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Are You Even Human: Volume 1

By: Natalie Maher
Narrated by: Sarah Beth Pfeifer
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In 2025, the moon hatched and its child died. Things have since gotten worse.

Some people have superpowers now, but so do the extradimensional invaders slowly wiping humanity out. By Julietta's eighteenth birthday, the war has been loss after loss for far longer than she's been alive, so she can't bring herself to be terribly shocked when the sky splits in half and weeps death. Surviving is the real surprise.

Unexpectedly gaining the powers of a shapeshifter, Julietta can change into any living thing she has touched, mixing and matching parts with flesh as mutable as flowing water... Except when she tries to return to her original form. Trapped behind enemy lines in someone else's skin, Julietta must adapt to new powers, new bodies, and new threats, all just to survive. But when she makes it out, will she still be Julietta?

©2024 Natalie Maher (P)2025 Podium Audio Fantasy Literature & Fiction Post-Apocalyptic Science Fiction Science Fiction & Fantasy Superhero Survival
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This author really loves to explore themes of trauma and how people struggle with various psychological conditions on the backdrop of fantastical Eldridge horror. It’s just genuinely good the personal highlight of this book for me. Wasn’t the really good action sequences but showing a person caring for someone with severe executive dysfunction and finding it frustrating but still caring and doing it anyway it’s a definite improvement comparing it to their previous works but as a whole I honestly prefer the grim dark Sailor Moon not to say this book is bad by any means they’re just a good author and if you want to book that might help you process some of your own trauma through seeing characters deal with relatable struggles in a bizarre dramatic fantastical setting you’re probably find something very compelling and touching in one of their books. This might be the one for you or maybe a different one of their series will really tug on your heart strings they explore a lot of different issues and experiences, and I’m sure one of their books will be for you, but even if you can’t relate to any of the issues in the books there’s still a genuinely fantastic writer and the fantastical and dramatic situations and just good characters. I’m sure we’ll keep you very invested, even if you’re not in it for The. Processing emotional trauma.

Processing emotional trauma through written works

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Natalie has a way of making very interesting plots, just like her previous books she nails the strange eldrichly monsters attacking the world. They also add hints of more depth into they potential sentience and more than meets the eye which is what i want to know more about, however that will have to wait because once they get to safety, theres no more more monster fighting. WHICH ISNT BAD.

This is because we get the second thing Natalie is good at, Writing interesting yet mentally unwell characters case and point, the MCs struggle to maintain her sense of self and mind. This i liked even tho sometimes certain areas felt long winded and waaay to long to get to the point.

Emily while testing my patience with her secrets draws me back when the reason is revealed, Christine being frustating as hell and being unreliable during attack is understandable with her condition and ya know... being a teen in a hell scap, Anna is just str8 badass for a 9 year old. All these blend so well into and I look forward to the next book.

Interesting listen

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Beautifully detailed body horror and super traumatised characters are what I came for and this delivered.
The cast are a delightful selection of weridos with Anastasia as a personal favourite. Really look forward to seeing just how badly things will go for them in the next one.

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Yet another excellent book written by Natalie. It always starts slow and makes you guess what is it actually about- the cover, description or sample not giving it justice. The best part about this is the pleasure of finding out chapter by chapter if the story is yet another book as good as the last one in a different series. And I have to say, I have not been disappointed so far!

There are only a few days left until the second book of this series appears and I'm happy that I haven't listen to Book one any day sooner. If I am to compare what I have felt after listening to other books of Natalie like "Vigor Mortis", "Bio Shifter" or "Hive minds give good hugs", it is clear that I would be restless every day until I either jump straight to the next book of hers(IF there is one. PLEASE GIVE US THE NEXT BOOK OF HIVE MINDS, Natalie!!!), or find something else as good somewhere else.

But finding an author as good as her with titles I haven't been through yet is quite the challenge. If you are waiting for the second book and already listened to Natalie's other books, I'd recommend 'Book of the dead' by RinoZ and 'Bog Standard Isekai' by Miles English.

Yet another excellent title

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