Why Somer loves this book
I love a story where the setting of the tale is a character. This particular tale could absolutely not take place anywhere else. The Wicker Witch has that quality, and it sucked me in immediately. What was doubly great about that, is that this book subtly keeps the setting in the foreground of everything that happens. It's good technical writing, and it's great artistic storytelling.
1 author picked The Wicker Witch as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.
A fast-paced story of survival, terror, family, and friendship.
The people of Wicker thought the mountain belonged to them—purchased with blood, sweat, and resilience. They forgot the deal their ancestors made. They forgot that their mountain belonged to something ancient, powerful, and hungry.
Charlotte Crowe and Rebecca Greenleigh grew up as best friends on the mountain, descendants of the original settlers of Wicker and inheritors of a terrible secret. They expected to grow old on their mountain. They did not expect the return of the wolves, the bone chimes appearing overnight in the trees, or their neighbors turning on one…
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