The Divine Flesh is a cosmic horror novel, written by Drew Huff, and published by Dark Matter INK. A story that can be defined as an absolute trip, fast paced and psychedelic at moments, showing the strength of Huff at writing broken characters while giving us excellent touches of body horror, an examination of godly figures and their purposes, and an interesting universe (shared with her novelette My Name Isn't Paul).

We have an absolutely unhinged story following Jennifer, who works as an interdimensional drugs mule, and the Divine Flesh, a cosmic deity that shares her body; but not only that, as both are still in love with Daryl, Jennifer's ex-husband. However, when Jennifer takes an experimental drug to free herself from the DF's control; but once the goddess is outside of the vessel, she can show her love to everything in existence, bringing death while assimilating all. Jennifer and Daryl might be the only ones that can stop her and save the universe from being assimilated into the cosmic beast; but those won't be the only problems they will have to confront in their rural town of Idaho.

While we have a completely bonkers plot, all was outshined by how well-fleshed the characters are; a shared characteristic of Huff's bibliography. Not only we have Jennifer, our broken mule, that wants to recover her autonomy and finally rebuild her life, having to overcome those circumstances to confront the Divine Flesh, but also the character of the Divine Flesh blurs the lines between protagonist and antagonist: it's clearly a psychotic god, but she's also looking for her own freedom. Daryl is in an interesting conflict, not only because of how he has to navigate a really dangerous environment, but finally accepting the flawed Jenn becomes an important point in our story. 
The rest of the secondary cast might be not so flashy, but there's something there on the Mirror People, especially on Susan, with a character arc whose revelations reinforce certain points of our main plot.

The writing is absolutely visceral, much like a fever dream at some points, erasing the lines between characters and universe; it can be a hit-or-miss situation, but I couldn't stop reading. Body horror takes a prominent spot in the plot, while themes such as autonomy, consent and godhood are explored; all through a fast pacing.

The Divine Flesh is, definitely, an experience; an excellent cosmic horror novel that you will enjoy if you are looking for a read that is not afraid of exploring extremes while giving a good dose of body horror. A read that I absolutely loved, a big recommend!