The ending of the book was interesting, I did enjoy how it wrapped up, though it felt a little rushed. There was the death of Mariana’s husband that happened in the past that she often thinks back on, her patient from group therapy who she suspects is causing trouble, the periodic chapters told from an unknown POV about a dark past, a mentor from Mariana’s past that she goes to visit, a character with a crush on Mariana, plus all of the Greek Tragedy elements…there was a lot going on, but most of these subplots didn’t feel super necessary to the story, nor were they entirely fleshed out. In my opinion, this could be because there were several smaller plots happening at once. I did feel like there were some parts of the book that were a little slow – the chapters were very quick, usually just a page or two, which I did enjoy, but I felt like some of the tension was missing from the book. The Maidens focuses heavily on Greek Tragedy, which I enjoyed, though some readers may find it a little heavy handed.
The Maidens is actually set before The Silent Patient, and readers of both novels will likely pick up on the fact that the psychiatrist, Theo, from The Silent Patient makes a cameo in this book as well (I enjoyed that little crossover!) The Maidens is Alex Michaelides’ sophomore novel, following the success of The Silent Patient.
She needs to get to the bottom of the murders – and fast. As bodies begin to pile up, Mariana starts feeling like she might be in danger. She quickly finds herself at the center of the investigation, and suspects that Professor Edward Fosca is involved. When a murder happens at her niece Zoe’s university, psychologist Mariana goes to the university to check in. But Mariana is determined to stop this killer, even if it costs her everything-including her own life. When another body is found, Mariana’s obsession with proving Fosca’s guilt spirals out of control, threatening to destroy her credibility as well as her closest relationships. But why would the professor target one of his students? And why does he keep returning to the rites of Persephone, the maiden, and her journey to the underworld? And she becomes convinced that, despite his alibi, Edward Fosca is guilty of the murder. Mariana, who was once herself a student at the university, quickly suspects that behind the idyllic beauty of the spires and turrets, and beneath the ancient traditions, lies something sinister. Mariana Andros is a brilliant but troubled group therapist who becomes fixated on The Maidens when one member, a friend of Mariana’s niece Zoe, is found murdered in Cambridge. A handsome and charismatic Greek Tragedy professor at Cambridge University, Fosca is adored by staff and students alike-particularly by the members of a secret society of female students known as The Maidens.
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