Title: Slewfoot

Author: Brom

Link: https://www.amazon.com/Slewfoot-Tale-Bewitchery-Brom-ebook/dp/B08SKX3TX9/

Summary

A USA TODAY BESTSELLER!

Set in Colonial New England, Slewfoot is a tale of magic and mystery, of triumph and terror as only dark fantasist Brom can tell it.

Connecticut, 1666: An ancient spirit awakens in a dark wood. The wildfolk call him Father, slayer, protector.

The colonists call him Slewfoot, demon, devil.

To Abitha, a recently widowed outcast, alone and vulnerable in her pious village, he is the only one she can turn to for help.

Together, they ignite a battle between pagan and Puritan – one that threatens to destroy the entire village, leaving nothing but ashes and bloodshed in their wake.

This terrifying tale of bewitchery features more than two dozen of Brom’s haunting full-color paintings and brilliant endpapers, fully immersing readers in this wild and unforgiving world.

My Review

5/5 Star

When Abitha travels overseas to her new home in a Puritan community in Connecticut, she becomes an outcast. The town sees her as an outsider, her husband, Edward, the only real person who accepts her. When he suddenly perishes, Abitha’s entire life seems to crumble around her until she meets a forest spirit she names Samson. Is he a God or a demon? Her salvation or her damnation?

This was such a good book, but it made me so mad. I hated nearly every human character in this book. The men, Wallace in particular, were so infuriating. I rooted so hard for Abitha from the beginning, and it was hard watching her take blow after blow. It seemed like every time things started to go her way, something else would go horribly wrong.

Because of that, it took me a little while to finish this story, but I loved the end of the book. This whole story reminded me of that movie The Witch because Abitha was both sassy and strongheaded just like the Thomasin.

This was my first book by Brom, but it definitely won’t be my last.