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I don't understand the hype for this book, is it because of the atmosphere? That's all I can think of because of the hype of spooky season the past 3 years? It just came at the right time?
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2025 edit: bringing this down because wowowowow indigenous people were NOT well-represented here. there needed to be way more native people beta/sensitivity read this before release.
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(paragraph tw: retail trauma, customers yelling at employees) yesterday at work, a man made a fuss about having to follow store policy. when i asked him if he'd like me to call the manager who could better explain the policy than i can, he said, "ya go ahead," i did so, and then he got angrier. he got red in the ...more
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(paragraph tw: retail trauma, customers yelling at employees) yesterday at work, a man made a fuss about having to follow store policy. when i asked him if he'd like me to call the manager who could better explain the policy than i can, he said, "ya go ahead," i did so, and then he got angrier. he got red in the ...more

Thanks for the audiobook ARC from Libro.fm!
I really enjoyed this book, though the characters make me so angry that I was attempted to put it down at times. The book is set in 1666 Connecticut, so it was the Puritan mindset and finger pointing that made me angry. Of course, it's perfect for the setting and time period!
I was captivated by the story, and curious to see what the characters would do and how it would end. I will say this was a great book to read for Halloween!
While most of the book i ...more
I really enjoyed this book, though the characters make me so angry that I was attempted to put it down at times. The book is set in 1666 Connecticut, so it was the Puritan mindset and finger pointing that made me angry. Of course, it's perfect for the setting and time period!
I was captivated by the story, and curious to see what the characters would do and how it would end. I will say this was a great book to read for Halloween!
While most of the book i ...more

Slewfoot is a leisurely paced historical horror set in colonial America as Abitha, a recently widowed outcast seeks to survive a brutal world and unforgiving Puritan neighbors. When the ancient spirit Slewfoot is awakened, he is the only one who can help Abitha survive the coming battle between pagan and Puritan.
This is one of those books that forced me to reckon with what I can recognize as a superbly written historical horror and also recognize that the reading experience stressed me the hell ...more
This is one of those books that forced me to reckon with what I can recognize as a superbly written historical horror and also recognize that the reading experience stressed me the hell ...more

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