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    Slice of Cherry
    Slice of Cherry
    Slice of Cherry
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    Slice of Cherry

    By Dia Reeves

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    "Brutally beautiful — not like anything else you'll read this year, or any other." - Cassandra Clare, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Clockwork Angel

    Kit and Fancy Cordelle are sisters of the best kind: best friends, best confidantes, and best accomplices. The daughters of the infamous Bonesaw Killer, Kit and Fancy are used to feeling like outsiders, and that’s just the way they like it. But in Portero, where the weird and wild run rampant, the Cordelle sisters are hardly the oddest or most dangerous creatures around.

    It’s no surprise when Kit and Fancy start to give in to their deepest desire—the desire to kill. What starts as a fascination with slicing open and stitching up quickly spirals into a gratifying murder spree. Of course, the sisters aren’t killing just anyone, only the people who truly deserve it. But the girls have learned from the mistakes of their father, and know that a shred of evidence could get them caught. So when Fancy stumbles upon a mysterious and invisible doorway to another world, she opens a door to endless possibilities….
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherSimon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
    Release dateJan 4, 2011
    ISBN9781416989684
    Slice of Cherry
    Author

    Dia Reeves

    Dia is a librarian currently living in Irving, Texas.

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    • 2/5
      Lots of fun, very fast paced, but so inconsistent in terms of, well, everything, that I could not give it three stars. 2.5
    • 5/5
      This book has a lot going on. But I mean that in a very good way. I really enjoyed this book. It's a sort of horrific tale of two sisters learning what it means to grow up and to be ok with that and each other. This book is easily one of my favorites. I enjoyed all the magic, paranormal, horror, and plain teen girl issues. It was a very interesting read that went by too quickly; but only because it ended at all. I could have read this book for ages. As another plus the book is well written, well paced, the characters are well developed, and the story just flows so well. I can't say enough how good this cringe worthy book is.
    • 4/5
      The Little BookwormFancy and Kit Cordelle are the daughters of the Bonesaw Killer and are ostracized by their town because of their serial killer dad. But the girls have inherited their dad's love of murder though they try to suppress it. Until Fancy opens a door into another world, that is. With a place to hide the bodies, the girls begin giving into their desires though they try to only hurt those who hurt others. But once the Turner boys, whose dad was the Bonesaw Killer's last victim, take an interest in the Cordelle sisters things begin to change. And Fancy does not like change...Well, this was....er...different. For me, anyway. I don't usually read horror since I like to sleep at night but I was drawn to this book, initially, because of the super amazing cover. And then I read the description and thought well, okay, I'll give it a shot. Then I download it onto the Nook and got scared. What was I thinking? I thought. I'll wait. But I peeked at the beginning and decide to read the first chapter, then a chapter after that. And wouldn't you know it? I read the whole thing. But only during the day. I'm serious about sleeping. And it was a good thing I did. Because this is some disturbing stuff. Girls who like to murder people, yeah. Disturbing. But strangely compelling too. I honestly could not figure out where this story was headed especially with the introduction of the two guys. And so I kept reading because I was invested in Fancy and Kit and could not tell where this was going and where they were going to end up.There is a whole fantasy element to the story that is rare in a horror novel. At the first appearance of the monsters, I was surprised (I haven't read Bleeding Violet which is set in the same town), but once I went with the whole concept, it blended horror and fantasy perfectly. The town is interesting with the way they have developed coping mechanisms for the appearance of real life monsters and their reaction to the girls' "solving" of their problems is different. It defies expectations which is something that can be said for the whole book.Fancy and Kit do not invite sympathy. At all. But the character growth in both of them is done with such style. And the love interest part of the story was very mysterious. I really couldn't figure out what angle the Turner boys were coming from until it was spelled out for me. I liked that. I hate guessing the ending before the story is over. Despite the fact that I liked it and that I'm praising it, I must say that this book isn't for everyone. It has some really gory elements and is disturbing. The fantasy elements might be off-putting for straight horror fans and the horror elements might be too much for fantasy fans. But if you can put up with fairly graphic scenes of murder and mayhem, then I suggest you read it. Just don't read it before bed.
    • 3/5
      Slice of Cherry is a 500 page book that is not sure what it wants to be: paranormal romance? comedy-horror? Supernatural magical realism? Or all of the above. Kit and Fancy Cordelle are the daughters of the “Bonesaw Killer” who is awaiting execution making the girls the town pariahs of Portero, TX. They get hate mail and fan letters, sightseers and stalkers but the townspeople avoid them, all except the sons of their father’s last victim, Ilan and Gabriel Turner, which is odd. Kit has gone boy-crazy beginning with Franken, short for Frankenstein, after they catch him in their room in the middle of the night looking for a souvenir. Kit begins to cut him and then sew him up again and after a while he begins to look like, well, Frankenstein. The secrets of the town and the girls’ powers, especially Fancy’s, are slowly revealed but to confusing effect. After Fancy discovers a portal to the “happy place” through a kinetoscope they found in the basement, the girls strike on a plan to kill only people who deserve it like the perverted old man who attacks Kit and dispose of the evidence in the happy place. This way they won’t get caught like their dad. There are many subplots that add nothing to the main narrative including excerpts from Fancy’s Dream Diary before each chapter adding to the confusion. This might find an audience among hardcore supernatural horror fans.
    • 4/5
      As the Bonesaw Killer's daughters and with their daddy on deathrow, sisters Kit and Fancy Cordelle are shunned by the people of their small town Portero, Texas and that's the way they like it. When a young man breaks into their home, they capture him and tie him up in their father's basement. What begins as a game of cutting the young man open and stitching back together, soon becomes a satisfying killing spree as the girls take out their desire for bloodshed on those they think deserve it. Things get really interesting when Fancy finds a door into a doorway into another world, opening onto her happy place, where anything is possible and the girls can kill without getting caught. I was looking for a YA novel with strong horror themes, something unsettling and frightening but with kids in high school or younger. Fantasy romances, like Twilight or Shiver, though they contain vampires and werewolves, creatures born from horror, don't count as their point is the love story, not to frighten. My searching lead me to Dia Reeves and her Portero novels, and when I saw Slice of Cherry on the library bookshelf, I couldn't resist picking it up.Bloody and unsettling from page one, it seemed like just the book for me, one clearly comfortable in the realm of horror. This love of gore and splatter was combined with the story of two sisters, learning to have lives of their own after having only each other, also firmly settling the story in YA. I read through this book quickly, and at some points had trouble putting it down to eat or sleep.Portero is a fascinating little town with all its invisible doorways for people to stumble through and never return, not to mention the monsters that make it through into the town and tend to leave a string of corpses and pools of blood in the downtown center. The cacklers in the woods are a particularly creepy creature, which laugh as they hunt and have large smiling mouths with lots and lots of teeth. I'd say this biggest flaw is that I had a hard time connecting with the characters. Perhaps it's because it's from the point of view of two killers, who see other human beings as worthless and just waiting to be victims. It's hard to pull off sympathy for the ruthless and I'm not sure Reeves entirely managed it. Also, it seemed that almost everyone in the story was far too accepting of the murders. Yes, the girls were getting rid of bad people (mostly), but it was still a kind of slaughter and everyone in town seemed to be okay with it, even cheering them on (of course, these are Porterenes and it's a very strange town and the people are kind of used to seeing blood and body parts). It seems a little variation in the reactions would have been better, so that it didn't come off as one note personalities. I may be grateful to someone who got rid of someone beating on me, but I'd also be wary and frightened, too, especially if they came back splattered with blood. So, I don't think sending the message that murder is hunky-dory as long as you're killing bad people is a good thing.That said, it was an entertaining story and I'm curious to read more by Reeves. So I'll probably go ahead and pick up the first book in the series (Slice of Cherry is book two).
    • 1/5
      I just. I don't understand why Dia Reeves would want to write a book like this? I mean, who told her it was a good book? Not only is this book completely.. well f***ed up, but it's not at ALL appropriate for its intended audience. This should NOT be labeled YA, because it most definitely is NOT. Reeves basically goes through the novel making light of the two sisters torturing and killing the people they think "deserve it" and the whole magical door thing? What the heck! If i had been any younger when I read this book last year, I would have had nightmares. The entire book is an unorganized mess of gore, and it honestly should have NEVER been published, at least not with the intention of it being sold as YA.
    • 4/5
      This was a really unexpected read, and by unexpected, I mean surprisingly good. Really good. I’ve flip-flopped back and forth on it (actually recc’d it to a friend—“It’s about two sisters who become fledging serial killers, I haven’t read it, but I’ve heard it’s good!”), and yeah, I’m glad that I finally read this.

      It’s very unexpected—the plot twists in ways that I didn’t expect it to, the atmosphere and setting where completely creepy, and the character dynamics kept shifting throughout the book. The book’s chiefly told from Fancy’s perspective, and the way her character ends up is through a slow, twisted path through a literal heart of codependent darkness. She’s very childlike, not only in how she dresses and acts, but the way Reeves describes events through her eyes. It makes Kit’s growing distance feel more like a betrayal, and really gets into Fancy’s darker side. There’s some good moments of her stronger nature—like the chase through the dark park—and you can see that Fancy has much of a chance of being the strong one instead of Kit. Slice of Cherry really feels more like Fancy’s story and her coming-of-age. (With more murder and evisceration.) Because of this, I felt like we really didn’t get to know Kit as well. She’s very obviously the more assertive of the two girls, but we get to see her jealous nature as Fancy takes more control of their murders. I would have like more of her perspective, but at the same time, I don’t think the book would have worked as well if it were narrated by both sisters. (Follow-up? Maybe?)

      The Turner brothers create for an interesting foil to the girls, if only because they seem to have similar predatory natures. Both Ilan and Gabriel hit my creep radars (especially Gabriel); while they start off as the now-standard “Mysterious bad boys who want to kill/hurt/maim the main character,” Fancy and Kit are just as dangerous and bad. It’s very much an anti-hero story—technically the sisters are avenging serial killers, but their glee at what they’ve discovered is deeply unsettling. It’s almost hypnotic to read as the two sibling sets spiral deeper into this.

      One of the things Reeves pulls off is her subtly in setting up Portero and its culture. There’s already a layer of Southern Gothic with the East Texas setting, and the fledging serial killer plot. And then the townspeople just casually mention that there are regular monster attacks, and to avoid wearing bright clothing, unless if you’re a part of a special forces group. A lot of this is thrown in to normal conversations—the first monster attack, I basically said, “Wait, what?” (I know there’s the prequel/companion, Bleeding Violet, which now I’m interested in reading.) But the smaller details, like how the townspeople ward off the monsters and even the fact that creatures just lurk around on the street are given much detail, they’re just there. This subtlety also extends to the African-American culture described in the book—you’re not beaten over the head with the fact that the Cordelles are black. Aside from the importance of the Juneteenth celebration, more focus is on Fancy’s deteriorating mental state and relationship with her sister. I wish Reeves would have gotten more into how doors open into other worlds (aside from Fancy’s ‘happy place’), but again, need to read the first book.

      My one issue with the book is that it just ends on the reveal of who killed the Turners’ father and with Fancy and Kit’s mother finding out about the new murders. It’s extremely abrupt and barely ties up all of the loose ends with little conflict. Honestly, on reading the last line, I was all “What the hell just happened?” I’m sorta split on how I would have liked it to have ended—obviously, this isn’t the kind of book that ties up everything nice and neat, but more closure would have probably worked for me.

      Otherwise, immensely creepy and strangely hypnotic. Very disappointed in myself that I didn’t pick this up earlier.
    • 4/5
      Ok, this was seriously a fun read. I really enjoyed this book. I love that it wasn't just, "oh hey a serial killers daughters kill people too!" It was much deeper than that. Though that aspect of the book was great to read about. I really appreciate the sisterly love between the two main characters. Its deep rooted and I totally understand the way they acted.I would definitely recommend. A+ Dia Reeves, A+.
    • 5/5
      Wow. Dia Reeves' twitter bio says she writes books that make people feel squicky, and while that may have been true from time to time in this dark and bizarre story of one of the creepiest towns I've ever fictionally experienced, this book made me feel much more than squick. The characters are seriously flawed--I mean...they're fascinated by slicing people up!--but I could still deeply empathize with them and become deeply engrossed in their very human, very universal coming-of-age. I absolutely love the eerie, magical-realistic setting of Portero, and I can't wait to read Bleeding Violet.
    • 5/5
      WOW! When it comes to Dia's writing I become speechless. She has a way of capturing her readers, in a dark and disturbing way, which I personally love. Slice of Cherry WAS dark and disturbing, but also had some deep meaning. The relationship between two sisters, though extremely off kilter, had such a deep bond, that no one could come between. And if Fancy was ever threatened off losing her sister, Kit, should would be sure to rid that person of their life. Or at least from the real world. Fancy and Kit are daughters of the Bonesaw Killer, a serial killer and when their dad gets taken away to prison, the killing don't stop.There isn't much I can say about this book without giving anything away. Let's just say that it's like your reading your worst nightmare. You just have to read it. If you enjoy Dia's writing and have read Bleeding Violet, you'll LOVE Slice of Cherry. I always say that I am a Dia fan for life, but if you read her books, I know you would be too. She brings something entirely different to the YA genre. It's difficult to put thoughts about her books into words.
    • 4/5
      Ok! So let me start off by saying that I didnt realize that This story takes place in the same town as Bleeding Violet. Once I realized that I had a much better understanding of the book. This was a really interesting read. Definitely reminded me of dexter but, that was cool considering it was twin girls instead of a middle aged man : ) Overall, The cover is awesome. The pace of the book is really good, the story line is interesting. So, I would recommend you give it a read especially if you have already read Bleeding Violet. : )
    • 4/5
      This is one screwed up book. It takes the tone of a very dark fairy tale with a mix of coming of age. Sisters Fancy and Kit are the daughters of the famous Bonesaw serial killer, and seem to have inherited Dad's love of murder and mayhem. The sisters, however, decide to use their murderous tendencies for "good," eliminating people who have done something to deserve it. Everyone in their screwed up town seems to have some sort of magical malady, and everyone has a dirty little secret to hide. When older sister Kit falls in love for the first time and starts to move away from her creepy-close relationship with the younger Fancy, Fancy has some growing up to do of her own, and manages to do it with very little good grace. A very bizarre twist on growing up in a fractured family. The elements can sometimes be overwhelmingly gruesome, but I found myself unable to put the book down, as it is very well written. Check this one out if youre in the mood for something creeptastic.
    • 5/5
      I am currently readin Slice of Cherry.I cant put this book down its that good to me and i havent even finished it.So far its about 2 girls that are the daughters of the bonesawkiller.Now they are taking after there dad but they are only killing people who are being bad.Like beating people and etc.
    • 4/5
      Kit and Fancy Cordelle are more than simply sisters: they’re practically the same person. The daughters of an infamous killer, the girls keep to themselves, yet are always aware that their father’s tendencies may manifest in them as well. So when they begin to kill—only those who deserve it, of course—the sisters are not all that surprised.What shocks Fancy, however, is when Kit begins to want to branch out beyond their close relationship. The more Fancy kills, the more she tries to hold on to the way things were, the more things change. Turns out there are some things more horrifying than killing, and that may be acknowledging the real world.Dia Reeves is like a bucket of cold water on YA lit’s face…and I mean that in the best way. Her debut novel, Bleeding Violet, turned paranormal inside out and made it fascinating, in a sexy and gruesome sort of way. Her sophomore novel, SLICE OF CHERRY, is like a twisted childhood fantasy come true. Which is to say that I LOVED it.As she did in Bleeding Violet, Dia kind of simply throws readers to the wolves and makes you fight to understand and be sympathetic to what’s going on in the story. In a world where some YA writers seem to “baby” their readers, this is a refreshing challenge. Things are not outright explained to us, but rather allowed to unfold gradually over the course of the book’s many pages. SLICE OF CHERRY focuses greatly on the horrors of the human psyche. I mean, Portero is weird enough on its own, but Kit and Fancy’s sociopathic behavior could technically happen in any normal American town, which is the truly creepy part of this novel.The characters in SLICE OF CHERRY are fantastically messed up, definitely out there in a caricature-like but still completely understandable way. Little time is wasted on backstory, on explanations of what made the girls the way they are. Instead, they—especially Fancy—believe so thoroughly in their oddness that they leave us no room to question how they came to be that way…and that was totally fine with me. We don’t need complicated psychiatric explanations because they are so fully realized, their bizarreness so beyond our comprehension of typical human behavior that they successfully straddle the line between the real and the macabre.SLICE OF CHERRY is in a genre all its own. If Bleeding Violet didn’t convince me that Dia is a genius, then this book most definitely did. This book will appeal to anyone who has even a pinch of darkness to them, who ever felt like they were weird and enjoyed things that no one else seems to.
    • 5/5
      Kit and Fancy Cordelle aren't like other girls their age. They are the only offspring of the infamous Bonesaw Killer, who is currently on death row. Ostracized by their classmates and neighbors, Kit and Fancy don't let this ruin their fun as they spend most of their time together committing horrific acts of violence. Kit fully embraces her dark side, but Fancy is more reluctant because she doesn't want to end up like her father. When she is guided to a way where evidence won't be a problem by one of her ancestors, Fancy and her sister are free to indulge in whatever dark fantasies they choose. Instead of going around killing people randomly, they put the word out that they want to kill people who deserve it and they get quite a few offers. Things seem to be going wonderfully until Kit falls in love with Gabriel Turner. She now wants to spend all her time with him and continually rejects Fancy. Fancy wants everything to stay the same and resists any sort of change vehemently, especially when Gabriel's brother, Ilan, starts to show interest in her. Can she get Kit to see the error of her ways or will she just have to be used to being alone?I was first introduced to Dia Reeves' work with Bleeding Violet and I unexpectedly loved it. I've been wanting to read Slice of Cherry since I heard about it and I devoured it in about a day. I would rank it just a little below its predecessor. I absolutely love the town Portero and its odd, quirky inhabitants. They see strange things every day, from monsters to dismembered people in the street. Needless to say, it takes a lot to shock a Porterene. Dia Reeves creates a world unlike any other I have ever seen. The mixture of horror and fantasy is both seamless and utterly harmonious. There are real life horrors, like serial killers and sociopaths, juxtaposed with fantastical ones and they blend very well together. The horrific actions of the sisters don't really seem out of place in a world where people on a regular basis get lost behind magic doors or eaten and tortured by monsters. When word gets out about their twisted good deeds, their neighbors actually start treating them as heroes rather than ostracizing them as they had before. Each chapter is followed by an entry from Fancy's dream diary, which inevitably contains something more twisted and dark than happens in reality. This adds an extra layer of psychological horror and gives the reader a peek into Fancy's psyche.Although there are two main characters, Fancy is the most prominently featured one. At the beginning of the novel, I had trouble differentiating between the two sisters because they were so much alike. As the novel goes on, Kit starts to create her own identity, with her own hobbies and activities, and embraces her journey to adulthood. This angers Fancy and she tries as hard as she can to create a stasis around her, including wearing her outgrown, childish clothes to resist her growth into a woman. I related to both Fancy and Kit at different points in the novel. I find it a great feat of writing that Dia Reeves can make two such unapologetic murderers into relatable, sympathetic characters. Fancy's frustrations and her relationship with her sister remind me of the horror film Ginger Snaps, where Ginger is developing into a woman and Brigitte tries to stop her sister's seemingly horrific change into an unrecognizable monster. Fancy feels a void inside of herself, which she tries to fill with murder and mayhem, but she still feels empty and despondent. The emptiness stems from her resisting the flow of time, life, and love and the loss of her sister.Slice of Cherry is a wonderful novel chock full of dark and twisted goodness. Be warned that there is graphic violence and torture throughout. If you are sickened easily or have a weak constitution, this book is definitely not for you. For all of you others that revel in such madness, enjoy.
    • 4/5
      Step into Ms. Reeves world and you will never be the same. The only way to describe this book is crazy beautiful. These two crazy sisters just make me laugh. The dark horror in this book is nothing that I have seen before. This book is one book I will never forget.Two sisters, Fancy and Kit are so closer that nothing can separate them. Little by little their desire to kill becomes more and more demanding. First is just little cuts and then its a finger! Knowing the knowledge that their father left them, Fancy can't lose anyone else.These girls were just unbelievable. The things they did and said were just mind blowing. It was so crazy, I laughed. Now I know some people would read this and be disturbed but not me. It anything, Ms. Reeves voice as a writer is one you can't deny or miss. Her book totally stands out above others with it uniqueness and clarity.The paranormal part was one I enjoyed with the secret doorway and endless possibilities. I love how they did magic with the faerie ring. Really intriguing.
    • 5/5
      *Read via ARC from Around The World ARC Tours I gave this wonderfully weird book a 5 out of 5 gnomes. Wow, I loved this book. It has such a fresh/original concept, it really mesmerizes you as you read it. Never knew that it could be possible to like two main characters so much that are killers. This book is full of murder and mystery, the pages just fly by.Fancy and Kit are sisters that have quite the relationship. Their father is a serial killer that's now on death row, this makes them not exactly popular in town. They are pretty proud of their heritage though and seem to take after their father. Both sisters have quite the knack and thirst for killing. Killing is something that just seems to be a part of their life. The first chapter has them taking a burglar hostage, Kat calls him Franken. Some parts in the book have to be read to be believed.I like all the magical elements of the story that are just a part of everyday life in Portero. In this town doors to other worlds can open up anywhere and monsters are very real. Another great aspect of the story that gives the reader an illuminating glimpse into Fancy's psyche is the page from Fancy's dream journal that is included before every chapter. If you don't like dark humor, this book is not for you. If you do like dark humor you will find yourself actually laughing out lout, a lot. It will make you see the phrase find your happy place in a whole new light.Fancy doesn't want Kit to end up like her father and wishes for a place where they can kill and not get caught. This wish comes true thanks to an event held at Cherry Glade because when you are there and hang your wish from the moontree, it is known to come true. Fancy actually makes contact with Cherry herself.The Turner brothers, Ilan and Gabriel come into their lives and change things between the sisters. The sisters aren't the only ones with secrets.It's a great that at different points in the story the reader is really not sure which sister to root for. The story changes to something truly awesome when they start to put their skills at killing into helping people.The end of the story hints that we'll be seeing more of the Cordelle sisters in the future. Now I can't wait to read more about Portero. I think with this book that I've found another author to add to my automatic buy list.

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    Slice of Cherry - Dia Reeves

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