1978. When teenager Rina Pine is abandoned by her hippy mother in the isolated village of Sorrow Spring and forced to live with her elderly aunt, she quickly realises no one is coming to rescue her.
Rina finds herself trapped amidst a community of women beholden to the past, who believe in the protective powers of the local spring. When a child goes missing and a young mother is killed, she is drawn into the dark and sinister truth flowing through the sacred waters that give the village its name.
Rina is about to learn what it truly means to be a daughter of Sorrow Spring...
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A full moon provides you with just the right amount of light for both surveillance and concealment (PROLOGUE)
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(@HarperCollinsUK, 12 September 2024, e-galley, 448 pages, ARC from the publisher via @NetGalley)
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This is a new author for me. I really enjoyed Sorrow Spring. This is what I'd describe as a slow burner, not in your face, just subtle menace from page one. I really liked the way the storyline and the characters develop. I got a folk horror vibe from the book. I like folk horror. I found Sorrow Spring unsettling, in a good way. I liked the use of dual timelines of 1978 and 2019 as the author gradually reveals the truth about what happened when Rina in 1978. Rina's timeline in 1978 made up the bulk of the chapters but I liked the way the author wove in Cate's timeline in 2019. I really enjoyed Sorrow Spring and would recommend it.