I received this book for free through Goodreads Giveaway. 
 3.5/5 Stars 
 I don't usually pay attention to blurbs, but Game of Thrones and H.P. Lovecraft aren't the best things I would compare this book to. I got more of a Beowulf vibe out of it. Heck, it even reminded me more of E.T. at the end. The book takes no blame for it, those were just my expectations. This book had plenty of great action and suspense scenes. I expected this book to be something different, yet I'm not disappointed with the outcome. What I expected to be an epic fantasy thriller, Abomination was instead a book trying to convey a message about self-forgiveness. I will say that I actually enjoyed it more like this. 
 The abominations were pretty cool! I really got to have fun with my imagination from their descriptions. Describing monsters in books can be tough, but Gary Whitta was able to describe many unique designs of the abominations without leaving me confused. 
 This books was very well written and I found it interesting from beginning to end, but I did have some problems with it. The smallest issue was that there were a ton of page breaks that I don't think needed to be there. My biggest issue is that the story was basic and very predictable. I also saw this part coming at the end, but it bugs me a little how (view spoiler)[Cuthbert was able to control Wulfric's abomination ability with magick, just like that. No explanation or anything. I mean, I guess the best explanation was that Aethelred never created the magick just to curse Wulfric, but to create a controllable army of abominations. Cuthbert most likely just figured out the controlling part of the spell. (hide spoiler)]. Abomination was great, despite its flaws. Wulfric was a character that I felt for and he and the abominations made the story interesting. I'm not sure if this book turned out worse or better than I expected. In any case, the message made me happy to have read this.