#wyn the soul eater

[ladylurtz]

"I could recognize him by touch alone, by smell; I would know him blind, by the way his breaths came and his feet struck the earth. I would know him in death, at the end of the world."

some fanart of Lily Mayne's first Monstrous Series couple, Wyn and Danny. after making so much OC art for the Monstrous world, it feels good to finally have some true fanart

[deadrayg2mf]

Dead Ray's Comfort Series: The Monstrous Series by Lily Mayne

My goal is to be coherent in this review but I've yet to string together a solid readable sentence yet in all the attempts I've made to recommend it to all my pals because I am simply so fucking in love with this series. I love it so much I cannot think straight (pun intended). I'm not going to go over the plot as this is a seven book series with one novella and one short story anthology so far but I am going to rave about it, I'll give my general feelings on it, and I'll rank the books based on how much I liked each.

First of all, this is one of those series where I got to the end of the first book and just kept reading and rereading the last few paragraphs because I did not want it to end, and then, once I did, I sat there lost and feeling as though I had gone through an experience that I will never get to relive for the first time again. I even knew I had more books in the series to read and my first thought was still "What do I do now? Where do I go from here? How do I move on?"

I read one book of the series per day until I got to the final one, Lor, where I tried to pace myself to keep the high running for as long as possible. That's why it's taken me so long to get this out is because I refused to do so until I had consumed it entirely.

The world of this series is insane and amazing and fantastically horrifying and lovely all at the same time. A world where interdimensional rifts opened up and terrifying monsters streamed through and started slaughtering the world's population. Now humans are stuck living in military controlled cities where they can work for almost nothing, join the military or are left to fight for themselves out in The Wastes should they chose to leave.

Then there's the monsters, both the absolute nightmare fuel animalistic ones and the more human ones. Wyn is my favorite, from the very beginning and through the very end. Wyn is the best monster and his and Danny's story have my entire heart.

Lily Mayne is a phenomenal writer; she has snuck up on me and planted herself at #1 when it comes to authors (across all genres) I adore. Her perfectly balanced plots with just the right amounts of drama, comedy, and angst come with characters who are loveable and fall across a wide range of personalities. The plot never feels bogged down by too much happening at once and I love that it doesn't feel like the problems that arise have to have life-altering batshit insane solutions... Sometimes when you get kidnapped by a cult you just happen to be able to escape thanks to a disgruntled cult member and then sometimes your half-monster boyfriend sees the perfect chance to thrash your kidnapper in order to free you. As I sit here typing, I'm realizing what I like so much is they are big problems, complicated ones too, but they come with fairly uncomplicated and easy to accomplish fixes which means the story really can focus on the romance and these parts just add to the building of the relationships between the characters.

Okay, I'm starting to lose focus the more I think about them so my closing thoughts are: Holy shit I love this series so much, I immediately bought the physical copies of everything and I plan to spend my time between other books and the release of Lyri (hopefully in December) annotating them, perhaps I will share highlights of my favorite bits on here as I go through them again. Please Please Please Please Please, I will get on my knees, I will do anything if you read this series, I promise more than anything that these books are worth it. 10/10

And as promised, here is my ranking: note, the lower on the ranking doesn't mean I don't recommend it, it just means that these first four were ones I literally almost could not move on from, I will never get over them - but all of these books are stellar and the entire series should be read...

#1. Soul Eater (Wyn and Danny forever and ever, perhaps it's because they were the first ones but goddamn I can't move on from how much I love them and am so grateful they show up so frequently)

#2. Wyn (the novella between books three and four; it's Wyn and Danny so of course it's ranked second)

#3. Moth (Charlie and Moth giving some enemies to lovers vibesss)

#4. The Rycke (hjrfjkdwjkdjklew I am so fucking soft for Aury and Ghost ahhhhhhhhhh they are two precious beanssss)

#5. Lor (It strayed from the main group I had grown accustomed to but god Jugs and Lor are just so good, and it hurt my heart so much, and then it healed it, and it was just ♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡)

#6. Seraph (Seraph has got to be the most monstrous love interest I've read about in any series and I adore him and his grumpy little Lilac fighting the odds and everyone around them to be together)

#7. Gloam (RIIIIGGGGG he's such a sweet little puppy and he will literally do anything, anything for Gloam who would do the same)

#8. Edin (Talk about a black cat and golden retriever pairing with Hunter and Edin, these two really make it work, and I hope Charlie did teach Edin the term size queen)

Would I read again? I plan to, I will be annotating these books and they are my treasured possessions now.

Would I recommend? What do I need to do to get this book in your hands right now? I'll do it. I think these are nothing short of a must read!

[tearblossom]

[peppermintkamz]

Wyn

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Art by @femkeneri

[confusedismymiddlename]

Monstrous book series : book 1, Soul Eater was sooooo good !?

If you'd told me not so long ago I would ship the hell out of a man and a monster from an apocalyptic world...

!!! /A human and a literal monster/ !!!

I wouldn't have believed you and yet... Danny and Wyn deserve to be happy forever. I love them so much.

[pageofcoins]

So I wrote a fanfic about my recent favorite monsterfucking books, the Monstrous Series by Lily Mayne!

I just wanted some soft Wyn being absolutely besotted with Danny. It’s more a fluffy character study drabble than anything substantial, but it exists so yay? Yay!

Anyway check it out if you want to! Leave a kudos or a comment if you enjoyed it!

[perionan-blog]

Been doing some art lately. Of the monstrous series by Lily Mayne. I realize my Instagram has too many family members so now all monster f*cker art will go here. At last until I get to the naughty stuff, then I’ll have to figure something else out. Anyway, here’s a progression of my Wyn, the Soul Eater.

[bog-witch-4-mayor]

we all have our hot takes on the best monster-human couple but we need to give attention to an equally important debate:

[erikagskerzz]

"Soul Eater" Wyn and Edin💜 By Lily Mayne

Im... OBSESSED with these books, if you can PLEASE go check them up!

[haveyoureadthispoll]

One where humans live in military-controlled, cramped and dirty cities along the coasts, and the majority of the United States is known as the Wastes. A lawless, desolate and dangerous place, teeming with monsters that have claimed the land for their own. Including Wyn the Soul Eater. He appears every three years, making his way across the country and slaughtering humans randomly, sucking them dry until they’re nothing but husks. I’ve only been in the military for six months, but now I’m part of a unit tasked with trying to stop and capture him. And when I’m the only soldier out of hundreds that the Soul Eater leaves alive, I realise that… something about me has intrigued him. But what is it? What could a twenty-three year old guy from the south, with no one and nothing in the world, have possibly done to capture the attention of a death monster with horns, blackened fingertips and a face hidden in the dark depths of his hood?

[griesly]

my brain is mush so excuse me if I already knew this, BUT you’re a monstrous series fan??? please tell me your favorites, I’m absolutely feral over those books

I LOVE those books, so much. I can't choose between Soul Eater and Moth, those are my favorite books, but I think Wyn has to be my fave character. He's so delightfully terrible to everyone but Danny. <3

[tearblossom]

[wiickedry]

Top 5 Monster Boyfriends

put “top 5” anything in my ask and i will answer ok go

I actually hard a difficult time trying to think of any monster boyfriends, LOL. I love them so much, yet I don't think I have any really? I'm thinking legitimate monsters, right -- not extremely-human in appearance.

Red [Underfell Sans] (Undertale)

Wyn the Soul Eater (Soul Eater)

Sarros (Godfuckers)

Anutsh or any other kiinnis (Godfuckers)

Vassago (Kingfuckers)

[garnetcapricorn]

I am almost done with the Soul Eater audiobook and it is sooooo good omg

Wyn's voice is magnificent 😍

the narrator's southern drawl took me a minute to get used to but we're cool now

usually I don't go for 1st person pov but this series will definitely prove the exception

[perionan-blog]

I’ve had a notion. I need to practice storyboarding and inking and comic book… doing in general. What if I use a book I like? Make a fan comic? Illustrate some scenes?