The Wicked Deep by Shea Ernshaw

The Wicked Deep

by Shea Ernshaw

Hocus Pocus and Practical Magic meets the Salem Witch trials in this haunting story about three sisters on a quest for revenge - and how love may be the only thing powerful enough to stop them.

Welcome to the cursed town of Sparrow…

Two centuries ago, in the small, isolated town, three sisters were sentenced to death for witchery. Stones were tied to their ankles and they were drowned in the deep waters surrounding the town. Now, for a brief time each summer, the sisters return from the depths, stealing the bodies of three weak-hearted girls so that they may seek their revenge, luring boys into the harbor and pulling them down to their watery deaths.

Like many locals, seventeen-year-old Penny Talbot has accepted the fate of the town. But this year, on the eve of the sisters’ return, a boy named Bo Carter arrives; unaware of the danger he has just stumbled into or the fact that his arrival will change everything...

Mistrust and lies spread quickly through the salty, rain-soaked streets. The townspeople turn against one another. Penny and Bo suspect each other of hiding secrets. And death comes swiftly to those who cannot resist the call of the sisters.

But only Penny sees what others cannot. And she will be forced to choose: save Bo, or save herself.

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2 of 5 stars

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Update: Read for free on Rivetedlit.com. Oct 2019

Totally gave up on within 50 pages in last year (2018) when it was posted up on Rivetedlit.com for free.

It's back again this year and since my first choice was a bust, I decided to give this another go. I really wanted to love this one. It's so pretty!! I DID NOT re-read any of the previous read pages.

Was prepared to give it up again and again, until we finally get the first body surfacing around page 90. Then her lovely revelation of being able to SEE the Swan Sisters got me.

Well, now I can say that I finished it. I really enjoyed it towards the end.

Very very slow start that should honestly just be skipped, but worth it for an unfolding Shakespearian mystery drama love story. Love the conclusion.
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First Review: I starting reading this for free on RivetedLit.com on Dec 21st. I only made it to Chapter 3. Couple of things were off. It's the last day of school and she's got a heavy backpack? Two classes for the day but everyone shows up like normal? If she knows the stupid party she doesn't want to go to is that day and her one friend has to work after school, why does she go at all? This makes no sense!! I kept going just to make sure I was making the right decision abandon this free opportunity. I got to the end of chapter 2 where she disses the mysterious boy who got off the bus at the end of the line, knows nothing about their festivities, and wants to work for her. This seems like a golden opportunity logically but what really bugs me is that SHE DIDN'T RECOGNIZE THE STUPID TEA FUTURE SHE JUST GOT DONE TELLING US ABOUT! I'm out.

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