Slice of Cherry

by Dia Reeves

[Angie]

Being the daughters of the notorious "Bonesaw Killer" has left the Cordelle sisters isolated from the rest of their small town, but Kit and Fancy have always been odd. In Slice of Cherry, they're taking their new found love of stabbing things to the streets and hoping they don't get caught. Of course, Portero is not your typical town. There's magic and monsters around every turn, so a few people disappearing here and there isn't a huge deal. But to be the on the safe side, Kit and Fancy have their "happy place" where they can leave their victims. No body, no crime, right? Although their biggest concern is being separated from each other, not necessarily being tried for murder.

Slice of Cherry is delightfully bizarre and wonderful! Kit and Fancy are super duper close. Way too close, if you ask me. Their relationship was really weird, but I liked watching it change as the girls interests change during their killing spree. Fancy is the younger of the two, and probably the most strange. At least to their neighbors. She doesn't speak to anyone but her mom and sister for the longest time, and I think she's the more frightening of the two, despite Kit's compulsion to slice then stitch people. Both girls have a temper that you do not want to be on the receiving end of! As they grow apart, I was nervous that the story was going to go down the "if I can't have you, no one can" road. These girls are seriously messed up.

Slice of Cherry opens up with a really disturbing scene and from there it rarely lets up. I'm not a fan of gore at all, but there's an oddly whimsical undertone to this story that keeps it from being overly grotesque. It's kind of like if Alice in Wonderland was a serial killer. Kit and Fancy aren't all bad though. They're actually killing the bad guys. Boys who beat up other boys, crazed siblings, criminally jealous rivals, men with eyes for children. Maybe they go about it with a little more joy than necessary, but they get the job done and people around town start appreciating them more. They do catch the eye of the two sons of their father's last victim, and start some unconventional romances. At the end the story does take a bit more serious turn, but I do think it fit into the overall mood of the book.

Slice of Cherry is definitely not a book that will appeal to everyone. It's very out there and requires a lot of suspension of belief even for a paranormal book. However, if you like the strange, the bizarre, and the whimsical, I absolutely suggest you give it a try! Portero, Texas is one of my favorite make-believe locations and I cannot wait for more!

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