by Caroline George
In Susana Prather’s family, the women have been cursed for seven generations. They have all been lost to the Georgia swamp that lies behind Susana’s house. On the morning after her eighteenth birthday, Susana wakes up drenched in water, unable to remember if she had been sleepwalking. Despite her attempts to prevent it, she is pulled out of her bed every night and is tormented by her own family’s history and legacy.
The challenge with curses is that they persist and seem never-ending. The only way to break free from them is by altering the one thing that you keep refusing yourself. In this particular story, the solution is self-love. The protagonist seems to be unaware of this despite revealing their past experiences and discovering more about their family. Ultimately, it all comes back to the same thing. The book’s repetitive storytelling is saved by its unsettling tone in the last third, making it a great read for horror fans.
