The plot becomes even more intricate when its suggested at various points that the superstitious beliefs of the people of Lon Haven are based on a horrific mistake, but then how to explain the strange appearances of children with numbers carved into their legs and no recollection of how they got there? Elements of folklore, superstition, and love that extends through generations all come together to create a both classic and modern tale of witchcraft that keeps the pages turning.īooks about witches always tend to examine the strange occurrences of mass hysteria, as it was this belief that led to the majority of witch trials in history an unfortunate, natural tragedy befalls a group of people, and without an understanding of why it happens, this same group looks for a scapegoat, typically someone who doesn’t conform to society’s expectations at that time anyway. Knowing that 3 of the 4 main characters are going to mysteriously vanish plunges the entire story into a suspenseful race adding symbolic weight to every action or conversation during the ‘present’ day storyline. We jump between the past (when witches were being executed) to the present (when Liv is seeing visions of abandoned children in the lighthouse) to the future, (where Luna is a grown woman, pregnant with her first child and struggling to piece together the mystery of why her mother and two sisters disappeared on Lon Haven all those years ago). She’s an artist, and has taken a commission to paint a mural inside an isolated lighthouse that’s rumored to be built upon a cave where witches were tortured centuries ago.
Liv has moved her three girls, Luna, Clover and Saffy to an obscure little island in Scotland called Lon Haven. And compared to some of the more violent horror novels I’ve read this month, this one isn’t gory, so it’s a more accessible story with wider appeal.
Cooke landed on my doorstep towards the end of this month, so I squeezed it in so I could finish it by October 31, and I’m so glad I did, because it’s all about witches, PLUS its got a fantastic Halloween scene in it.
Happy Halloween! Today is the perfect day to curl up with a spooky read (really, the entire month of October is) and I’ve got a stellar recommendation for getting you into the Halloween spirit.
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