Language: R (22 swears, 6 ‘f'); Mature Content: PG-13 (some kissing, one passionate kiss that is interupted); Violence: PG-13 (Animal death, blood, violence, poisoning, cults, bones, murders, gore, paranormal activity)
BUYING ADVISORY: HS - OPTIONAL
APPEALS TO: SEVERAL
After learning of her father's death and that she is the last surviving Westlock heir, 18yo Wyatt returns to her childhood home intending to burn it to the ground. It has been five years since she was last at the farm. But before she burns it down, she finds that her childhood best friend Peter is chained in the basement. After freeing Peter she begins to piece together what was happening at the farm during her childhood all without her knowledge and understanding. Peter, semi-immortal, has suffered hundreds of ritualistic deaths at the hands of a cult who were attempting to create wards to keep hell contained. And her father was the steward at the center of it all. Peter knows that the only way to free himself is to kill Wyatt and end the Westlock line. Reluctantly Peter and Wyatt work together as Wyatt learns to use her inherited powers from her alchemist father and witch mother to rebuild the spells and protect the world from the darkness that lives in the forest.
The author's prose is beautiful. The suspense is just right. Her descriptions are rich and vivid. I was quickly immersed in the world she created. If you are looking for an addition to your horror section, I would recommend this book.
Wyatt, Peter and James are white.
Reviewer: A. Snow, Librarian
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