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Whoever is born here is doomed to stay until death. Whoever comes to stay never leaves.

Welcome to Black Spring, the seemingly picturesque Hudson Valley town haunted by the Black Rock Witch, a 17th-century woman whose eyes and mouth are sewn shut. Blind and silenced, she walks the streets and enters homes at will. She stands next to children's beds for nights on end. So accustomed to her have the townsfolk become that they often forget she's there. Or what a threat she poses. Because if the stitches are ever cut open, the story goes, the whole town will die.

The curse must not be allowed to spread. The elders of Black Spring have used high-tech surveillance to quarantine the town. Frustrated with being kept in lockdown, the town's teenagers decide to break the strict regulations and go viral with the haunting. But in so doing, they send the town spiraling into a dark nightmare.

©2016 Thomas Olde Heuvelt (P)2016 Hodder & Stoughton Horror Scary Witchcraft Magic Users
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What did you like most about HEX?

The concept of this story is simply original.

Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?

Yes. And I can't say what. Trust me.

Any additional comments?

Recommended this book unexpectedly, and it didn't disappoint. The story is innovative and cleverly constructed. The characters are real, their lives believable. The witch is terrifying.
Wonderfully performed by Jeff Harding; one of his best.

Horror firing on all cylinders

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What made the experience of listening to HEX the most enjoyable?

I loved this book. I would never, ever watch a horror film but somehow its alot less scary when you listen to an audible book.

Amazing story!!!! Amazing narration too!!

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The author draws you in slowly but carefully as not to spoil or rush too many character's. The story is quietly built from a small sleepy town that appears to all American and apple pie to a hate filled and archaic vengeful society that ends very badly. Your initial thoughts about Katherine should wait until part 2 if the novel because is she really evil and vengeful?
You really care about the characters and whgwhgat hgappens to them...good or bad. This is a story about fear and misconceptions so ingrained that they obscure and tarnish what is hidden in plain sight. It also deals with humans over urging cyclic pattern to return to its basic instinct to survive at whatever cost. Fear, ignorance and mans ability to delve into the darkest reaches of our psyche

Wow...!

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Both the story and the story-telling have a real Stephen King feel about them. An original storyline that is narrated really well. My only complaint is a few dodgy edits, where separate narrations run into each other making the narration unintelligible. This is well worth a credit though.

Original & Entertaining

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Tough book to review as, while it is very well written, it feels less a horror story and more a tale of paranoia and secrets in a small town. While it took a lot, I did finish but found the whole tale lacked scares, mystery and the final chapters insufficient to make up for the slog.

Again, very well written and a well structured tale but not what I was expecting and one I found boring.

Brilliant written tale of paranoia and secrets

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