She’ll do whatever she has to do to survive-even if that includes making a deal with the monster, endangering her crush and family, and even risk turning into a monster herself.

That’s proven when Latavia is dragged out of her house in the dead of night, into the forbidden Red Wood, and presented as a human sacrifice to an ancient monster. Bad Witch Burning blends the real and the supernatural together in an unflinching exploration of power, pain, and agency. The residents are suspicious of her and at times hostile, and it’s clear she’s some kind of outsider. Still, Sanctum has its perks-mainly, the cute girl who works at the local ice cream shop.īut Latavia can’t ignore how strange her aunt’s tiny town is. Weird, but Latavia isn’t here to solve any scary small town mysteries she’s here for six weeks and six weeks only, and then she’s off to college and won’t look back. These are the rules Latavia’s aunt tells her as soon as she arrives in Sanctum, Alabama for the summer. This book is difficult to put down and impossible to forget.Christine Lynn Herman, author of The Devouring Gray Bad Witch Burning is a heart-racing, emotional, paranormal thriller that’s infused with. And above all-never, ever, go into Red Wood. Bad Witch Burning blends the real and the supernatural together in an unflinching exploration of power, pain, and agency. From the author of Bad Witch Burning comes another pulse-pounding novel perfect for fans of Supernatural and Lovecraft Country.ĭon't go outside past dark. Now Katrell faces a choice: resign herself to poverty, or confront the darkness before it’s too late.Forced to spend her summer in her aunt's strange small town, a teen girl discovers dark secrets hidden in the woods. Practical Magic meets Black Girl Magic in. Only magic isn’t free, and dark forces are coming to collect. For fans of Lovecraft Country and Candyman comes a witchy story full of Black girl magic One girls dark ability to summon the dead offers her a chance at a new life, while revealing to her an even darker future. And, warning or not, she has no intention of letting this lucrative new business go. What do ghosts know of having sleep for dinner? But when her next summoning accidentally raises someone from the dead, Katrell realizes that a live body is worth a lot more than a dead apparition.

Katrell is willing to call the ghosts on their bluff she has no choice. And it comes with a warning: STOP or there will be consequences. Money’s still tight, and to complicate things, Katrell has started to draw attention. She’s been able to support her unemployed mother-and Mom’s deadbeat-boyfriend-of-the-week-so far, but it isn’t enough. For fans of Lovecraft Country and Candyman comes a witchy story full of Black girl magic as one girl's dark ability to summon the dead offers her a chance at a new life, while revealing to her an even darker future.

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