Kiss the Girls

Content Warning: This section of the guide includes discussion of racism, gender discrimination, sexual violence, rape, child abuse, graphic violence, illness, death, physical abuse, emotional abuse, and cursing.

Casanova blasts the rock group the Black Crowes and orders the women into the common room. On her way there, Naomi speaks with a woman she calls Green Eyes. The woman’s real name is Kirsten Miles, and Kristen believes they must work together to escape. In the living room, Anna Miller’s body twirls around in circles from the ceiling beams. Her lips are purple and blue, and her eyes express horror.

The Gentleman Caller’s father was an army colonel and stubborn “asshole” who abused him. Nevertheless, the Gentleman Caller excelled in high school as a student and athlete. He then graduated with “high honors” from Duke’s medical school. Now, the Gentleman Caller is a “human monster.”

On the run, the Gentleman Caller stops in Arizona to prey on a woman, Juliette Montgomery. Once her husband leaves, the Gentleman Caller invades her home. He removes her underwear and cuts her with a cleaver.

Back in her North Carolina apartment, Kate considers her “crush” on Cross and their compatibility. She’s an assertive “white woman,” and he’s a determined “black man.