{"id":19256,"date":"2024-12-27T07:00:05","date_gmt":"2024-12-27T12:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cemeterydance.com\/extras\/?p=19256"},"modified":"2024-12-22T22:27:32","modified_gmt":"2024-12-23T03:27:32","slug":"review-mask-of-flies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cemeterydance.com\/extras\/review-mask-of-flies\/","title":{"rendered":"Review: A Mask of Flies by Matthew Lyons"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"19257\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.cemeterydance.com\/extras\/review-mask-of-flies\/mask-flies\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cemeterydance.com\/extras\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/mask-flies.jpg?fit=652%2C1000&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"652,1000\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"mask-flies\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cemeterydance.com\/extras\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/mask-flies.jpg?fit=652%2C1000&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-19257\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cemeterydance.com\/extras\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/mask-flies.jpg?resize=228%2C350&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"cover of A Mask of Flies\" width=\"228\" height=\"350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cemeterydance.com\/extras\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/mask-flies.jpg?resize=228%2C350&amp;ssl=1 228w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cemeterydance.com\/extras\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/mask-flies.jpg?w=652&amp;ssl=1 652w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 228px) 85vw, 228px\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Mask-Flies-Matthew-Lyons\/dp\/1250889812\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><em>A Mask of Flies<\/em> by Matthew Lyons<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\n<strong>Tor Nightfire (August 2024)<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Reviewed by Chandra Claypool (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.instagram.com\/wherethereadergrows\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Instagram<\/a>) (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/wherethereadergrows\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">TikTok<\/a>)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Let\u2019s meet Anne Heller. The opening of this book places her in a bank heist gone wrong. She is caught literally in the crossfire. But Anne isn\u2019t quite the killer and instead injures a police officer who she then takes hostage because hey, witnesses and all that. From here we get thrust into a crazy world that starts at her family\u2019s cabin that she decides to hole up in. We soon learn that this abode isn\u2019t quite as deserted as she thought it would be and the presence that also resides there is not to be messed with.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I\u2019ve recently had a fascination with Skinwalkers so was very delighted to have a monster such as one in this compulsive story. The evil entity that stalks about is super creepy and I loved every time it made an appearance. But why the flies &#8212; why does evil always come with flies? Creeeeepy!<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I came to absolutely love Anne and the police officer she kidnaps. Their dynamic is fun and I was rooting for them the entire time. While some of her, and their, actions may be suspect at times, you needed it to propel the story forward and continue on in this madness. After all, what fun is it if characters always made the right and best decisions?<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">While some of the storyline can seem vaguely similar to other things that I\u2019ve read, what compelled me is the way the author brings everything to light. A little bit of thriller, a little bit of cult, and a little bit of supernatural, creepy entity. An epilogue that wasn\u2019t needed but also that made me smile inside and out. As a lover of horror and crime fiction, <em>A Mask of Flies<\/em> hits right into my wheelhouse so it\u2019s no surprise that I loved this read.\u00a0 I had heard of Lyons but had never read his work until now and I will surely be looking into his backlist and anticipating his next release.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Mask of Flies by Matthew Lyons Tor Nightfire (August 2024) Reviewed by Chandra Claypool (Instagram) (TikTok) Let\u2019s meet Anne Heller. The opening of this book places her in a bank heist gone wrong. She is caught literally in the crossfire. But Anne isn\u2019t quite the killer and instead injures a police officer who she &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cemeterydance.com\/extras\/review-mask-of-flies\/\" class=\"more-link button bg-gold white\">Continue Reading!<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Review: A Mask of Flies by Matthew Lyons&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[80],"tags":[3261,3081,3262,79],"class_list":["post-19256","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews","tag-a-mask-of-flies","tag-chandra-claypool","tag-matthew-lyons","tag-reviews"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - 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