Heather Havrilesky, a Salon writer and stepmother, reviewed Stepmonster a few days ago:

 http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2009/05/20/havrilesky_stepmonster/index.html

My favorite part of the review was Heather's observation that, while it's frequently noted how hard it is for kids to have a stepparent, less often do we hear about how hard it is to be a stepparent.

And now, as usual when dealing with a general audience, duck and cover. The comments that follow the piece show that there is a mind-boggling amount of rage against women with stepchildren who dare put their own happiness on par with that of the other members of the stepfamily, or even merely suggest that their own emotional reality matters. We're not surprised, are we? And we'll take our great reviews where we get them!