A review
Sister, Maiden , Monster by Lucy A. Snyder
265 pages. Published by tor Nightfire in 2023.
Science Fiction – Horror – Fantasy
Synopsis:
Sister, Maiden, Monster is a visceral story set in the aftermath of our planet’s disastrous transformation and told through the eyes of three women trying to survive the nightmare.
A virus tears across the globe, transforming its victims in nightmarish ways. As the world collapses, dark forces drive a small group of women together.
Erin, once quiet and closeted, acquires an appetite for a woman and her brains. Why does forbidden fruit taste so good?
Savannah, a professional BDSM switch, discovers a new turn-on: committing brutal murders for her eldritch masters.
Mareva, plagued with chronic tumors, is too horrified to acknowledge her divine role in the coming apocalypse, and as her growths multiply so too does her desperation.
My thoughts:
This book is told in three parts. Each part is told by one of the women we are following.
The first part is told by Erin. It starts at the beginning of the pandemic on the day that she gets the virus. We then follow her through her recovery and her coping with the lifelong side effects of the type of infection the virus gave her (there are multiple variants of what one has to live with after recovery).
Next we follow Savannah through her experience of acquiring a different variant of the virus and the after effects on her life. We also come to find out the connection between her and Erin.
In the third part we follow Mareva. We go back to when Erin returned to work after her infection as they worked for the same company. We then follow her journey through meeting Savannah, becoming infected , and the aftermath of her variant of infection.
I enjoyed the first and third part of the book following how people are affected by the pandemic and how the world changes as a result. The middle—Savannah’s story—didn’t seem necessary to me other than establishing a connection between her and Erin.
My rating: 4.5⭐️
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