When a teen girl is forced to spend a summer at her aunt's strange small town, she soon finds herself the unwilling sacrifice to the mysterious monster in the woods in a ritual that the town holds... but she won't go down without a fight and if it means striking a deal with the demon and seeking her revenge, then so be it. Latavia is forced to spend the summer in her aunt's home in Sanctum, Alabama, and this small town has it's own rules: don't go outside after dark, come straight home after church, and never enter into the Red Wood. If these rules are broken, things will get bad... and Latavia notices that three funerals in such a small town in such a short period is very strange.... but then when she discovers the town's dark secret and is forced to be a sacrifice for the monster in the Red Wood to appease a deal that was struck, she won't go do willingly, instead she makes a deal with the snake demon, if she helps him he will help her get revenge against the six people who made her a sacrifice.... but this deal will turn her into something she never thought she could become. Who can she trust and how far will she go through for her revenge? This definitely read more younger young adult but overall it was a fun book for spooky season that I would recommend, it gave a bit of stephen king vibes and I think the best part of the book was the relationship between Latavia and the snake demon! If you enjoy a bit of deals with demons vs small town evils, and a touch of sapphic romance, then give this one a go!

*Thanks Netgalley and Random House Children's, Delacorte Press for sending me an arc in exchange for an honest review*