{"id":22652,"date":"2025-10-07T01:00:32","date_gmt":"2025-10-07T05:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pastelgoth.net\/blog\/?p=22652"},"modified":"2025-10-18T03:35:38","modified_gmt":"2025-10-18T07:35:38","slug":"book-faceless","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pastelgoth.net\/blog\/book-faceless\/","title":{"rendered":"Faceless"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"book-3328\" class=\"bdb-book-info\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pastelgoth.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/book_faceless.png?fit=250%2C400&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Faceless\" class=\"alignright\"\/><strong>Title:<\/strong> Faceless<br \/><strong>Author:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/pastelgoth.net\/blog\/book-database\/author\/jeff-monday\/\">Jeff Monday<\/a><br \/><strong>First Published:<\/strong> <span content=\"2021-03-20\">March 20, 2021<\/span><br \/><strong>Publisher:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/pastelgoth.net\/blog\/book-database\/publisher\/self-published\/\">Self-Published<\/a><br \/><strong>Pages:<\/strong> 176<br \/><strong>Genre:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/pastelgoth.net\/blog\/book-database\/genre\/coming-of-age\/\">Coming of Age<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/pastelgoth.net\/blog\/book-database\/genre\/dark-fantasy\/\">Dark Fantasy<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/pastelgoth.net\/blog\/book-database\/genre\/fantasy\/\">Fantasy<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/pastelgoth.net\/blog\/book-database\/genre\/lgbtq\/\">LGBTQ<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/pastelgoth.net\/blog\/book-database\/genre\/mental-health-fiction\/\">Mental Health Fiction<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/pastelgoth.net\/blog\/book-database\/genre\/romance\/\">Romance<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/pastelgoth.net\/blog\/book-database\/genre\/romantasy\/\">Romantasy<\/a><br \/><strong>Format:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/pastelgoth.net\/blog\/book-database\/format\/ebook\/\">Ebook<\/a><br \/><strong>Source:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/pastelgoth.net\/blog\/book-database\/source\/kindle-unlimited\/\">Kindle Unlimited<\/a><br \/><strong>Rating:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/pastelgoth.net\/blog\/book-database\/rating\/4.5\/\"><span class=\"bdb-font-awesome-star-wrap\"><i class=\"fas fa-star\"><\/i><i class=\"fas fa-star\"><\/i><i class=\"fas fa-star\"><\/i><i class=\"fas fa-star\"><\/i><i class=\"fas fa-star-half-alt\"><\/i><\/span><\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/57787825-faceless\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pastelgoth.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/addtogoodreads.png?ssl=1\" align=\"left\" border=\"0\"\/><\/a><br \/><br \/><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong> <p>Would you like to know?<br \/>\nWould you like to know the answer to any question?<br \/>\nAnything. Ask away. One question, though. So what would your question be?But be warned...the price for such knowledge is steep. The answer to any question you have.<br \/>\nAnd all it will cost you is your face.<br \/>\nYour mouth. Your nose. Your ears and your eyes.<br \/>\nYou will still live. But I will take your face.<br \/>\nSo what is important enough to you that you would give up so much? What question is worth the price?<\/p>\n<p>Anto did not have an easy life. He was ignored and beaten as a child. When he turns sixteen, he runs away from home and wanders the countryside, almost dying along the way. But eventually, he finds a new life with glimmers of hope and love. But to hold on to that love, Anto will have to confront his worst nightmare.<\/p>\n<p>Faceless is a dark fantasy by Jeff Monday that asks a simple question: Would you sacrifice everything for the answer to a single question?<\/p>\n<strong>Get the Book:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3ZPDSfz\" target=\"_blank\">Amazon<\/a>\r\n<hr \/><\/div>\t\t<script type=\"application\/ld+json\">\n\t\t\t{\n\t\t\t\t\"@context\": \"https:\/\/schema.org\/\",\n\t\t\t\t\"@type\": \"Review\",\n\t\t\t\t\"datePublished\": \"2025-10-07T05:00:32+00:00\",\n\t\t\t\t\"description\": \"Faceless\",\n\t\t\t\t\"publisher\": {\n\t\t\t\t\t\"@type\": \"Organization\",\n\t\t\t\t\t\"name\": \"Radical Dreamer\"\t\t\t\t},\n\t\t\t\t\"url\": \"https:\\\/\\\/pastelgoth.net\\\/blog\\\/book-faceless\\\/\",\n\t\t\t\t\"itemReviewed\": {\n\t\t\t\t\t\"@type\": \"Book\",\n\t\t\t\t\t\"name\": \"Faceless\",\n\t\t\t\t\t\"author\": [\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t{\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"@type\": \"Person\",\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"name\": \"Jeff Monday\",\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"sameAs\": \"https:\\\/\\\/pastelgoth.net\\\/blog\\\/book-database\\\/author\\\/jeff-monday\\\/\"\t\t\t\t\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t],\n\t\t\t\t\t\"isbn\": \"9798794327526\",\n\t\t\t\t\t\"numberOfPages\": 176,\n\t\t\t\t\t\"publisher\": {\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\"@type\": \"Organization\",\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\"name\": \"Self-Published\"\t\t\t\t\t},\n\t\t\t\t\t\"image\": \"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/pastelgoth.net\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/book_faceless.png?fit=250%2C400&ssl=1\",\n\t\t\t\t\t\"datePublished\": \"2021-03-20T00:00:00+00:00\",\n\t\t\t\t\t\"sameAs\": \"https:\\\/\\\/www.goodreads.com\\\/book\\\/show\\\/57787825-faceless\",\n\t\t\t\t\t\"genre\": \"Coming of Age\"\t\t\t\t},\n\t\t\t\t\"author\": {\n\t\t\t\t\t\"@type\": \"Person\",\n\t\t\t\t\t\"name\": \"Jamie\",\n\t\t\t\t\t\"sameAs\": \"https:\\\/\\\/pastelgoth.net\\\/blog\\\/\"\t\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t, \"reviewRating\": {\n\t\t\t\t\t\"@type\": \"Rating\",\n\t\t\t\t\t\"ratingValue\": 4.5,\n\t\t\t\t\t\"bestRating\": 5\t\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t}\n\t\t<\/script>\n\t\t\n<h2>Review<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Faceless<\/strong> is a dark romantic fantasy novella with some light horror elements. It&#8217;s a coming of age story about a boy named Anto who escapes his abusive family and tries to survive on his own. During his travels he&#8217;s haunted numerous times by the faceless, cursed beings without any facial features that endlessly wander in the dark. The faceless are frankly horrifying.<\/p>\n<p>This book is unequivocally a story about trauma, the faceless a clear physical representation of how trauma can lead to a loss in identity and difficulty expressing emotion. While the story could at times be blunt with the messaging, it explores these topics with tenderness. I fell in love with the characters in this story and wanted to protect all of them at all costs.<\/p>\n<p>There is a decent amount of worldbuilding despite the slim page count and I loved the world within the story. I was a little disappointed that some of the worldbuilding falls off in the middle chapters of the book, and it does more summarizing of events than showing. I understand why some of these parts were skipped because they aren&#8217;t really necessary for the main story, and I just felt that they either should have been fully developed or not included at all.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Faceless<\/strong> is rough around the edges, but it&#8217;s a beautiful story with a lot of heart. It&#8217;s soft and gay and magical despite the darker subject matter. A lot of love went into the writing of this book and it shows. It&#8217;s a humble little book that deserves the praise that it gets.<\/p>\n<h2>Quote<\/h2>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;The inability to <em>express himself<\/em> was driving him <strong>mad<\/strong>. He couldn&#8217;t <em>scream<\/em>. He couldn&#8217;t <em>cry<\/em>. Couldn&#8217;t <em>laugh<\/em> or <em>smile<\/em> or arch an eyebrow. Everything he <em>felt<\/em>, every fear and worry, was <em>caged inside<\/em> him with <strong>no way out<\/strong>.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center><\/p>\n<h2>Content Warnings<\/h2>\n<span class=\"ubb-spoiler\"><a class=\"ubb-view-spoil\">View Spoiler &raquo;<\/a><span style=\"display: none;\" class=\"ubb-thespoil\">Child Abuse, Death, Domestic Abuse, Parent Death, Physical Assault, Violence <a class=\"ubb-hide-spoil\" style=\"cursor: hand; cursor: pointer;\">&laquo; Hide Spoiler<\/a><\/span><\/span>\n<h2>About the Author<\/h2>\n<div class=\"ubb-about-author\">\n<h3>About Jeff Monday<\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pastelgoth.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/author_jeffmonday.png?fit=200%2C200&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignleft ubb-about-author-photo\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pastelgoth.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/author_jeffmonday.png?w=200&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pastelgoth.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/author_jeffmonday.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Originally hailing from the snowy hills of Wisconsin, Jeff wandered the country in search of tall tales, fish stories and old wive&#8217;s tales. Armed with a notebook and a B.S. in Journalism, he&#8217;s climbed mountains, jumped out of airplanes and plunged into oceans, all for a good story.<\/p>\n<p>He currently lives in Portland, Oregon surrounded by drag queens, burlesque dancers and various miscreants. He&#8217;s on the web; look him up. He&#8217;s also at the local pub; buy him a drink&#8211;he&#8217;s thirsty.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ubb-author-links\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jeffmonday.net\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\">Website<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/author\/show\/14322619.Jeff_Monday\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\">Goodreads<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3VSmlCu\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\">Amazon<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/jeff.monday\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\">Instagram<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Review Faceless is a dark romantic fantasy novella with some light horror elements. 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