"The problem is that I've been stumbling about in the dark." In the city of Elendhaven a monster lives. Born of the dark sea, a taste for violence, and constantly asking one question...who am I? Johann never understands himself. Not until he meets Florian, an important aristocratic member of the community with a secret of his own. The Monster of Elendhaven by Jennifer Giesbrecht is a beautifully written and delightfully dark little tale. It was a quick, exciting read. It reads like a nice short story, concise and to the point, rather than a lengthy novel, which I found surprisingly refreshing. I was left with a bit of a book hangover after The Winternight Trilogy (So. Good.) and wasn't ready to jump back into something heavy. This little book proved to be the perfect cure. Sometimes we cling to books and their long, drawn out stories. We don't want them to end. This was not one of those books and that's a very good thing. ...