Teenage Badass

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Description

Finn is a Helfwir, a monster hunter born. At the age of 8, Finn was capable of destroying a vampire with a plastic spoon. By the time she was 10, Finn knew a hundred ways of killing pretty much everything that went bump in the night.On her 14th birthday, Finn decides she wants to try living a normal life. She leaves home for Orsonville and enrolls in its high school. There, Finn will have to learn to deal with petty bullies, tenuous friendships , the hardships of teenage love and a werewolf cult that's hell-bent on world domination, all without revealing her true identity.

This is shaping up to be a hell of a school year.

Information

Status: Completed
Year: 2021
Author: wose

Royal Road Stats

Rating: 4.0/ 5.0
Followers: 21
Views: 10,496

Chapters(16 total)

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Community Reviews(5)

Anthony PeersRoyal Road
★★★★★ 4.5
Raised as a monster hunter from early childhood, Finn reaches her teens and decides she wants out. She wants to just live as a normal girl somewhere, so she finds the one little town in all the world that has never had a report of monster activity and moves there.
She really should have stopped to think about what it would take to create such a uniquely quiet-seeming town!
She quickly discovers there's far more to this town than meets the eye, getting taken in by a Miyagi-esque old Japanese monster hunter who just happens to live in this "monster-free" town, who takes her under his wing and tries to teach her a thing or two, and things escalate wildly from there until she's fighting superpowered Nazi werewolves on a time-displaced Hindenburg! (Not actually a spoiler; the book opens with that scene and the rest is "how we got here.")
Orsonville makes for a very fun "seemingly boring small town with creepy secrets hidden behind the scenes" setting, although it does seem a little bit too over-the-top weird at points. For example, early on a house gets burned down as part of a fight against monsters. In any normal setting, this would draw fire trucks and police within minutes. An inspection would call it an obvious case of arson, and an investigation would ensue, which could cast uncomfortable suspicion on the monster hunters.
Here? There's a passing mention of a news article about it the next day, and that's it.
But if you can accept the setting for what it is, it can be a lot of fun to read!
BullerRoyal Road
★★★★★ 4.5
It was pointed out in one of the comments that the author used ... a lot. DIdn't notice it before that but I very much noticed after. It's clearly not an extreme but damn was it impossible for me to forget that detail.
Anyway. Standard issue of very varied paragraph length. To make it varied is great since it allows the reader to know exactly where they got to without having to read the actual words but knowing where you got to on a single paragraph isn't something that should be in question. Maybe split it up a bit.
Conversation was a bit peculiar at times. Not sure if anybody else noted that. Much exposition. Decentl overall. 4.5/5
ShahreenRoyal Road
★★★★★ 4.5
I still haven't finished reading the whole thing, because I enjoy taking my time. I've read half of it though, and it's quite good and refreshing. The problem I faced with it was that the first paragraph was wordy, and I had trouble concentrating. However, as soon as I finished it, I was whisked away to a different place. I felt like the whole premise, as well as the story is fun and I paid attention to every word. There are a couple of spelling mistakes, but those can be fixed easily. I loved the character of Finn, and I feel like there will be a grand plot twist about Mr. Nomura.
Other than that, I will certainly finish and follow this novel. The author has done a good job.
KaedeTRoyal Road
★★★★ 4.0
I like the story, but it was a rough start. I liked all the description, but it was hard to follow and to read. It took me quite a while to read the first few chapters. Breaking that up would be easier for the reader. But after that, it was a lot easier and so interesting. The world is compelling and so are the characters! A few mistakes here and there, but that's easily fixed.
YoshikageKiraStan13Royal Road
★★★★ 3.5
So, I read all of this story as a part of a review swap and I think it has some problems, but I also can't deny that a lot of soul went into it. It reminds me of something I would have written when I was younger (though this still far more competent than anything I wrote back in the day).
Problems:
1. I find the story to be a bit too fastpaced. I feel like some of the characters (Anton and Betty) are under-developed, which is a shame, becuase I think that there is alot that the author can do with them. There is also a shift in what the antagonists' percieved goals are that feels very sudden. It's not a bad idea, but I feel like it could have been exicuted better. Basically what happens (if I remember correctly) is that one character tells Finn what the antagonists are doing and then Finn stumbles upon this thing that is crutual to their plans in a way that feels like an accident.
2. As I said before the story does feel a little rushed. I don't feel like we spent enough time with Finn in Orsonville to really understand how she feels in the opening chapter. In the opening chapter Finn mentions all of these places in Orsonville and talks like she has a certain level of familiarity with all of them, but we don't really see her spend time in any of these places other than the convience store. Maybe, if this ever goes through a re-write, it would be a good idea to kill two birds with one stone and have Finn spend time with Betty and/or Anton in these places. You have the opertunity to give the setting a lot more character.
3. I did catch quite a few spelling and gramtical errors during my reading. Not a huge deal, but you should always try to look out for those.
4. I thought that Billy's character had a lot of potential, but didn't go anywhere.
Things that were good:
1. While I didn't care too much for the protganist, I do feel like the author did a good job of keeping her out of Mary Sue territory, which can be pretty hard given the nature of this story.
2. Author did a