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The Lullaby Trilogy #3
Sweet William
SHE THOUGHT SHE GAVE BIRTH TO A SON
After the hauntings, the horror, the memories sealed in flames, Allison McDowell has finally found a new home and a new father for her three young boys. It looks like a fresh start for Allison.
SHE DIDN'T KNOW SHE'D SPAWNED A DEMON
But the terror that she thought she'd escaped has not only followed them, but has settled in their midst -- inside the body and soul of her youngest son, William Scott. It rises from the dark, immortal earth beneath the house. It envelops the heart of the innocent in a festering shell of corruption. As it fights for dominion over William Scott's spirit, it drives the four-year-old child to torment and kill others with terrifying ease.
To save William Scott, to save the rest of her family, to save all those who lie, unsuspecting, in the path of an evil older than hell, Allison will have to submit to the voices that whisper from beyond the grave -- and risk a mother's ultimate sacrifice.
After the hauntings, the horror, the memories sealed in flames, Allison McDowell has finally found a new home and a new father for her three young boys. It looks like a fresh start for Allison.
SHE DIDN'T KNOW SHE'D SPAWNED A DEMON
But the terror that she thought she'd escaped has not only followed them, but has settled in their midst -- inside the body and soul of her youngest son, William Scott. It rises from the dark, immortal earth beneath the house. It envelops the heart of the innocent in a festering shell of corruption. As it fights for dominion over William Scott's spirit, it drives the four-year-old child to torment and kill others with terrifying ease.
To save William Scott, to save the rest of her family, to save all those who lie, unsuspecting, in the path of an evil older than hell, Allison will have to submit to the voices that whisper from beyond the grave -- and risk a mother's ultimate sacrifice.
- GenresHorror
342 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published September 28, 1995
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About the author
Jessica Palmer
19 books2 followersAn American author who writes science fiction, fantasy, mystery and horror. She also has written nonfiction under her full name of Jessica Dawn Palmer.
Palmer was born in Chicago, Illinois. She initially studied psychology and nursing.
Palmer was born in Chicago, Illinois. She initially studied psychology and nursing.
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March 17, 2024
I thought this would be an 'evil kid' story and yes, it features little evil William, there is much more going on than a "Bad Seed" tale. Sweet William constitutes the third of a trilogy, but Palmer gives us enough back story to clue the reader in. In prior installments, the McDowell family moved into a spooky house in the sticks and that ended badly. Some evil spirit, deemed 'William', lived in the ground beneath the house, in the house, etc., and basically induced the family to fights and ended with dad burning the house down with himself in it just while his wife was giving birth to their third boy.
Well, Allison McDowell took her two kids to Long Island, married her former husband's agent (you guessed it, he was a horror author! UGH!) and now makes her living finishing up her husband's books. This took a bit to figure out, but apparently, the evil spirit somehow got into the fetus of Allison's third boy, now 4 years old, and co-exists there with the actual boy, the dead father, and several other people who died at the spooky old house. William, the evil spirit, can come and go as he pleases, usually doing stinky things and letting William Scott (the real boy) take the blame.
The mom knows there is something really wrong with William, but the kid is very adept at playing the innocent little boy when necessary. Allison shuns the boy, leading to tension with her new husband and such, and the two older boys also will have nothing to do with little William. You know there will be some sort of showdown sooner or later, but Palmer stretches out the tension pretty well. This might have been a better experience if I read the earlier volumes, but so it goes. 3 spooky stars!
Well, Allison McDowell took her two kids to Long Island, married her former husband's agent (you guessed it, he was a horror author! UGH!) and now makes her living finishing up her husband's books. This took a bit to figure out, but apparently, the evil spirit somehow got into the fetus of Allison's third boy, now 4 years old, and co-exists there with the actual boy, the dead father, and several other people who died at the spooky old house. William, the evil spirit, can come and go as he pleases, usually doing stinky things and letting William Scott (the real boy) take the blame.
The mom knows there is something really wrong with William, but the kid is very adept at playing the innocent little boy when necessary. Allison shuns the boy, leading to tension with her new husband and such, and the two older boys also will have nothing to do with little William. You know there will be some sort of showdown sooner or later, but Palmer stretches out the tension pretty well. This might have been a better experience if I read the earlier volumes, but so it goes. 3 spooky stars!
October 10, 2019
It’s an easy read, but it’s bizarre. Possession, evil children, making love to a house, it’s all a bit weird.
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