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Slewfoot: A Tale of Bewitchery
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Kevin Xu
Oct 06, 2024 rated it liked it
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? ...more
Sasa
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
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April
Oct 20, 2021 rated it really liked it
Shelves: books-i-own, audio
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
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Caitlin
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
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Mogsy
Jan 12, 2021 marked it as for-review
Sarah
May 20, 2021 marked it as to-read
Jessica
Jun 09, 2021 marked it as to-read
Aaron A
Sep 06, 2021 marked it as to-read
Nikki
Dec 30, 2021 rated it liked it
Shelves: horror
Aki
Apr 21, 2022 marked it as to-read
Allison
Oct 01, 2022 marked it as to-read
Elisa
Jun 17, 2024 rated it liked it  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: bingo-reads
tobes
Jan 30, 2023 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
Javier Diaz
Dec 13, 2022 marked it as to-read
Chris Decker
Aug 26, 2023 marked it as to-read
Mel Lenore
Nov 11, 2022 rated it liked it
Lel
May 21, 2023 rated it it was amazing
Elizabeth
Nov 08, 2023 rated it really liked it
Jill
Oct 25, 2023 rated it it was amazing
D.
Nov 25, 2023 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
Andrew Marra
May 16, 2024 rated it really liked it
Georgia
Mar 17, 2024 marked it as to-read
Shelves: 2025-tbr, to-buy
C L Kelley
Jul 10, 2024 marked it as to-read
Heather
Oct 01, 2024 marked it as to-read
JC
Dec 23, 2024 marked it as to-read
Shelves: audio, libby
Naomi
Jan 14, 2025 marked it as to-read