Title: Maeve Fly

Author: CJ Leede

Link: https://www.amazon.com/Maeve-Fly-CJ-Leede-ebook/dp/B0B9KVLPQF/

Summary

A provocative and unforgettable debut that is both a blood-soaked love letter to Los Angeles and a gleeful send-up to iconic horror villains, Maeve Fly will thrill fans of slashers and the macabre.

By day, Maeve Fly works at the happiest place in the world as every child’s favorite ice princess.

By the neon night glow of the Sunset Strip, Maeve haunts the dive bars with a drink in one hand and a book in the other, imitating her misanthropic literary heroes.

But when Gideon Green – her best friend’s brother – moves to town, he awakens something dangerous within her, and the world she knows suddenly shifts beneath her feet.

Untethered, Maeve ditches her discontented act and tries on a new persona. A bolder, bloodier one, inspired by the pages of American Psycho. Step aside Patrick Bateman, it’s Maeve’s turn with the knife.

My Review

5/5 Stars

Dark and disturbing, this book reads like a slow-motion car crash.

It starts off so innocent that it’s hard to guess just where the plot goes. The story follows 27-year-old, Halloween-loving, Maeve. She works with her friend as a princess in a park, entertaining kids all day. But she’s got a secret. A darkness deep inside of her that can’t be repressed much longer.

Maeve’s character is so deeply complicated, and I loved how the story slowed peeled back the layers. There were moments where the prose had some thought-provoking moments like when Maeve ponders the idea of evil in women characters and why it’s so much different from men. Then there are times when she is deeply depraved, doing things to satiate the dark parts of her. The side characters, her friend, Kate, and Kate’s brother, Gideon, were interesting additions to the story. Not to mention Maeve’s beloved Grandma.

If you’re looking for a story that’s outside of the box and full of deeply disturbing moments, this is the read for you.