“The Devil has come for you! For your blood and for your bones!”

Slewfoot is a tale of bewitchery and oh what a tale it is! Abitha, shipped off to the New World to marry, has a hard time conforming to the Puritan way of living. So when cries of devilry are made and her brother-in-law bears jealousy toward her, it is no surprise when she is accused of witchcraft.

This is what- a folk horror revenge story? One that is told like a fairytale and leaves you questioning just who is truly the devil here.

“Angels must often do dark deeds in the name of the Lord.”

Abitha is a well-written character and a delight to read! I found myself attached to her very quickly, a but all of the characters are well done in this book and truly believable. They incite both rage and empathy within you and make this a hard book to put down.

Slewfoot absolutely deserves 5 stars! I’ll be looking into more works by this author.

“I am death and I am life, and the circle… it will go on.”

Creepy, evil children that tempt adults into sex is a hard no for me. 

Tender is the Flesh is at least interesting- I’ll give it that. However, it reads as though it was written purely for shock value while simultaneously trying its best to say something. I just don’t think it said much! 

It also wasn’t nearly as gruesome as I thought it was going to be! I had really expected it to be hard to read, but I flew through it and didn’t find it all that difficult- which may entice some to finally pick it up. 

Some parts of this book had too much information given and others not enough. Overall- it was fine and still worth reading as its fairly short.