jaide’s Reviews > Maeve Fly > Status Update

‘i pull out gideon’s tooth and examine it. it is white and nice. distinguished, if a tooth could ever be called such a thing. i could keep it, but i have a better idea. i lift the lid off the jar of teeth on the bar and drop it down inside. an offering to the gods of piña colada.’

‘where is the savagery in women? where is the barbarism?’

maeve out here asking the real questions!!!

‘and his eyes are on mine, this sharpened blade of a body, honed and chiseled and powerful. he is living stone, granite and muscle and blood, hot and hard and pinned beneath me.’

THIS IS TEA!!!!!!!!!!

‘but the deep rumble of his voice awakens the untamed and female in me.’

‘i swing the mace into the top of hilda’s skull.’

knew that was gonna happen. goodbye forever, hilda.

‘and i certainly don’t intend to be around for when he realizes he prefers his missionary style cocaine and martini banality’

‘i don’t feel like putting out though, not tonight, and it would surely be expected. a diversion would be nice, but the eye contact, the human company. i do not want the interaction.’

‘i do not want to go, i do not want to be anywhere.’

‘the man is clearly a sadist, and i have to say i deeply respect him for it.’

‘i inhale the air of the early evening, the bougainvillea bloom perfume, the light slanting sideways, long shadows, late heat, and i revel in the glory that is some degree of certainty about life. that is knowing home and fearing no one.’

i’m literally obsessed with this book already.