They Fly Silent is what I would call Southern Gothic. It is set in a small town in Texas and follows Cassandra Cleopatra Collard. Cass is accused of setting a fire on the lawn of. her ex, an event which she cannot recall. After her arrest she is ordered to undergo counseling. The counseling reveals that there are many instances in her life which she has buried deeply. Her grandmother had told her she had abilities and was part of a mystical Seven.
I found this to be a well-written book. As the book progresses more and more of the layers of Cass' personality and life are revealed. It keeps you guessing as to whether Cass has strange abilities or merely deep seated psychological issues. The also does a great job of setting the scene and you can almost feel the Southern heat. This is by no means a light fluffy read but one that you will think about and will test your
imagination.
I received the book from NetGalley and appreciated the chance to give a review.

This book was a really fun and enjoyable read. The characters were relatable and had great depth. I definitely recommend it and will be ordering copies for my library.

They Fly Silent is a roller coaster that grips you and won’t let you go. As a result it’s hard to catch your breath. The book is filled with darkness, The books main character is a women who is haunted by her personal pain. It’s a great read. I thoroughly enjoyed it and I highly recommend it.

Im rating this a three i love the thought process of this book and and the idea of it. But when i was reading it. I felt like it had so much to do with her grandmother and the past that it took away from the book. The first part of the book i felt like it took multiple hours to read when i can read a book in one sitting in around 5 hours. I felt like it didnt need extra 50 pages explaining something. But over all i liked it i wish it read fast though.

This book is full of a darkness, a roller coaster that grips you. It’s hard to catch your breath in this book, and there is a lot of jumping around. The book’s main character is a women so haunted by her personal pain, but is still very relatable to the reader. She is a character fighting to be who she is. In such a way that she isn’t annoying, but sympathetic. There are clear pagan and wiccan influences in the story, and it gives a more authentic feel to fantasy-magic.

The author does an amazing job of creating an authentic ‘small town’ with traditional vibes, where news gets around quickly. The paranoia of the main character makes us distrustful of her as a narrator and everyone else. The therapy scenes are done well, and always tell us what we need to know. However, this book is very psychologically-focused rather than anything else. It’s also paranormal, more then mystery, which subverted my expectations from the description. However the overall story is told well, and I definitely vibed with the themes.

I want to thank Netgalley and the publisher for giving me access to this arc, I absolutely loved reading it!

What drew me to this book was the magical realism description, however, upon reading it, I soon discovered that it was more psychological than magical. The story followed Cass, a troubled young woman in therapy dealing with haunting memories and a suppressed childhood. I did not finish this book because the psychological depths this book explored were too meandering, too confusing, and too scattered. I just could not connect to this story although I can understand why many people will probably find it relatable to some degree.

They Fly Silent is a novel that follows the recovery of Cass Collard, a 25 year old woman with amnesia, trauma and a repressed childhood.

I had a very turbulent relationship with this story as I read it. Cass’ backstory was eerily similar to my own, which led to plenty of highs and lows as I read.
The way the book discusses therapy so candidly, and you can place yourself directly in the position of someone who feels vulnerable sharing their hurt out loud. It felt at times like the story was speaking to me directly, giving me advice on how to let go. It was so surreal, and I loved the experience of feeling like I had fallen in alongside Cass and was on her journey with her. It was so different to anything I've ever read before and I loved it.

You are taken on a journey filled with descriptive imagery and choppy sentence structure to truly place you inside the fractured mind of the protagonist. The story flicked between the mundane expectations of the town which were the very traditional “don’t be different” christian family values, and the absolute chaos of the otherness of Cass’ repressed internal monologue.

You’re flung from memory to memory to therapy to the news and back into a memory again. You can’t get your bearings on anything and I believe that’s intentional. The book is very artistically constructed. It felt like this structure represented the unstable sense of self in a mind touched by trauma.
You get to understand her younger self is so confident and accepting of what’s other about her, which is a direct contrast to the now where she is sarcastic and angry and disconnected. Societal conventions squashed her growth, and this story takes you on the uneven road to regaining herself.

The magic talked about in this book wasn’t the commercial kind you see in Harry Potter and the like, but rather an earthen spirituality that was woven into every single chapter. I feel like this book would be done a disservice if you didn’t read a physical paper copy. Something about it begs to be connected with physically. I love that aura.
I would absolutely recommend this to anyone to try. It’s a really detailed read full of depth and questioning and spirituality. It touches on trauma in a really healing way, and whether the reader connects with that or not it’s a very unique and worthwhile read.