The Wicked Deep by Shea Ernshaw

Three sisters, drowned as witches in Sparrow, Oregon, in the 1800s, return each summer for revenge but Penny, seventeen, is determined to stop them to save the boy she loves.

I personally really enjoyed the atmosphere of this book. I loved the small rainy seaside town setting and Shea Ernshaw's writing style.

I also initially liked the romance when Penny and Bo got together. It didn't feel to insta-love to me, though I know a lot of people didn't like it for that reason. As someone who was already saying “I love you” and talking marriage with a guy (who I'm now happily married to years later) within a week of dating, insta-love doesn't really bother me that much.

The love did bother me very much at the end of the book which I won't say why because of spoilers but that's the only reason I knocked a star off this book. The ending felt a bit rushed and I would have preferred a bit more time with Penny after all the book craziness to enjoy her and Bo's relationship at that time.

Besides that I loved the creepiness of the curse and loved the background information given about the Swan sisters so much so that if there was a book written about when they were still alive I'd be all over it.

All in all I really did enjoy the book and would recommend it.

A beautifully written story about witches, murders that spanned over 200 years and a love story that broke my heart. I couldn't put it down. A fast, but magical must read.

The writing was beautiful and the scene it took place was such an errie place but I loved how it played out.

I adored the writing and the characters. Hazel shone as a strong willed girl against all the odds, and her sisters, no matter how villainous, were very intriguing characters. Props to the author for not making Bo a cliched character by not making him act out of hate, but instead with love.