A deeply dark piece of erotic horror describing the strange, passionate but depraved relationship between Rae, a 'not-so-nice' lady who seeks out the identity of her real father, and Crave, a raping, torturing psychopath who kills, not for the sex, but for control, power and absolute domination over his unfortunate victims.
A strong storyline with a good mysterious element attached to it that is peppered with explicit sexual activity, physical abuse and violent brutality throughout. Although hard to believe at times, I did particularly enjoyed the flashbacks to the killers early years and the eventual outcome to the whole sorry saga. On the downside I did think that the sex scenes were at times OTT, overdone and not really necessary to the point of almost becoming repetitive and somewhat of a chore, which seemed to detract slightly from lots of the good ideas and healthy narrative that made up the whole 'My Girl' experience.
A good story that would most certainly have benefitted by a toning down of the regular instantaneous sexual practices and maybe a bit more of Rea's good girl/bad girl chaotic back story and lifestyle before ending her long, murderous journey on the road to achieving closure and her race to the very bottom.
For fans of this particular type of dark genre only, but trigger warnings are clearly given by the author from the outset. Proceed with caution.
Enjoyed it, with some great elements - although also a 'bit much', with a feeling of all being a 'bit much' simply for being deliberately a 'bit much' sake and, as anticipated and expected, slightly far-fetched in the extreme sexual fantasy department.
Rating: 3.5 black stars of pure carnal, very 'adult' murderous depravity.