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a young woman with hoofed legs sits upon a floating broomstick in front of a full moon. she has fair skin and red hair.

Slewfoot: the devil is in the details

Slewfoot by Brom

January 17, 2024 by donttrustthe_bea 4 Comments

mood music: me and the devil – Soap&Skin I had never heard of Brom and I was unfamiliar with his work before picking up this book. I found out about this book through TikTok and was intrigued by the premise, even if it was something that was outside of my usual reading genres. Slewfoot is set in colonial New England, a few years after the Salem Witch Trials. The protagonist, Abitha, is a young woman who is a fairly recent arrival to the colonies as […]

Filed Under: Featured, Fiction, Horror Tagged With: Brom, colonial america, fantasy horror, feminine rage, historical fiction, magical realism, period piece, witchcraft

donttrustthe_bea's CBR16 Review No:4 · Genres: Featured, Fiction, Horror · Tags: Brom, colonial america, fantasy horror, feminine rage, historical fiction, magical realism, period piece, witchcraft ·
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