A review by sconsinbookybadger
Yours Cruelly, Elvira: Memoirs of the Mistress of the Dark by Cassandra Peterson

adventurous dark emotional informative lighthearted fast-paced

5.0

I know absolutely nothing about Elvira except the yearly Halloween advertisement. I was even oblivious to the tv shows and movies she appeared in, and I lived through the 80s.

What a life Cassandra Peterson lived prior to becoming her alter ego Elvira. As well as after. ⚠️

TW/CW: Chapter “You’ll Never Work in Hollywood Again” Cassandra shares traumatic SA experience. Skip chapter if you have to. The parts where she shares the verbal abuse she endured from her mother is unavoidable.

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The chapters about her stint as Elvira at the height of her popularity went by so fast I had to backtrack thinking I missed something. Regardless of being clueless of Cassandra/Elvira, she is quite an admirable person and I gobbled up the library audiobook within 2 days.