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Water Shall Refuse Them

Yazan: Lucie McKnight Hardy
Seslendiren: Holli Dempsey
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The heatwave of 1976. Following the accidental drowning of her sister, 16-year-old Nif and her family move to a small village on the Welsh borders to escape their grief.

But rural seclusion doesn't bring any relief. As her family unravels, Nif begins to put together her own form of witchcraft, collecting talismans from the sun-starved land.

That is, until she meets Mally, a teen boy who takes a keen interest in her and has his own secret rites to divulge.

Reminiscent of the suspense of Shirley Jackson and soaked in the folk-horror of English heritage, Water Shall Refuse Them is an atmospheric coming-of-age novel and a thrilling debut.

©2019 Lucie McKnight Hardy (P)2019 Audible, Ltd Coming of Age Genre Fiction Ghosts Horror Literary Fiction Supernatural Suspense Thriller & Suspense Korkutucu Kurgu Köy Heyecan verici
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I'm really conflicted about this. On one hand, I thought it was a sublime read, and a tragical coming of tale story. On the other hand I don't want to think about it again. I found myself thinking about things that were not explored on paper.

Conflicted

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After enjoying “The Loney” and “Devils Day” by Andrew Michael Hurley I wanted to read more British Folk Horror. This book was in my opinion the best contemporary folk horror around at present.

It has me spell bound with every word. The atmosphere of all the 70’s furniture decor in a small run down welsh town. The ever present harsh sun create this atmosphere and tension that just tightens all the way through. A bit like how the film Midsommar achieves its horror during bright light summery scenes. It’s remarkably skillfully written.

It has a slow burning tension that doesn’t let you go.

It has subtle themes of how horrific events can change us as humans and about good and evil. It also has a pay off at the end but not as you would expect it’s so clever I had to read the last two chapters again to fully appreciate what happened.

What’s even better is that the book retains its sense of mystery unlike many in the horror genre. It left me contemplating what was really happening between the characters long after finishing.

I was remembering little parts that after the ending take on new significance.

I don’t want to ruin any of the story but I would thoroughly recommend it.

Best Contemporary Folk Horror

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I did enjoy this, it was very well written and very dark in tone but I was expecting more of a supernatural theme which it really wasn't, that's my fault for not properly checking. I'd still recommend to others.

Well written and dark but not supernatural

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An engaging and evocative tale, bought wonderfully to life by Holli Dempsey’s faultless reading. I was totally immersed from start to finish.

Great Story Wonderfully Read

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Really special book, you can almost smell it. I shall be recommending this to everyone

Beautiful and disturbing

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