All These Monsters

 Tintera, Amy. All These Monsters. Book 1 of the Monsters series. 2020. 464p. ISBN 9780358012405. Available at FIC TIN on the library shelves.

In the recent past, a breed of underground monsters called scrabs have emerged throughout the world. Three variants of them exist in Asia, Europe, and North America. Squat and armor plated, scrabs are hard to kill. They dig holes and emerge in populated centers, trying to kill, maim, and destroy as much as possible. Most of the scrabs in North America have been killed, but Europe remains plagued with them.

Greyson, a millionaire teen famous for being rich, has decided to assemble mercenary teams and send them to Europe to fight the scrab problem, now that the United States has pulled its military back to the country, and people are flocking to the trials.

At seventeen, Clara does not like school. She's too focused on surviving her abusive father and her always-in-denial mother, so when the chance presents itself Clara escapes her stifling Dallas life and travels to Atlanta on no money, with the hope of making the team. She's not the best fighter, or the most dedicated, but she's driven and she makes the cut and is assigned to Team 7, the only team of teens from the United States.

Scrabs are deadly, however, and soon members of the team are killed in battles. Clara falls for Julian, the 19-year-old in charge of Team 7, while the rest of the team tries to figure out how to work together. As they continue to fight monsters, however, Clara realizes that a conspiracy is afoot to smuggle European scrabs back to the United States. Scrabs may be violent, but they may not be the worst enemies ...

Fans of dystopian fiction and those who liked Reboot will appreciate Tintera's new series.