From New York Times bestselling author Claire LeGrand comes a new, bone-chilling YA horror novel about a girl who joins a coven to root out a vicious evil that's stalking her village. Perfect for fans of The Handmaid's Tale and The Grace Year.
Her name is unimportant.
All you must know is that today she will become one of the four saints of Haven. The elders will mark her and place the red hood on her head. With her sisters, she will stand against the evil power that lives beneath the black mountain--an evil which has already killed nine of her village's men.
She will tell no one of the white-eyed beasts that follow her. Or the faceless gray women tall as houses. Or the girls she saw kissing in the elm grove.
Today she will be a saint of Haven. She will rid her family of her mother's shame at last and save her people from destruction. She is not afraid. Are you?
This searing and lyrically written novel by the critically acclaimed author of Sawkill Girls beckons readers to follow its fierce heroine into a world filled with secrets and blood--where the truth is buried in lies and a devastating power waits, seething, for someone brave enough to use it.
My Review:
This was such a fantastic book! I loved to hate this world, it was just so awful for these people to live in-and they didn't even know it. Well, it's a big lesson that they learn in this book, which was fantastic to read. But it hurt for them to having to go through this!
This world was so incredible horrible to women. They were blamed for the world falling, and have to continually pay for those sins. And 4 saints are chosen, girls before they've started mensurating, to take on the sins of the people, to cleanse them, and it was just horrible! These girls were just plain tortured! And it was all wrapped up in this highly religious cult, and it just infuriated me!
I really enjoyed this magic, and as she went from her Saint name to the one she chooses, as she learns more about this world, I grew to hate it even more, because all the dark and terrible things that we know about, and just made darker by the truth!
That ending was just fantastic! We got that huge reveal-and oh, what that meant! I hurt for them, who've gone though so much suffering, and all for what? It was a really fantastic ending, and I liked where it ended, and with that final chapter, it has me hoping for more!
This was a fantastic book, and if it became a series, I would not be mad at all, I'd love to explore more!
Author: Claire Legrand
Read: October 17th, 2021
Source: Won from Author/Edelweiss
Reason Why: Love her writing and it sounded really great, and it's a SAC 2021 Book and a WoW Book!
Publisher: Katherine Tegan Books
Expected Publication: February 22nd 20222
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