Monsters Books in Order

The Monsters books take a monster-fighting premise and give it a very human center. On the surface, this is a high-energy YA science fiction story about teens battling scrabs, terrifying creatures that are ravaging the world. Underneath, it is also about abuse, fear, control, and what it means to choose your own life after spending years feeling trapped.

The central character is Clara, a seventeen-year-old who sees joining a monster-fighting squad as her chance to get away from her abusive father. That personal need shapes everything in All These Monsters. Clara is not chasing glory. She wants out. When she joins Team Seven, she ends up alongside other young fighters who are still figuring themselves out, which gives the duology a strong runaways-and-misfits feel even while the stakes keep widening.

The world of the series feels big, messy, and very public. Scrabs are not just local threats, and the action quickly stretches beyond one hometown into an international conflict, with training and missions moving through places like Paris and London. A private security company, MDG, sits at the center of the war effort, and that matters because the books are always interested in who benefits from fear. The monster problem is real, but so is the machinery built around it.

The monsters are real. So are the people who learn how to use them.

That is where the series starts to open up. As Clara gets stronger and closer to her teammates, she begins to realize the official story about the scrabs does not fully add up. By the time All These Warriors begins, Clara and Team Seven know there is a deeper conspiracy behind the invasion, and exposing it becomes just as important as surviving the next attack. The second book keeps the action high, but it also digs into trauma, recovery, guilt, and the way damaged people can still build real loyalty with each other.

Found family matters here. So does anger.

If you like your YA science fiction fast, tense, and built around a group dynamic, this series has plenty to work with. All These Monsters and All These Warriors mix creature attacks, training scenes, and chase sequences with a story that keeps asking who the real monsters are. Clara's growth is what makes the books stick. She starts out fighting to escape one kind of danger and ends up helping challenge something much bigger, without ever losing the personal edge that makes the series hit.