A review by amandamlyons
Maeve Fly by CJ Leede

5.0

Equal parts Palahniuk, Darkly Dreaming Dexter, American Psycho and blended modern and golden age Hollywood, this book is also one of the most engaging and unexpected narratives I've gotten pulled into in the last couple years. It's macabre, mystery, and bizarre all at once, intense and detached both, and more than a little strange. Maeve is unlike so many protagonists and initially sets herself up as someone abrasive and coldly judgemental, but soon enough we get deeper into her story and beyond the mask she wears, even for herself, to the heart of who she is and what she needs and always sought from everyone around her. You have to be willing to get there though, and the book may not be for everyone (even many horror fans) particularly those who have limited patience for unreliable narrators, twisted love stories, and a book that holds back on the gore and mayhem until it doesn't. The fact that I ate this up within two days time says quite a lot in itself.