What I did not realize was how guttural and vulnerable it would make its characters, and me. The story of a town that no one can leave and the actions that the teenagers will take to get out seemed like a promising read. It was the brand new cover of this book that caught my eye. Frustrated with being kept in lockdown, the town’s teenagers decide to break their strict regulations and go viral with the haunting, but in so doing send the town spiraling into the dark, medieval practices of the past.Ĭontent Notes: Depiction of suicide, suicidal thoughts, sexual assault, domestic violence, animal cruelty, animal death, death, disappearance. The elders of Black Spring have virtually quarantined the town by using high-tech surveillance to prevent their curse from spreading. Everybody knows that her eyes may never be opened. She stands next to your bed for nights on end. Muzzled, she walks the streets and enters your homes at will. Welcome to Black Spring, the seemingly picturesque Hudson Valley town haunted by the Black Rock Witch, a 17th century woman whose eyes and mouth are sewn shut. Whoever is born here, is doomed to stay ’til death.
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