This book sucked me in from the very first page. Oh my goodness. Where to start?
The setting is one of the coolest things about this story. There's an island, and it's off the coast of "the World." We don't really know what "the World" is, but we know the islanders fear it. On the island is The Thickety, a forest where a terrible demon lives. The Thickety is growing, too, and there are islanders whose sole job is to cut and burn it back. No one. Ever. Goes. In. The. Thickety.
When Kara is five, her mother is executed for witchcraft. She is accused herself, but let off the hook by one of the creepiest creatures I've ever encountered in literature. No one lets her forget, though, and she and her little brother Taff are either bullied or ignored by the rest of the islanders. When she is (sort of) forced to go into the Thickety, she is led to discover a grimoire (magical book) buried there, and brings it back to town. Using it awakens her own magical powers, and she discovers she is, indeed, a witch. The grimoire is dark, and addictive, and as readers, we fear that magic might destroy Kara. When her nemesis, Grace, gets her hands on the book, that's when the real fun begins.
And that ENDING. Oh, the ending. Didn't see that coming. Not even a little bit.
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