![]() ![]() ![]() Jennings threads the fantasy and horror elements with the book’s realism with a goosebump-inducing precision while infusing the story with small details that leap off the page: the quiet heartbreak of a child realizing they are not liked by a parent, the chilling menace of a boy with too-sharp teeth, and the vivid description of the fetid swamp world where the villain resides. ![]() Neve sets off on a journey, making some new quirky friends along the way, to find and save her sister from the evil magic-weaver that’s been drawing the life from girls for years. Trying to calm down by jogging, Rose is magicked away in broad daylight, abducted by an ominous fog. The siblings are used to sharing everything from clothes to hobbies, but now secrets are weighing heavily on both girls, and the tension soon erupts in a fight. For generations, something wicked in the swamp has drawn girls to Etters, South Carolina, but inseparable sisters Neve and Rose only know they’ve landed in this town because their parents separated. ![]()
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