Are You Even Human: Volume 1

Are You Even Human, Book 1

By: Natalie Maher

Narrated by: Sarah Beth Pfeifer

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

literally couldn’t put it down

I somehow managed to listen to it in one sitting. I just couldn’t stop. It pulled me in. Perhaps it’d sit better overall if you break it up and take it In chunks though.


I’m not one for writing reviews on things and without gushing and spoiling there isn’t much I can say about it aside from some of the basics already covered in its description. If it sounds like you’d like it? Try it. If you’re skeptical, try it.

Even if you’re unfamiliar with the genre, the author, or any of that I’d strongly recommend it.

It’s a little YA-ish, but not as aggressively as it could be. Lovely elements of character growth (or sometimes a meaningful lack of it), introspection and general existential horror.



It somehow manages to mostly get worse and worse for our characters the whole way while not doing so in a lazy way. There aren’t cheap emotional jabs. And yet still they all grow and come together in that worsening world and make it just a little better and more manageable for themselves.

PS, the narration was excellent. No complaints at all there.

Another masterpiece

Personally I like the author.They always are amazing at world building and character development I can’t wait for book 2 please bring it soon.

this was amazing

the story is super well done and written. very interesting Alain monsters. I cant wait for the next book hopefully it won't take long. Great voice acting for this book. I liked her in bio shifter book series. this is one of my favorite authors.

excellent story

I really enjoyed the book and will look for the next one. The book was captivating. I enjoyed the premise of the story and how it was put together

Another existential crisis

Natalie once again delivers an existential crisis in a book, love everything about it.

Though I am wondering if she's got beef with people named Juliet(ta)

Another wonderful anxiety induce monster girl story

I love thundamoo work and as soon I saw the cover I thought "why does Fate Parallel cover look different"? Then I realized it just the same artist as Fate Parallel doing a cover for Thundamoo.

A post apocalyptic alien Earth society with people gaining power and of course our main character has the ability to shapeshift and all the exetential crisis that come with it.

The first half was amazing while the second half is military training with the character getting a handle on their power. I definitely enjoy the first half more but some of the world building at the end does make me want to see what next.

the power seems really versatile

love the book check the author love the first two books of rigor mortis and most of the third one but the fourth one I didn't like and the fifth one I didn't listen to because the happy ending didn't happen there was no happy ending things just went worse and worse so I'd really appreciate if the author looks at these and takes the advice to at least add in some sort of happy ending where at least some of the people survive like the family and stuff and don't make her mindless monster please
I love the book series so far please don't ruin it for me and also f*** you wood Phoenix ruined a perfectly good five stars

Dystopia done well

It's what you expect from Thundamoo. Female cast. Solid characters. Moral grey zones. Voice acting is excellent. Really brings the story together.

amazing and not as depressing as her other works

Love this author, but only criticism i have of her is that her work is kind of like HP Lovecraft (not in his racism and bigotry of course) but in how hopeless some of it is. This book is thankfully free of the melancholy feeling of her other work. I like them as well but cant listen to them when depressed. this one is riding high for the most part and i love it.

Actually kinda upbeat? Sorta?

If you haven't read or listened to anything by Natalie a.k.a. "Thundamoo," then this is a pretty great place to start. *
The setting for the book is weird, but mostly grounded in common themes: a looming apocalypse and fading human society under alien invasion. Humanity has been in a state of total war for longer than any of the characters have been alive and only the simultaneous occurrence of super powers amongst the "lucky few" helps to stem total collapse. That said, this IS a Thundamoo book, so it isn't really about war or powers so much as it is about themes of found-family, confronting inner trauma, and learning to accept yourself even as the world, the people around you and your own body seem to shift and grow into something you never expected.
* 😉 and yeah, not to spoil anything, but the story manages to keep from lingering overlong in anything depressing. The main character is basically awesome.