Chilling Start
Oooof, those first few sentences really draw you in and make you want to know just what is going to happen in The Maidens! The first couple chapters drop off in intensity, but I can understand that it is providing important background information about the protagonist and slowly building back up to the thriller/mystery at the center of this novel. This is going to be a book that I will need to clear a day or two so I can read uninterrupted!