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182 pages, Kindle Edition
Published April 15, 2026
“Sometimes, when I’m alone and my mom is occupied, I like to pretend I’m a predator, taking my prey’s pieces and using them however I want, destroying every inch of flesh…”
The more we delve further into the lore for The Pure Companion Company, the better it becomes. The character tie-ins coming together full circle, the details of The Founder and the basis of the company itself: Fragments bites into all of this whilst still creating an incredibly compelling new storyline.
Rhodes actually might be one of my favourite characters of Audrey’s so far. He’s younger, giving a new perspective to the erotic nature of blood, flesh and death. His younger age shines through very smoothly in her marvellous writing choices; he has a different feel to previous ‘hunter’ characters because of her attention to detail on his attitude and smug glee in his first kills. I end up saying this with every Rush book but the way she articulates her characters is always spectacular and so immersive.
From the get-go with Fragments (literally just within the first three chapters) you already feel the depths of Rhodes, you’re brought face to face with his intensity immediately, and even at this beginning stage the finer points of character rifts through inner monologue - with a beautiful emphasis on the male ego - and the subtle play with age dynamics pull you right in. The building elements of incestuous relations from the start are just extraordinary as well: a little here, a little there… Fragments is a story sown together beautifully like the stitching on a Y incision.
The bloody details are thought out in a way I’ve never read before, they dip into preservation science with enthusiasm and it’s an attractive display of clumsy first slashings - the experience of erotic gore is stomach twisting in the best way possible through Rhodes’ eyes. And, in case you needed an extra push to read, the ending is utterly explosive…
(I received an advance review copy for free, and I am leaving this review voluntarily.)