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Today is my stop in the “The Bitterwine Oath” Book Tour by Hannah West and I have a review and 5 reasons to read “The Bitterwine Oath”. Thank you to the publisher for sending me a review copy in exchange for an honest review. All thoughts are my own!

A gentle reminder for you all, to check out the posts of other fellow bookworms that are participating in this tour. Here is the Tour Schedule.

And now without further ado, let’s start with this post.

Synopsis:

Every fifty years, a cult claims twelve men to murder in a small Texas town. Can one girl end the cycle of violence – and save the boy who broke her heart?

San Solano, Texas is a quaint town known for its charm, hospitality, and history of murder. Twice now, twelve men have been brutally killed, and no one knows who did it. A shadowy witch? A copy-cat killer? Or a man-hating murderess? Eighteen-year-old Natalie Colter is sure that the rumors about her great-great-grandmother’s cult of wronged women are just gossip, but that doesn’t stop the true crime writers and dark tourism bloggers from capitalizing on the town’s reputation. It’s an urban legend that’s hard to ignore, and it gets harder when Nat learns that the sisterhood is real, and magical. And they want her to join.

The more Nat learns of the Wardens’ supernatural history, the more she wonders about the real culprits behind the town’s ritualistic murders. Are the Wardens protecting San Solano from even darker forces? As the anniversary of the murders draws near, the town grows restless. Residents start getting “claimed” as this year’s planned victims, including Levi Langford, the boy whose kiss haunted Nat for a year.

Nat knows that no one is safe. Can she and the sisterhood stop the true evil from claiming their town?

Add the book to your Goodreads to-read shelf

Title – The Bitterwine Oath
Author – Hannah West
Publisher – Holiday House
Series – No
Genre – Mystery, Young Adult
Release date – December 1st, 2020

Trigger Warning – death, cult, violence, blood, possessions
Pages – 340
Version – ebook*
Language – english
rating – 5 bookish stars

I was really excited about this book and guess who was happy when she saw that she got chosen for this tour? Yes, that would be me.

So I absolutely love stories about witches, covens and everything related to magic. Especially if it’s set in the modern times. We got some flashbacks to see how everything started and I loved reading these. “The Bitterwine Oath“, is the perfect spooky read that I would have loved to read during Halloween but also during these cold and wintery days it’s still the perfect read for all fans of spooky stories.

I loved the writing style, it was easy and fast to read and I devoured every single page of the book. I loved reading about the characters personal life, getting to know more about them, I liked the romance which had the perfect amount of appearances it was supposed to have. So not too much to annoy the heck out of me and enough to make me love it.

Overall, “The Bitterwine Oath“, is the perfect read for you if you want to feel all the chills in your body. And of course if you want a new favorite read about witches!

Now let’s move on to the 5 reasons you should read this amazing book:

#1 – Check the above line. No just kidding! Not. It was an amazing read.

#2 – badass female heroines

#3 – If you want to feel like one of the characters in the book, you have to read it

#4 – because it’s always the perfect time to read a creepy and spooky mystery

#5 – duh, witches! What other reason do you need?

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Hannah West is the author of young adult books including The Nissera Chronicles series and The Bitterwine Oath. ​She’s been writing fantasy since kindergarten, when she penned her first tale about a princess who ran away and lived at the top of a flagpole with two loaves of bread. But it wasn’t until she studied abroad in Orléans, France during college that the premise for her first novel materialized. The fairy tale castles, the snowy winter days, and a Disney princess pencil that arrived in a care package from her parents provided the inspiration that allowed her to wrangle all her untold and unfinished stories into a novel. 

Hannah currently lives in the Dallas area with her husband and their two rambunctious rescue dogs. 

Author Links:

Website: https://www.hannahwestauthor.com/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/hannahwestya

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hannahwestya/

Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/14881425.Hannah_West

And that’s all for this tour! Have you gotten the chance to read The Bitterwine Oath in advance or are you going to read it in the near future? Please let me know in the comments below.

*DISCLAIMER: A review copy of this book was sent to me in exchange for an honest review. All thoughts are my own!

Thank you to TBR and Beyond Tours for including me in this tour!