Maeve Fly sounded interesting, with comparisons to American Psycho, I gave it go. I wish I hadn’t. The main character, Maeve, is as shallow as her surroundings in California. Her life as a character at a theme park, her dying movie star grandmother, and obsession with Halloween music made finishing the book daunting. The story line is slow and predictable, with attempted shocking graphic violence that jumps the shark more than once.

Thank you, Tor Publishing Group, Tor Nightfire, for allowing me to read Maeve Fly early!

This debut was gloriously gory and horrifyingly captivating.

This was okay, but I felt that the plot was overall rushed and I also didn't really connect with the story or the characters.

I loved getting to know Maeve and her world, it had what I enjoyed about horror villains, and it was what I was hoping for. I was invested in what was going on and it had a great concept going on. I enjoyed the way CJ Leede's wrote this and was glad I read this.

"Johnny gives me a nod without lifting his head, and I tilt my glass to him in answer. He’s not looking too hot today. Coming off a bender. I feel for him. As much as I ever feel for anyone. I take my drink over to my table and settle into my spot. I crack open my book."

Holy hell... that's what I thought several times while reading this delightfully debauched and terrifyingly surreal novel.

Maeve is 27 years old and works as a princess at a certain theme park (never really mentioned by name but you'll know). Oh, she's also a sociopathic serial killer as well! Yeah, this book pulls out all the stops as it's written in first person from her perspective. This makes for an extremely unsettling but page turning narrative as she is both antagonist and protagonist of her own story.

Very few authors would be able to have you feel sympathy for the "monster", yet this one manages to do just that. And you might feel a bit dirty inside as you feel that way, knowing the bloody exploits she performs as we stand by and observe.

But that's a very good thing in my opinion. I love a horror book that can bring this kind of emotion in such an unpredictable manner.

I absolutely devoured this book and I can't recommend it enough!

4 stars
This is a fantastic debut. It’s a bit more gore than I usually prefer but that didn’t take away from the overall story for me. I really enjoyed this. Dark humor horror, is that a thing? I highly recommend reading this for yourself.