The Price Guide to the Occult

Posted on 04 February 2018 by Leslye Walton

From the author of The Strange and Beautiful Sorrows of Ava Lavender comes a haunting maelstrom of magic and murder in the lush, moody Pacific Northwest.When Rona Blackburn landed on Anathema Island than a century ago, her otherworldly skills might have benefited friendlier neighbors Guilt and fear instead led the island s original eight settlers to burn the witch out of her home So Rona cursed them Fast forward one hundred some years All Nor Blackburn wants is to live an unremarkable teenage life She has reason to hope First, her supernatural powers, if they can be called that, are unexceptional Second, her love life is nonexistent, which means she might escape the other perverse side effect of the matriarch s backfiring curse, too But then a mysterious book comes out, promising to cast any spell for the right price Nor senses a storm coming and is pretty sure she ll be smack in the eye of it In her second novel, Leslye Walton spins a dark, mesmerizing tale of a girl stumbling along the path toward self acceptance and first love, even as the Price Guide s malevolent author Nor s own mother looms and threatens to strangle any hope for happiness. Best Download Books The Price Guide to the Occult Author Leslye Walton – kino-fada.fr 4.5 On the evening of Halloween, Nor marched down Meandering Lane after her shift at the Witching Hour. A few years ago, a read a very strange and very beautiful book aptly named The Strange and Beautiful Sorrows of Ava Lavender It took me completely by surprise and stole my heart with its gorgeous writing, memorable characters, and rich atmosphere that made everything so damn emotional even when nothing much was happening I have long awaited another book by the author but and I feel so sad abo On the evening of Halloween, Nor marched down Meandering Lane after her shift at the Witching Hour. A few years ago, a read a very strange and very beautiful book aptly named The Strange and Beautiful Sorrows of Ava Lavender It took me completely by surprise and stole my heart with its gorgeous writing, memorable characters, and rich atmosphere that made everything so damn emotional even when nothing much was happening I have long awaited another book by the author but and I feel so sad about this The Price Guide to the Occult just didn t get to me in the same way Or at all.It is difficult to explain what was so great about Ava Lavendar, which is why my review is basically a rambling, incoherent stream of emotion With gifs But I do think it gets the amount of weirdness just right, and the prose is beautiful without being too purple The Price Guide to the Occult was just strange where Ava Lavendar was beautifully strange This book is so overwritten in parts that I struggled to follow what...It took me longer than I expected to finish this book but I had a great time reading it I can t explain why but I really enjoyed this book and the story seemed like a short story or a myth but it was written well The history of witches is very helpfully given in the prologue which sets a nice basis for the story to build on The cover of this book is beautiful and while reading the book the cover in all its black and yellow glory seems to have the same feel the book doesIn this book we follow It took me longer than I expected to finish this book but I had a great time reading it I can t explain why but I really enjoyed this book and the story seemed like a short story or a myth but it was written well The history ...Was she strong enough to carry all these Burdens on her own Or would they swallow her whole I knew this book was the one I d been looking for when I flipped to the last page of the prologue and saw a glimpse of a name I thought to be Noa, which was exactly what I was searching for the day earlier when on the look out for fictional characters with the name Noah, for some inexplicable reason I never did find anything other than the biblical story, so please let me know if you have any solid Was she strong enough to carry all these Burdens on her own Or would they swallow her whole I knew this book was the one I d been looking for when I flipped to the last page of the prologue and saw a glimpse of a name I thought to be Noa, which was exactly what I was searching for the day earlier when on the look out for fictional characters with the name Noah, for some inexplicable reason I never did find anything other than the biblical story, so please let me know if you have any solid book recommendations The misread name turned o...Happy book birthday to this great little read Like many others I read Leslye Walton s stunning debut novel, The Strange and Beautiful Sorrows of Ava Lavender and fell entirely in love with it It was a full five stars from me and is one of my all time favourite books having read it on multiple occasions So needless to say I was very eager to read her next book and luckily enough I was granted an eARC on NetGalley Happy days And I am delighted I read it as I found the storyline to be highl Happy book birthday to this great little read Like many others I read Leslye Walton s stunning debut novel, The Strange and Beautiful Sorrows of A...Grinning at her from behind the glass was the man with the Chesire cat smile Oh, how I wanted to love this book too bad But unfortunately, it didn t work out it really fucking didn t I expected too much hmmm And got too little in return usually Honestly, the book itself is beautiful all red and green with a design etched into the cover A false and deceptive look to pull you in and become trapped in its spell But haha, nice try book, nice try Its spell is pretty fucking weak,Grinning at her from behind the glass was the man with the Chesire cat smile Oh, how I wanted to love this book too bad But unfortunately, it didn t work out it really fucking didn t I expected too much hmmm And got too little in return usually Honestly, the book itself is beautiful all red and green with a design etched into the cover A false and deceptive look to pull you in and become trapped in its spell But haha, nice try book, nice try Its spell is pretty fucking weak, a baby penguin could break free i don t know what a baby penguin has to do with this The beginning of the book, the fucking prologue, was the absolute best part of the cake Everything else was either too crumbly or over sweetened For a magical realism book, the whole aspect of it was nothing but, sometimes moody or flashy most of that was due to the atmosphere in the book of the setting, a place It takes place on a omg lush as fuck green and wild foggy woody island with the o...4 5 stars Exceeds Expectations Trigger warning Self harm Favorite QuotesThe link between the Blackburn daughters and the island was so strong Nor often imagined that the veins that ran underneath her skin and the tree roots that ran under her feet were one and the sameAny decent human being, witch or otherwise, has the capacity to do good in this world It s merely a case of whether one chooses to do soCourage, once found, should always be encouraged to stayPros First 4 5 stars Exceeds Expectations Trigger warning Self harm Favorite QuotesThe link between the Blackburn daughters and the island was so strong Nor often imagined that the veins that ran underneath her skin and the tree roots that ran under her feet were one and the sameAny decent human being, witch or otherwise, has the capaci...Leslye Walton s debut novel, The Strange and Beautiful Sorrows of Ava Lavender, is one of my favourite books of all time its wonderfully magical weirdness took me completely by surprise when I read it a couple of years ago.This, however, was sadly entirely average and read like any other YA paranormal romance about witches I think Emily May said it best in her review it felt like Leslye Walton had a cool idea for an intergenerational story about witches, and then an editing team swept in and Leslye Walton s debut novel, The Strange and Beautiful Sorrows of Ava Lavender, is one of my favourite books of all time its wonderfully magical weirdness took me completely by surprise when I read it a couple of years ago.This, however, was sadly entirely average and read like any other YA paranormal romance about witches I think Emily May said it best in her review it felt like Leslye Walton had a cool idea for an intergenerational story about witches, and then an editing team swept in and said nope, we gotta add in lots of teen angst, a romance and a sort of love triangle to make itappealing to the teens Leslye Walton definitely knows how to write and the writing style was the book s only strong suit, but overall, I wasn t invested in the story and the characters at all I also didn t like how the epilogue went into a completely new direction and seemed to hint at possible sequels, which I will not be reading.Even though this was kind of a dis...I received a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review Nor is the latest in a long line of Blackburn women who are cursed Doomed to have a whirlwind affair with one of the descendants of the original settlers of Anathema Island, only for it to end in heartache and loss Nor wants none of this She s happy to hang out with her friends, remain inconspicuous and hopefully bypass the curse altogether But fate may have other ideas This is well written, with some beautiful prose, but the I received a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review Nor is the latest in a long line of Blackburn women who are cursed Doomed to have a whirlwind affair with one of the descendants of the original settlers of Anathema Islan...3.5 stars Had some very beautiful writing, unique atmosphere, and I loved where it took place the Pacific Northwest It had a lot of things I enjoyed, but some of the plot just didn t work for me Still think a lot of people will like it though Also, trigger warning for self harm.

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04 February 2018

Leslye Walton