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Shy Girl
by Mia Ballard
dark
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Thank you to NetGalley and Galaxy Press for access to an early release copy.
An unraveling 30-something, with glimpses of how we got here and internal dialogue, Gia told in first person follows a routine of job search, overdue rents, and nightly cries. The only solution: a sugar daddy and a… fetish? Go into this one blind.
An unraveling 30-something, with glimpses of how we got here and internal dialogue, Gia told in first person follows a routine of job search, overdue rents, and nightly cries. The only solution: a sugar daddy and a… fetish? Go into this one blind.
Gia’s beginning is a sad tale, with glimpses of some depression, post traumatic stress, and some OCD that doesn’t get really explored once the horror truly begins. The author does include trigger warnings at the beginning, which I appreciate and thought was best. The thought of treating dating as survival, felt pretty realistic and the appreciation I had for the quick turn of what she was really looking for in a date. I loved it. What this novel grows to, is unexpected.
This is a good read for a novella, if you enjoy self reflection and a detailed journey of it. The darkness that can come from your lowest points and just looking for that glimmer of hope and the spiral that can take you over. This story packs so much into so little and is a hard read- don’t let that cover fool you; this is creepy and disturbing. Splatter punk type horror readers only.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Body horror, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual violence