The writing itself has an almost hesitant quality which I found readable and endearing. Still, the story had an almost dream-like quality to it where nothing felt certain. The aesthetic reminded me of Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo, but the book was much more grounded in reality than fantasy. I have not read a book like The Maidens by Alex Michaelides in quite a while. “Reading about life was no preparation for living it.” ― Alex Michaelides, The Maidens Review As more and more of The Maidens show up dead, Andros becomes more desperate to find evidence of her suspicions and bring the killer to justice. All of the murdered young women were a part of this group. Fosca has a group of young female students, called The Maidens which he hosts parties for and pays special attention to. The longer that Andros is at the school, the more she is convinced that the person responsible for this and other murders of young women is Edward Fosca, an enigmatic professor. When, in The Maidens by Alex Michaelides, a young woman shows up dead at Cambridge, Mariana Andros leaps into action to come to the side of her niece, Zoe.
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