We Who Hunt Alexanders is a horror novella, written by Jason Sanford, published by Apex Book Company. A little cozy and dark story focused on a coming-of-age arc and mother-daughter relationship, exploring rage and violence; a fast-paced and interesting read, which ends being comforting despite how bleak the background might look.

Seventeen-year-old Amelia is unusual for a ripper; she's able to experience a full range of emotions instead of the only anger other rippers feel. Together with her mother, she has fled to Medea after religious zealots forced them from their previous home; her mother, Danjay, is trying to make her learn how to hunt Alexanders, violent humans that enjoy harming others. However, they are not yet safe in Medea, as Danjay is really ill, and Amelia will need to become stronger and learn how to be a proper ripper while trying to protect her mother from those that persecute them.

Amelia doesn't fit as the prototypical ripper: she's unable to summon a bloodmaw, but the progressive decay of her mother will put her in the situation of having to ask for help. She's able to feel more that anger, and that makes her a really strange monster; she wants to take care of her mother and those that protected her, even if that means risking her life to stop the persecution. Abner plays a good role as the person that understands her, also balancing the harshness that the other ripper that appears in this story, Ziee, who passes from antagonist to reluctant ally. In general, we can see a relatively well-fleshed cast with such a short length.

Sanford manages to pack so much lore in this novel: not only we get to know about the rippers and their bloodmaws, but also the reason for the name of Alexander; and how there are a dangerous class of people, the incendaries, who rippers can't touch but that can manipulate Alexanders to do violence. 
The pacing is fast, but didn't feel rushed; the length is pretty much in the spot it should be.

We Who Hunt Alexanders is a novella that knows how to play to its strengths, especially putting the emphasis on the complicated mother-daughter relationship and in the difficult period that is the pass to adulthood; and honestly, horror is one of the best genres to reflect it. A really well executed novella by Jason Sanford!