Sister, Maiden, Monster by Lucy A. Snyder is a gory body horror fest that centers around the lives of three different women during a mysterious viral outbreak. Erin: a queer woman exploring her sexuality who begins to crave brains. Savannah: a dominatrix who’s urged to commit murder on behalf of eldritch gods. Mareva: a teratoma patient whose tumor-like growths may have a far more sinister cause. Coming into this book, I really wanted to love it since it sounded like a cosmic horror spin on a zombie outbreak. However, what I got instead was a kitchen sink. So many ideas were haphazardly thrown in together that the author couldn't develop them all, resulting in a undercooked mess of a novel. With that said, let’s dive into what didn’t work for me (and warning, there will be major spoilers ahead ): - Floating head syndrome. There are three narrators with no chapter headers to differentiate them by, and, asides from Savannah, the other women's voices felt too stylistically simila...