Synopsis:
After Scorpion and Dax’s devastating fallout over Project Purity, Maya finds herself walking on eggshells around the shadow demon she loves. The bond between them is strained, and Ashvale Nocturn is feeling less like a sanctuary and more like a pressure cooker.

Meanwhile, Dax is carrying secrets, guilt, and enough emotional damage to destabilise the realms, while Genevieve launches Claw & Order into full investigative chaos with ghost shrimp professionalism and no ethical restraint.

Packed with brutal honesty, dark humor, and the messy reality of forgiveness, Stir Crazy is the sixth instalment in the Maya’s Blogs series about love, loyalty, rebuilding trust, and what happens when emotionally repressed warlords finally start talking.

Review:
This book was the first that while part of Maya’s Blogs, didn’t really read the same. All the parts about Genevieve were absolutely fantastic; she maintains her wit and banter admirably. Unfortunately, this book fell a bit flat for me. There wasn’t an overall arching climax, and while many things from previous books/issues were resolved, the biggest problem Maya faced in this book was not in any way fixed by the end. While some may argue that is how life is, this book, while touching on trauma, motherhood, and how things get left behind, missed the urgency and plot of previous Maya’s Blogs books.

Star rating: ✯✯✯