A group of families has been cursed by a witch for decades. Each year she chooses one of the family members who are then gifted a box. She will do everything in her power to break them. Nothing will satisfy her but total extinction. Each of the chosen must travel to a small town in Tennessee where it all began, enter the forest where the witch was killed, and collect the keys to their boxes. If they survive they get to live another year and, hopefully, not be chosen again. Although the group enters, some with skepticism, will they all make it out alive or be claimed by the witches harvest?
This is a great book that jumps right into the action. We immediately start following the main characters as they are chosen and face their fears. I grew up on the Kentucky Tennessee border so the Bell Witch was something we all heard about. It was told again and again, yet I loved this rendition of it. It kept to the major backstory of the Bell Witch and her supposed abilities and the results of her harvest being just that, a good harvest.
I feel the characters, while some were a bit young, displayed a diverse background and varying opinions. It was great to see the skeptic have to slowly concede as the story progressed. Also, I loved the final forest. It was dark as anything, but that's the main reason I loved it. Each of their fears were played with in an attempt to break them and for them to die.
This is a book that you can absolutely read as a stand-alone without feeling like you are missing out on the plot. The story continues, I'm sure, with the tails left at the end of this book. However, if you decide not to read the end of this book covers all main plot points that developed throughout the story.
I really enjoyed the book and would likely read more by this author or in this series in the future.
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