If you ever have the urge to throw frozen meatballs into a well, run, run away fast!
There could be a carnivorous horse/demon/thingy down there. And its next meal could be YOU!
Hopefully you won't end up as a horse/demon/thingy's blue plate special, but if you love creepy places where creepy things happen and a castle for good measure (of course!,) you'll enjoy The Witch in the Well. Every character in the book has a different take on the witch and most of them are wrong. We have a prissy know-it-all, her woo-woo former friend, a hunka hunka burning love plumber, and lots of missing children and adults. Did I mention the plumber?
If I have one complaint, it's that every character at one point rolls their eyeballs, sometimes twice. It is too hot to get out my eyeball-roll-o-meter because it would overheat on this one. The only one who doesn't roll its eyes is the horse/demon/thingy. Its eyes are solid black so how would we know if it was rolling them?
Maybe eyeball rolling as meaningful communication is my problem. I guess that it passes as conversation today and I've been left behind with actual words. Other than that, I truly enjoyed The Witch in the Well and if eyeball rolling showed pleasure with a book, I'd get googly eyes right this minute.
Thanks to Tor and Netgalley for allowing me to read and review an eARC of The Witch in the Well.
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