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A review by elizabiddy
Petrified Women by Jeremy Ray
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Petrified Women by Jeremy Ray – 4 stars
Thank you to the Author for gifting me with his book for an honest review.
Petrified Women is a little horror gift wrapped not with a ribbon and a bow but with a huge red flag!
Harley’s annoying boyfriend Aiden loves practical jokes, and they are a prominent feature in their relationship even if it means messing with Harleys already rocky mental health. Aiden is a self-declared scare master, and his love language seems to be pulling your leg. Harley soon decides her lovable trickster needs a taste of his own medicine. She copies his apartment key intending to scare Aiden senseless, little does she know Aiden already has plans. Harley hides, unable to decipher if Aiden is really her sweet boyfriend or something else entirely.
This novella gripped me from the start which was a mistake to start right before bed as I was almost finished before I knew it. This is a horror story at its core but the dedication to include realistic trauma, mental health struggles and awareness to unstable relationships is what really kept me reading. The Author does include a note for this one at the beginning for many trigger warnings if that is something you need to keep in mind before you begin this book.
Petrified Women is very a tense and claustrophobic read. A slow burn at first that picks up speed until everything is engulfed in its flames and all in under one hundred pages! It reads like a modern horror movie; happy-go-lucky until shit hits the fan then it’s all GO! GO! GO! Parts of me were screaming inside at Harley wanting to shake her into awareness or recognition and as a subjective observer its hard to not be frustrated by decisions that may seem illogical to most. However, as FATE and FURY would have it, my aggravations were short lived, and implore you to read this novella to find out my meaning.
Thank you to the Author for gifting me with his book for an honest review.
Petrified Women is a little horror gift wrapped not with a ribbon and a bow but with a huge red flag!
Harley’s annoying boyfriend Aiden loves practical jokes, and they are a prominent feature in their relationship even if it means messing with Harleys already rocky mental health. Aiden is a self-declared scare master, and his love language seems to be pulling your leg. Harley soon decides her lovable trickster needs a taste of his own medicine. She copies his apartment key intending to scare Aiden senseless, little does she know Aiden already has plans. Harley hides, unable to decipher if Aiden is really her sweet boyfriend or something else entirely.
This novella gripped me from the start which was a mistake to start right before bed as I was almost finished before I knew it. This is a horror story at its core but the dedication to include realistic trauma, mental health struggles and awareness to unstable relationships is what really kept me reading. The Author does include a note for this one at the beginning for many trigger warnings if that is something you need to keep in mind before you begin this book.
Petrified Women is very a tense and claustrophobic read. A slow burn at first that picks up speed until everything is engulfed in its flames and all in under one hundred pages! It reads like a modern horror movie; happy-go-lucky until shit hits the fan then it’s all GO! GO! GO! Parts of me were screaming inside at Harley wanting to shake her into awareness or recognition and as a subjective observer its hard to not be frustrated by decisions that may seem illogical to most. However, as FATE and FURY would have it, my aggravations were short lived, and implore you to read this novella to find out my meaning.