Book description
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…
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Reading Slewfoot felt like being trapped in a suffocating room where every voice insists you are the problem.
It chillingly reminded me of awkward Sunday lunches with conservative relatives, those moments when you realize following the rules is a failing shield against a community built like a fortress. I felt a deep kinship with the desperation of trying to do everything right, only to be cast aside anyway.
What moved me most was the shift from endurance to a fierce, wild defiance because an alliance with the "monstrous" felt less like a descent and more like a homecoming. It reinforced…
From Cailynn's list on horror books about girls who were pushed too far.
As if life in a Puritan colony isn’t horrifying enough, there’s a monster hanging around, ready to rip everyone to holy shreds for their sins. That’s Slewfoot in a nutshell, but there’s so much more than that. I loved the main character, a confident English woman who was sold into marriage to a Puritan colonial man by her father (gee, thanks, Dad). Big surprise—Puritan life isn’t all that great for her, especially due to her new husband’s smarmy brother, who wants what’s theirs.
I enjoyed this remarkable book, which I’d describe as part folktale, part historical fiction, and part monster-ghost-fest.…
From Patrick's list on supernatural novels to feed your spooky imagination.
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