INCREDIBLE, I am obsessed and need more immediately!! I binged this in a few hours, I just couldn’t get enough of it!!! The graphics were perfectly gory!

I received this ARC through NetGalley for an honest review.

This was my first comic read and I absolutely adored this!!!

The art style, characters development, and storyline was phenomenal. Meat Eaters is a heart warming story that will pull at your heartstrings.

The cover made me believe that the story was going to be filled with horror but instead I found myself giggling as I read certain parts in the story. Kind of misleading in a way but I still enjoyed this read nonetheless.

Thank you NetGalley and the publisher for allowing me to reading this early copy of Meat Eaters!

This was super cute!! Absolutely loved the gore and the reluctant little found family. I just about lost it when the water gun got pulled out. And the drawing style is just sooo gorgeous

A normal hardworking girl wakes up one day to find that she doesn't have a heartbeat anymore. She also doesn't remember dying, even thought that sound like something that would stay in one's memory. :)

She has a new craving for meat that scares her. All she wants is to be hidden from the worlds, but slowly she is dragged into the world that is unlike ours. The ghouls, werewolves and vampires, living in the same world, just underneath the surface.

She makes friends, gets tangled in all sorts of stuff and discovers more about this new world and herself each time.

The artwork is beautiful, I was immediately hooked by the art. The storyline was interesting, but I was a bit lost at times, not knowing what was going on. Still, I can't wait to read another one, there is just something about this story, that pulls you in.

Thank you Oni Press for the advance copy! I was not familiar with Meredith McClaren before reading this, but I'm a fan now. I enjoyed the mix of lonely-late-teen-coming-of-age and gory monster goodness. Ashley's story is sometimes sad and poignant as she attempts to navigate her condition. When she realizes she is not alone is when the story really starts to shine. From the cover, I did not expect a borderline manga style, but I thought it suited the story quite well. I'm looking forward to more from McClaren!

thank you to netgalley and oni press for access to an eARC! all opinions are my own.

we follow ashley who wanted to work hard and get out of her home town, except she wakes up one night covered in blood and discovers she is actually dead. she finds herself craving fresh and bloody meat and discovers a world of ghouls, vampires and werewolves.

the art was very pretty. i did think that the timing at the start felt a bit off, it felt like we were just dropped in the middle of a story. that does get better near the ending of it. parts of it were humorous and even some went deeper into trauma and anxiety. i would recommend it, it was a fast read!

This was a fun fun story set in the early stages about trying to figure out what you want to do as an adult while you're trying to navigate becoming a flesh-eating monster.

Thank you to NetGalley and Oni Press for the EARC!

I didn’t really connect with the story, it felt a bit messy and hard to follow, but I did like the whole concept of where this will potentially go in further volumes. The artwork was great! I loved the bold colors and all the gory scenes. Visually, it was really fun to look at, even if the story didn’t quite work for me.

*3.5*

a super cute YA supernatural graphic novel with vampires, werewolves and ghouls. I really enjoyed the found family within this, I love the idea of a group of young people who are all supernatural in some way and have no idea what’s going on just vibing it out together.

I thought the main character was super relatable, girly had her life turned upside down and was doing her best to figure it out whilst trying to not panic to death. I do wish it had more background / plot regarding the actual abilities, but I’m hoping this will develop as the story progresses.

Absolutely amazing! I was disappointed that I couldn't send this directly to my kindle, but thats on minor.

A quirky take on the "creepies" that live alongside the normal humans. A young woman struggles to find her place in the world and keep others shut out. She struggles with accepting the reality of the un-life she ends up living, and she makes a couple friends along the way.

The art style is interesting. The characters are unique. My biggest complaint is that the story feels rushed. Things get pushed along quickly and there isn't a lot of time to enjoy the ride.

3.5 stars

This was the first horror graphic novel I’ve picked up and I was very impressed! The story-telling was disjointed, and initially that made it hard for me to understand what was happening, but eventually things started coming together and the disjointed-nature made sense.

There were some things that I still wish were a little clearer, such as who/what happened to Ashley and the process she underwent to become undead. There were also a few things I wish I were expanded just a smidge more, such as the supernatural world and the backstories of the side characters.

Despite that, I thought the themes of surviving trauma and the importance of a support system were extremely well done. I enjoyed the art style and the mix of sweet moments captured in between the gore.

I received an ARC through NetGalley for an honest review.

Holy shit!

I absolutely adored this!

A teenage girl finds herself feeling different with a unholy craving for meat that leads her into a world of creepies, outcast undead, lycanthropes...and nightmare horse-spiders.

Ashley goes from abandoned loner to the head of her own pack of adorable found family and the difficulties of trying to be normal when you're anything but.

This was so fucking charming and wholesome and gross and weird and funny and touching and brilliant.

As a big ole brick of disabled neurodivergent Queer T-slur, reading the creepies in the same way as many of us have read things like the X-Men in the past, this truly hit some subtle and beautiful notes that truly resonated.

I absolutely hoovered this up and need more!

Meat Eater is definitely one of the weirdest graphic novels I’ve read, and that’s part of what makes it so interesting. The artwork is super unique - pastel but also unflinching when it leans into the gore. It creates this strange, floaty atmosphere that works really well with the story’s overall tone. At times, it feels like a YA coming-of-age story… until it suddenly doesn’t, diving into something way darker and more disturbing.

I liked the main trio a lot, especially how their dynamic developed into a kind of “found family” by the end. Still, I couldn’t shake the feeling that the whole thing was a bit rushed. Some emotional beats didn’t quite land for me and while the ending was strong and hit hard, the story as a whole felt incomplete.

That said, if you’re into surreal, genre-bending stories with bold visuals and a touch of existential weirdness, Meat Eater is worth checking out.

Although the artwork in this graphic novel was really good and it had an overall story, I did find that there were gaps in which I had to just make up the connections myself. And as a reader, I didn't enjoy that aspect. Will not be continuing on with this series.

Thanks to NetGalley, the publishers and the author for an ARC in exchange for an honest review.

I love the art style, which is a fun mix of pastel and gore, which I was a little surprised by as that isn't really reflected by the cover. I actually preferred some of the other cover concepts detailed at the end, despite being drawn to this book by the existing cover, as they were more aligned with the rest of the art throughout.

The concept is pretty original, each of the main characters is likeable and funny. The monster (the big bad) is super cool and creepy. The dialogue flows smoothly and there are some great lines in the narrative.

There are some plot points that felt really underdeveloped, such as Motley & Harrison's history with Glenn and what has actually happened to Ashley/what it means to be a ghoul and why. There isn't quite enough resolution for me, as a result.

However I would definitely read more instalments in this series as I think it has a lot of potential to explore.

3 stars

The cover is what drew me in. I'm going to be honest it never once lived up to it. I wanted to love this so bad. But it was another idea that I feel like could've been great, that was just okay.

Acknowledgements and grateful thanks to NetGalley and Oni Press publishing for the opportunity to read and review this e-ARC: 'Meat Eaters by Meredith McClaren'. All opinions are my own and are not a reflection of the publishers and/or author, of which I have no association with. All my reviews are fair and without spoilers.

<b><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/220160612-meat-eaters">Meat Eaters</a> by <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/6584090.Meredith_McClaren">Meredith</a>is a graphic novel that is made for gore obsessed people, like myself. Filled with werewolves, and blood and guts. This was honestly made for me.</b>
<I>THERE ARE NO SPOILERS IN THIS REVIEW.</I>

Five out of five stars (5/5 stars).

<B>TRIGGER WARNINGS:</b> <I>Blood and gore, death, and animal death.</I>

“From cartoonist Meredith McClaren (co-creator of the acclaimed series Black Cloak) comes a punishing and poignant original graphic novel about the monsters that lurk both in the darkness beyond—and within—us all . . .
Let it be said that dying is hard. Nineteen-year-old Ashley Moore found this out firsthand.” — the Goodreads page for 'Meat Eaters'.

<I>// Pre-read: I'm so looking forward to this, it looks super interesting and full of action, drama and horror.//</I>

"All Ashley wanted was to keep her head down until she could escape the small town where she felt she was stagnating. But after waking up one night covered in blood—and irrevocably dead—Ashley finds her foolproof plan for getting out has gone up in smoke, and that something within her has changed." — the Goodreads page for 'Meat Eaters'.

I really enjoyed this graphic novel, it bought me much happiness to be reading a book with so many gory illustrations. Meredith is very talented and I adore the style of her art immensely. Being an artist myself, I can appreciate original art, and do.

It is a story of a 19-year-old Ashley who wakes up very different than when she was awake last, not only has her appetite changed, and she has no heart beat. Join her and her newly found friends in a savage journey that grabs others' attention.

The plot is exciting and the illustrations really do make this story what it is, and the werewolves are portrayed in a new, refreshing way — in a way that really compliments the entire story from start to finish.

There were no errors, no parts that I didn't understand and because of all oft his, the graphic novel 'Meat Eaters' has thoroughly earned it's five stars.

<B>ABOUT THE AUTHOR:</B>
Meredith McClaren is an American author and illustrator who is well known for her distinct style with her art and her storytelling. Born in 1987 it makes her 38-years-old and she started drawing in her early years because she was passionate.

'Meat Eaters' is her forth published novel and I reckon it's the best one I've read so far, I want to read all of her work as soon as I can. I'm just disappointed that this wasn't longer.. I was pretty sad when it ended.

I think I am going to have to buy it when it comes out properly to add to my graphic gore folder I'm obsessed and I highly recommend this to anyone that love gore in their graphic novels. You won't regret buying this, at all.

I enjoyed this horror graphic novel. It was an intriguing story with interesting characters. A real page-turner where the main character is trying to figure out the mystery of what happened to her. She has to adapt to her new circumstances. And the artwork is great. Horror fans will like this one.

"Dear diary, am I a freakin’ zombie?" Ashley wants nothing more than to find her place beyond her small town. She has a clear plan: work hard and avoid people until she can transfer from community college to somewhere out of state. Her plan is derailed when she wakes up with no heartbeat and a craving for meat, and no memory of how or why she's changed. Readers will be thrust into the world of Creepies, supernatural beings hidden from the human world, as Ashley tries to uncover the cause of her newfound undeadness. In what could have been a gore-fest run-of-the-mill monster story, McClaren brings a surprising amount of heart with a narrative that centers on themes of found family, resilience, and overcoming trauma. Stunning artwork, fourth-wall breaking, and memorable characters make this an inviting read for graphic novel novices and veterans alike.