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Thomas Olde Heuvelt is a new auto-buy for me. Just when you think things will get resolved, something else thickens the plot. And then another spin, and then another, and then… I continued this pattern for 250 pages, through two meals, and then suddenly.. it was over.

Hex is the kind of gruesome accident you can‘t help but compulsively watch. It‘s the human race at its ugliest. It‘s squirmy and horrifying and spooky and I simply loved it.

The beginning of this book is very, very, very slow. Things do go utterly mad later, but it‘s a slow burn to get there. I know a lot of people enjoyed it, but it wasn‘t my thing and I found the characters completely unlikeable.

Witch‘s curse on a town. Epitome of “men writing women”, but readable.

Snagged these 2 suckers for $2.99 each! They've been on my radar for the longest time and I couldn't pass it up! Thanks, MacMillan e-book deals!!

⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ https://suspensebookreviews.home.blog/2021/10/05/hex-by-thomas-olde-heuvelt/

A great twist to the classic haunting trope. A small town is cursed by an ancient witch whose eyes and mouth are sewn shut. The witch can show up anywhere from the end of your bed to under the street light. Creepy, dark, and a fresh take on hauntings, HEX is a must-read for all horror lovers. A great addition to your Halloween Read Pile!

#littensdressedinblood #thomasolde #hex #monster #horror #
#September 11 Prompt: #Monstermash
This one took me a long time to figure out. I hope in the end it fits somehow. The book is about an evil #witch.

#LittensDressedInBlood #Day7 For #campfiretales I‘ve brought one out of the vault, this is a book I reviewed in my first six months on Litsy, 5yrs ago. It‘s a creepy witchy Halloween story about a town that‘s cursed. Black Spring is a Hudson Valley town that‘s haunted by a 17th century witch who roams the town with her eyes & mouth sewn shut & has the ability to appear anywhere she wills, including your home. It definitely freaked me out!

This was my #doublespin for June. I've read this book in Dutch, the original language. It turned out to be a late night, I have had little sleep. It was a little creepy, especially with all the night sounds. I enjoyed the story and the ending. Some of the sentences and language used felt a bit weird. I think I might visit Beek sometime when I'm walking the Pieterpad trail in my country.
TBR since July 1st. 2020; 565 pages.
@TheAromaofBooks

It took me longer than expected to really start enjoying this one, but I'm glad I didn't bail.

This story of a town with a witch who wanders around and everyone tries to hide her from the outside world was such a cool concept. Although it was slow to build, and not quite as spooky as I expected, once the witch starts behaving erratically things really take off and I couldn't stop reading.

Oh my stars!!!! This books I a crazy ride. It starts off slow and the build is slow, but once you hit the action - hold on tight!!! There were so many twists and turns I was not expecting and the ending left my jaw on the floor...
Highly recommend!!!!

🤫🤫🤫🤫🤫

It is a creepy concept, although this tale was different than I‘d anticipated. I do like books that look at the horror of human nature but I don‘t think the execution worked completely for me. I‘m still confused about some things and with the slow pacing, my brain didn‘t always completely connect to the details. I also felt that the witch‘s history came in the form of a huge info dump.

Time for a Spooky book! 🧙🏻‍♀️

#HorrorSeason
October 4th: The Blair Witch Project

Hex is the English language adaptation of a Dutch horror novel by the same name & author. A witch terrorizes a town in Hudson Valley NY for hundreds of years until it finally reaches a point where the town goes on lockdown in an attempt to keep people safe. But the witch still haunts to woods, the streets and their homes. And she won‘t stop until she gets what she wants.

Terrifying, supernatural, psychological, HEAVY--a story that will challenge your notion of what is scarier, a 300 year old witch whose eyes & mouth are stitched shut & who walks a cursed town for all to see OR human nature, carefully controlled, structured and orderly until its not. ☠

Well that was dark.
But it was also thrilling, scary and extremely difficult to put down.
A story that examines familial love, superstition and who we are as a species and how we treat each other when all hell breaks loose...kinda like now.

It took me a bit to get into this book but I forgive it because the ending was pretty perfect. Creepy with a mix of Blair Witch and The Lottery vibes.

Popcorn and horror ❤️
Also, super impressed to know that this author is Dutch and instead of just letting a translator translate his book as- is, he rewrote some of it to have it set in America.
I also hear the endings are different.
So really, the most logical conclusion is that I have to learn Dutch now 🤷‍♀️

1. The hypnotist by Lars Kepler. Read in English.
2. For me, English is a foreign language, but for you I read books in Dutch and rarely Frisian. Both are my mother tongue. But for the most part I read in English. Haven't yet read a Dutch book this year.
The tagged book is a Dutch, translated to English, author.
For everyone else, I'm curious for your answers.
#Two4Tuesday

Book review of Hex is live on my blog! I love spooky scary shot and I loved this book!! Check out my full review at ashsscript.com 🤓
#bookreview #hex #bookblogger #bookstagram #bookstagrammer

I'm always a sucker for a good scary book and this one did not disappoint. From the creepiness in the first chapter all the way to the ending, where if I were watching the movie version I'm pretty sure I would have closed my eyes. Lol. The only complaint was the ending seemed somewhat rushed but even that didn't take away from the story.

Any friends out there who‘ve read the Dutch version? After reading the acknowledgements I need to know how that one ended?! This book absolutely rocked me. I felt the townspeople‘s madness seeping from the pages, infecting my mind with fear. It was amazing.

I think this is one of the scariest books I‘ve read. I do t usually get scared of books but the imagery that this audiobook put in my head was the creepiest. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

This was super creepy and the last book for #LMPBC! I enjoyed the storyline and the writing, although so many of the characters made me want to scream. It was certainly creepy, but less so than I expected. Even with a witch on the scene, it felt realistic. At least until the end. I really did not like the last 30 pages or so (felt so rushed), and I'm curious how the Dutch version ended. Any Dutch Littens that have read the original??

The perfect book to finish on Halloween 🎃 It normally takes quite a bit for a book to really creep me out, and this one succeeded.

#teamslaughter @Clwojick

HAPPY HALLOWEEN! 🎃 Nothing says ”spooky” like a scary book! What's your favorite scary read? 👻
@torbooks @thomasoldeheuvelt

#Halloween #scarybooks #books #bookworm #booknerd #bookstagram #booksofinstagram #reading #reader #bibliophile #ilovebooks #booklove #booklover #bookblog #bookblogger #bookreview #bookish #igreads #igbooks #totalbooknerd #literature #bookstagramfeatures #bookstagrammer #bookaddict #bookaholic #currentlyreading

Great book!! I didn‘t love the ending, but I enjoyed the read thoroughly... even when my heart was pounding like crazy.

I also finished the #ScaryScavengerHunt just in time! A book #thatscaresyou was last on my list and this one definitely delivered! 😱

#teamtheme #teamslaughter #scarathlon

I am shocked I read this many books this month. But, here is my #ScaryScavengerHunt book list: Hex by Thomas Olde Heuvelt (w/ a matte cover)🎃Halloween by Silver Ravenwolf (about Halloween)🎃Spellbook of Katrina Von Tassel (w/a witch)🎃One Night in Salem (pumpkin on cover)🎃In a Dark, Dark Wood (that scares you)🎃Complete works of Edgar Allen Poe (character dies)🎃Interview with a Vampire (w/a vampire) 🎃 Wicked (200+pages) #TeamSlaughter

I also started reading Hex this week. Now that I'm finally feeling the Halloween spirit, I had a major craving for horror. Perfect weird, creepy vibes from chapter 1. 🎃

I didn‘t finish the full #24b4Monday, but I got 20 hours for #TeamSlaughter! Still going to read Hex late into the night. I‘m getting so freaked out, but I don‘t want to stop! ☠️

Dexter and I love it when I have a day off from school. #doggiedreamingdexter

I just started this #LMPBC book, and since I was just looking up this old Spongebob clip after seeing a cosplay of this scene, I am now imagining this as the Gramma mentioned in the text, haha. Definitely helping me to not be so afraid of what's going to happen, lol.

@Stacypatrice @Hestapleton @jb72

What a way to start a novel! #Hex #Scarathlon #TeamSlaughter

Today‘s Prompt

Blood and Gore: Choose a book that was so scary that you had to stop while reading it.

Hex was close for me. However, I am still looking for really scary books so give me some recommendations.

#litsyhumor

Completed my reading goal of 50 books for 2019!

This book was creepy. I have never read anything like it. It had some seriously disturbing parts that I‘m not sure I will ever get over. If you want a scare read this. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

https://readinginthewildwood.com/2019/10/09/hex-by-thomas-olde-heuvelt-review/

Thanks, @Hestapleton for sending along Hex for the last read of #LMPBC!! The four months went by so quickly!! @jb72 @Stacypatrice

And thank you soooooo much to @Lovesbooks87 for my first birthday card!!! You're so sweet and the stickers were such a nice happy surprise! Great kickoff to my birthday month!

“Baffled and more or less nonfunctional, he set out toward the former visitor center. In order to avoid bumping into the police he took the trail through the woods, which rose up sharply among a fallow field where the ground #fog silently reflected the moonlight. The subzero temperature of the previous week had been followed by a thaw, and the air was heavy with moisture... After a few minutes he was sorry he had taken the forest trail.”

My October TBR, at least it is what's here on my shelf already :) I do have a few library holds I'm waiting on.

October 1️⃣: HAUNTED 🖤🧡🕯🌔🎃🍁🍂 This path looks very ominous & spooky. Something haunted lurking here for sure. #ChillingPhotoChallenge #Scarathlon #October #Haunted #TeamSlaughter

#7covers7days #covercrush

Day 7

#7days7covers I cannot wait to start this one in a few weeks! Thanks for the tag, @Meaw_catlady 🖤

Celebrating the #HarvestMoon with some new goodies! I am a sucker for a locally owned #bookshop. #shoplocal #thelahaskabookshop #peddlersvillage #fullmoon

Book-a-week challenge
Book one - week one
Hex

#September #readingplan
I will finish up Hex for the #lmpbc. The book will be in the mail on Tuesday @Kaylamburson and sorry it‘s a few days late. My brain didn‘t want to focus this past week.
So far, Color Therapy is pretty interesting.
I‘m super excited for the #LOTR read with @TheReadingMermaid as it‘s my first time reading the books.

#summersendreadathon
1. My goal will be to read 10 books and make progress on my Dr. Seuss challenge.
2. Bunny by Mona Awad
3. I‘ve always loved my Dr. Pepper but sadly I can‘t have that anymore. So now it‘s water.
4. A comfy spot to read with my pillows.
5. Yes
6. I‘m late to the game so I tag anyone who wants to join!

So far I‘ve finished two books and I‘m currently reading Hex.

It‘s on it‘s way to you 🧟‍♀️📖📬 @jb72 !!

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