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Book: Eventide

Author: Sarah Goodman

Book Series: Standalone

Rating: 3/5

Recommended For...: fantasy, ya, historical fiction, horror

Publication Date: October 6, 2020

Genre: YA Fantasy

Recommended Age: can’t recommend, DNF-ed

Publisher: Tor Teen

Pages: 336

Synopsis: Wheeler, Arkansas, 1907

When her father descends into madness, Verity Pruitt and her little sister Lilah find themselves uprooted from New York, on an orphan train to rural Arkansas.

In Wheeler, Lilah is quickly adopted by the town’s beloved schoolteacher—but Verity is not. Willing to do anything to stay close, she pawns herself off as a farmhand, but even charming farm boy Abel Atchley can’t completely distract her from the sense that something is not quite right in this little town. Strange local superstitions abound, especially about the eerie old well at the center of the forest. The woods play tricks, unleashing heavy fog and bone-chilling cold…and sometimes visions of things that aren’t there.

But for Verity, perhaps most unsettling of all is the revelation that her own parents have a scandalous history in this very town. And as she tries to unearth the past, sinister secrets come with it—secrets that someone will go to violent lengths to protect.

Review: DNFed at 20%. I felt like I could get into this book but it just wasn't grabbing my attention right now. I do want to retry one day though!

Verdict: Not for me but maybe for you!