Comfort Me With Apples by Catherynne M. Valente

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It takes incredible skill to deliver a thrilling and horrifying tale in such a small number of pages. Coming in at just over 100 pages, Comfort Me With Apples is a stunning fairy tale set in a perfect community with a perfect marriage at it’s center. Waking up every morning in her beautiful home, Sophia’s first thought is always, “I was made for him.” This mantra provides her the focus needed to be a perfect wife and gives comfort on the long, lonely nights when he is away. But small cracks begin to form in their perfect marriage inside their perfect home and her perfect neighbors have begun to notice.

Valente uses the most beautiful and simple sentences to deliver a thrilling and terrifying tale. Even the chapter titles seem sweet and whimsical until you realize the horror behind their meanings. Chapter by chapter, we witness Sophia slowly realizing that her life is far from what she believed and it’s impossible to not be impressed by the skill it took to weave this magical and compelling tale. Comfort Me With Apples is a stunning domestic thriller and I absolutely loved it.

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