and wanted to worship the ground they walked on, but then oh no we hate them again. With zero explanation or acknowledgement to the sudden shift. I mean, frankly I hated Hex, but nothing was really explained well in regards to Irena so I didn't really have an opinion of her. I just didn't get Ollie's almost instant attitude flip.
I mostly just felt bad for Sunny, like she was trying to do go and look out for everyone, but the others may as well not have been there. No other characters served any purpose in this book. No relationship development happened, no deeper feelings explored, no further backgrounds of halflings, they were all literally pointless. Their actions and motives were irrelevant, no thing they did exactly mattered and they were all 2D. I wanted more of an understanding of Thad, we could've had more from Sunny's pov about him.
This one is a big fat no from me, and the rest of the series can go f@*k itself. I have zero interest or hope that it can redeem itself after what happened and how bullshit the characters have turned out, this was just a huge shit show from the get go.
Done. It'd be a -5 stars if possible.
February 12, 2018
As with the other books in the series, this was a fun one. It was cool to hear a bit in the book about my hometown, as this one is set in Anchorage. Part of my brain was wondering "Okay, they mentioned this part, so it must be around here...." even though specifics were never mentioned. I liked how it was deliberately kept kind of vague. Sunny plays more of a part in this book, which I enjoyed. She's such an adorable character, which balances out well with Ollie's hardness and Luke's cynicism. The whole part with the Manananggal seemed a bit unnecessary, but the lore was at least interesting. The ending had me in a bit of a "They had BETTER NOT..." bout of emotions, but it didn't disappoint. Now I have to wait until I can get my hands on the next book. >.<
July 1, 2017
Great ending—what with it being filled with hope for the future that awaits Ollie, Luke, Sunny, Hatter, and co.
I wish the fifth book was already out. I don't know if the next will have a cliffhanger. :(
NEGATIVES: comma splices, fused sentences, lapses in the use of the serial comma, lack of a comma before and/or after an interjection, homophones (e.g.: "you're" instead of "your" and "too" instead of "to", etc.), gratuitous capital letters after an ellipsis, typos, and more.
Still, Meg Collett's writing is absolutely beautiful, even with all of the errors present. The book is totally worth reading.
I wish the fifth book was already out. I don't know if the next will have a cliffhanger. :(
NEGATIVES: comma splices, fused sentences, lapses in the use of the serial comma, lack of a comma before and/or after an interjection, homophones (e.g.: "you're" instead of "your" and "too" instead of "to", etc.), gratuitous capital letters after an ellipsis, typos, and more.
Still, Meg Collett's writing is absolutely beautiful, even with all of the errors present. The book is totally worth reading.
July 17, 2017
This series is so great!! It has such a fresh concept and Collect's writing really sucks you in! I absolutely love Ollie, Sunny, Hatter, and Luke! I've come to care about them, you can easily feel their emotions from the pages!
This book has Ollie recovering from her time with Max as well as finding more out about her parents life before she came along. There are many twists and obstacles along the way. While Ollie is the heroine we expect, Sunny is heroine we expect to always be just a sidekick yet she is so much more than that. Sunny may be my absolute favorite.
I cant wait to read the next book.
This book has Ollie recovering from her time with Max as well as finding more out about her parents life before she came along. There are many twists and obstacles along the way. While Ollie is the heroine we expect, Sunny is heroine we expect to always be just a sidekick yet she is so much more than that. Sunny may be my absolute favorite.
I cant wait to read the next book.
April 25, 2018
Survival of the fittest
Ollie has survived weeks of torture by Max, only to be saved by the Aswang under her father's control.
Hex isn't a loving father although he cares for her in his own way. Together they must find and kill the Manananggeral as it terrorises the area around his base in Anchorage.
Hatter, Sunny and Luke must all face their own demons as they search for her, but when they find her, she's not the Ollie they knew.
Now they have to return to Fear University for the ultimate test of all their skills. Hex is coming and he'll spare nobody, not even his own daughter.
Ollie has survived weeks of torture by Max, only to be saved by the Aswang under her father's control.
Hex isn't a loving father although he cares for her in his own way. Together they must find and kill the Manananggeral as it terrorises the area around his base in Anchorage.
Hatter, Sunny and Luke must all face their own demons as they search for her, but when they find her, she's not the Ollie they knew.
Now they have to return to Fear University for the ultimate test of all their skills. Hex is coming and he'll spare nobody, not even his own daughter.
May 21, 2017
I'm a huge fan of the series! I started Fear University 1 & 2 a lot. But for this 3rd one something lacked. I don't know what. But I really didn't like it much specially the ending. I would have like more of Luke and Hatter. I feel they don't really have much to do in the story. Like nothing major really happen with them, or nothing at all. I would like to see more of them in next book. I would like them to participate more and develop more.
That being said, I cant wait for the next book!!!!!!
That being said, I cant wait for the next book!!!!!!
May 6, 2018
3.5 stars I liked the first 2 books better than this one because while I understand that the torture and PTSD were screwing with her head I just didn't enjoy Ollie's changed character and I was super annoyed that she was so prepared to overlook the fact that Hex . It was still good though and I love Ollie and Luke together - as messed up as they are. And Sunny is all kinds of awesome just like Ollie (normally) is - just in very different ways.
April 25, 2021
3 1/2 stars. I had trouble with the relationship between Ollie and Hex. A lot went unsaid, unresolved, and unexplored. In a way, it didn't fit with Ollie's character. I actually had to put the book down for a while. When I picked it up again though, things started happening and the universe seemed to right itself. The last quarter of the book was fantastic. Sunny evolves in such dynamic ways throughout the series. She's my favorite by far.
March 10, 2018
Purchased as part of the Fear University box set. Monster Mine was book three of a wonderful series, with multiple (and relevant) PoV shifts--I enjoyed each book, but Monster Mine, while having important reveals, didn't have the plot progression I'd seen in prior books. Intense, and full of twists and turns, I really like the storyline and the characters.
April 13, 2018
Another 5*
I absolutely love this series! Like seriously! Ollie is bad a$$ and Sunny... God bless her heart! That girl is way stronger than she thinks. I can't forget Luke and Hatter. Luke's softer side, <3 and Hatter... You can't help but love him. Can't wait to dive in to Paper Tigers, sooooo I'm doing that now.
I absolutely love this series! Like seriously! Ollie is bad a$$ and Sunny... God bless her heart! That girl is way stronger than she thinks. I can't forget Luke and Hatter. Luke's softer side, <3 and Hatter... You can't help but love him. Can't wait to dive in to Paper Tigers, sooooo I'm doing that now.
April 11, 2024
Such a good book (this is an understatement), after the events at the end of book 2 I was hooked to see what happened next and Meg delivered on all accounts! Feel so sorry for all the main characters throughout during this war, the ending was so heartfelt I’m immediately starting paper tigers now just so I can find out what happens next!
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