A review by barium_squirrel
The Rust Maidens by Gwendolyn Kiste

4.0

A story of decay. Five girls, all of whom are brutally suppressing the rot in their lives, start to merge with the decaying rust belt city. This story has a fantastic sense of place and characters, and does a great job with the "Midwest Gothic" atmosphere; subtly exaggerating and drawing out the hypocrisies of the inhabitants of Denton Street. There are also several fantastic lines, most notably "you can't stop the tides from changing, and you can't stop the girls from becoming what they become". I hope to read more by Gwendolyn Kiste.