Also, the priest needs a trigger warning: if you‘re sensitive to abuse or low-key pedophilia, you might find this book uncomfortable.
He prayed this logic to be for a higher cause, but what really is the necessity of having dozens of women married to you, especially if you abuse them? I couldn‘t decide if the witches or the priest were the worst enemies. That wasn‘t sitting right with me, since I felt like character development was taking a step back.Ĭoming to one of many enemies of Immanuelle in this book, the priest, who is more or less the head of the village – of his so called „flock“ – was a truly disgusting power-hungry (and what I believe) white old man who needed to marry young women just for his amusement. Also, later in the plot, there were situations with Immanuelle where I couldn‘t believe that she was naive, still at this point. Either you still belief or you don‘t, but don‘t shift loyalties whenever you like. She seems to be a believer of god, although her beliefs seem to shift from time to time, which confused me. It is not clear what is going on in the beginning, and Immanuelle, the heroine, is figuring things out, alongside the reader, step by step. What I liked about The Year of the Witching is that it threw me back to some old fashioned „burn the witch“ horror movie vibes with some mysterious elements. Which isn‘t necessarily bad and can be more helpful for people who might be sensitive but still enjoy some level of horror. Also, I can‘t compare both books, since Stephen King is adult horror and Alexis Henderson is Young Adult horror – it‘s still gory but with far less details. But this time the cover and the blurb of The Year of the Witching convinced me to try another author for Halloween time. Usually, I like to compare my spooky reads with Stephen King novels, since his work is basically all the spooky books I read. It all sounded promising for a good spooky Halloween read and in my opinion, it was a good, spooky Halloween read. A potential love interest that is loyal but situated in the team of the enemy. A heroine, whose mother dies at her birth, stumbles into her destiny blindly. The Year of the Witching sets the mood right: a village in which a priest reigns, surrounded by his Harem of women sudden paranormal happenings, followed by various plagues. To stop them from happening, Immanuelle has to figure out who she really is. The girl follows the ram and experiences something that brings Bethel the plagues.
One day she is supposed to sell the family‘s ram, which escapes from Immanuelle‘s grip and flees into the supposedly cursed Darkwoods. Immanuelle lives in Bethel with her grandparents, her aunt Anna and her nieces Hope and Grace. Put The Year of the Witching on your Goodreads shelf. Disclaimer: I read this book after Sci-Fi masterpiece Dune, so keep that in mind.
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