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A review by yourspookymom
Maeve Fly by CJ Leede
5.0
I want to start off by saying how truly brilliant this book is. Leede is a hauntingly exquisite author. The women writing in this genre have truly blown my fucking socks off. Reading this after some very unsettling news in the horror book community couldn’t have come at a better time. I can think of a few authors who could learn a few things from C. J.
Maeve Fly follows Maeve - a Disney princess by day with dark and taboo interests that spill into the Los Angeles strip. A home she shares with her dying starlet grandmother holds much more than morbid curiosities. Behind Fly’s beauty lies something much more sinister and, well frankly, unhinged. An intricate and emotional story of relational dynamics and the dangers of being forced to be a puppet of yourself. The last 20% of this book is a wild fever dream of gore & madness.
Maeve Fly is the epitome of the inner turmoil that women experience - the expectations we are to keep up with, all of which contradict another and are ludicrously unrealistic. There were so many simple passages amongst these pages that yielded such power. It’s a story of love, in all its forms, & pure feminine rage. A disturbing yet important novel in the horror genre.
Leede, you are a force to be reckoned with. By far one of my favorite reads of the year.
5/5!
Maeve Fly follows Maeve - a Disney princess by day with dark and taboo interests that spill into the Los Angeles strip. A home she shares with her dying starlet grandmother holds much more than morbid curiosities. Behind Fly’s beauty lies something much more sinister and, well frankly, unhinged. An intricate and emotional story of relational dynamics and the dangers of being forced to be a puppet of yourself. The last 20% of this book is a wild fever dream of gore & madness.
Maeve Fly is the epitome of the inner turmoil that women experience - the expectations we are to keep up with, all of which contradict another and are ludicrously unrealistic. There were so many simple passages amongst these pages that yielded such power. It’s a story of love, in all its forms, & pure feminine rage. A disturbing yet important novel in the horror genre.
Leede, you are a force to be reckoned with. By far one of my favorite reads of the year.
5/5!