The Wicked Deep

By Shea Ernshaw,

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Book description

Hocus Pocus and Practical Magic meets the Salem Witch trials in this haunting story about three sisters on a quest for revenge - and how love may be the only thing powerful enough to stop them.

Welcome to the cursed town of Sparrow...

Two centuries ago, in the small, isolated…

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3 authors picked The Wicked Deep as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

This book is the equivalent of eating a batch of fresh chocolate chip cookies inside a drafty and most definitely haunted lighthouse on the Oregon coast as the waves crash against the shore and you pull your blanket a little tighter around you.

No one does atmosphere like Shea Earnshaw (No one, I said it) and this story of drowned girls off the Oregon coast will send a chill up your spine even as you’re reaching for your next cup of tea.

The sense of place is so strong in this book! Not only does it take place in an isolated town by the sea, it’s a cursed town as well. When a mysterious boy arrives, the reclusive townspeople begin to turn against each other as tensions rise. The book is full of eerie atmosphere, and you’ll really feel as if you’re swept off to the windswept town full of history, lore, and curses.

From Isabel's list on capturing the magic of small towns.

If you ever find yourself spellbound by the beauty of a sentence, enchanted by the lushness of language, The Wicked Deep is for you. The premise that two centuries ago, three perfume peddling sisters were drowned for being “witches” and now they terrorize the water every summer solstice by possessing teenage girls and seducing young men in order to drown them is so dark and dreamy, I just adore it.

My favorite thing about the book is the plot twist! It’s definitely one of those books you read again, searching for little clues you may have missed. Again, not every…

From Amanda's list on witchy young adult.

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