This book was truly none chilling. You feel for the struggle of the characters, the sons need to break out of the prison of the town. The ominous feeling of the religious fanatics who worship Katherine. The paternal protective need of the main character as a father. Warning if you hate subjects such as child character deaths or animals, don’t read this book. But it you want a modern take on curses and ghost stories, READ THIS BOOK

A modern take on the old wicked witch story, twists and turns like a cyclone, if you're a fan of Stephen King this is worth checking out.

Okay, I'll hold my hands up and admit that having only picked this up to make up the numbers on an offer in Waterstones I did not expect a huge amount. But I was wrong, so very very wrong. Like start of Cabin in the Woods wrong where you think you're getting one thing when really you're getting so much more. Heuvelt takes the typical town haunting story, gives it a massive modern twist complete with a dose of conspiracy style off the record Government dealings and lets the true nature of humanity do its thing. Even the starting chapters are a smack in the face to let you know that what you are reading is not the normal 'witch terrorizes town for 350 years' story as the approach Black Spring takes is one of 'embracing' their witch rather than running down the street in horror. But this does have its limitations and it takes its toll on every member of the Black Spring community. Maybe a witch isn't the worse thing to live next to after all.

My first impressions were Eerie Indiana is back, but with social media and CCTV. Normal town but with a resident witch, a physical apparition that has haunted the town since she was accused of witchcraft and executed. It is a horrifyingly sad tale we gradually learn about. The teens of the town, although they have been bought up knowing the curse on their families and what this implies should they leave, they are the first of the social media generation to be able to go to university and some of them are not happy. Feeling the need to rebel, they form a small club who hope to gather enough real footage of the witch to release to the public and therefore, release her hold on the quiet town. As we get to know more members of the town and their history we find they have their own App to pinpoint where the witch is at all times so any outsiders coming through can be duped into thinking she is part of an everyday image, going as far as to set up road blocks should she just appear in the middle of the road. The group of boys pull a prank on her and Margaret the Witch's habits change and become a little less predictable. Town meetings and teenagers rebelling seem to be a natural but one man is sure the witch is planning it all. This book has a very haunting effect that follows the reader if you stop reading. I can see this easily being made into movie or as a series. The end will have you wanting to turn away, but you have to know how bad it will get, it does get terrifyingly gory and I was quite upset as madness seemed to take over. A lot more questions are raised and I can't stop thinking this may not be the end.

Brilliant book, couldn’t put it down, especially at the end. Glad it finished as it did too. Definitely going to keep an eye out for this author.