The Violent Season
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Publisher Description
The unputdownable debut thriller you will never forget.
There is something terribly wrong in Wolf Ridge. Every November, every teen is overwhelmed with a hunger for violence…at least, that's the urban legend.
After Wyatt Green's mother was brutally murdered last Fall, she's convinced that the November sickness plaguing Wolf Ridge isn't just a town rumor that everyone ignores…it's a palpable force infecting her neighbors. Wyatt is going to prove it, and find her mother's murderer in the process. She digs up every past brutal act she can find from Wolf Ridge's past—from car wrecks, suicides, and unnamed victims turning up in rivers—and even reaches out to an out-of-state journalist that seems to believe her. But all of her digging leads to nowhere. Everyone in Wolf Ridge accepts that the November sickness is real, and absolutely no one will talk about it.
As Wyatt's best friend Cash turns on her, and her friend is almost killed in a tragic accident, Wyatt panics—how can she keep her friends safe, and find her mother's murderer, when no one believes her?
As the evidence stars to disappear, Wyatt wonders: is she just imagining everything? Is the sickness real, or are the people of Wolf Ridge just naturally prone to doing bad things?
Can Wyatt and her friends come out of the Violent Season unscathed, or is one of them going to be the next victim?
"Holy sh....... Can I just say that? Can that be the review? Technically yes, but I **NEED** to say that this is without a doubt and by far one of the best books I have read this year!"—Brittney Green, Netgalley Reviewer
"A freaking INCREDIBLE debut for Sara Walters. I have not felt this pull to a book in a hot minute. PREORDER IT, ADD IT TO YOUR TBR, AND WAIT IMPATIENTLY FOR OCTOBER BECAUSE THIS BOOK WAS ★★★★★"—Tiffany Clark, Netgalley Reviewer
"Be prepared to be captivated after the first sentence."—Rachel Milburn, Netgalley Reviewer
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Every November in Wolf Ridge, Vt., the townspeople are "suddenly overwhelmed with a hunger for violence"—proven by a yearslong streak of unexplainable accidents, injuries, suicides, and suspicious deaths. At least that's what self-proclaimed "diamond tough" 16-year-old Wyatt Green believes ever since her mother was murdered by an unknown assailant last November. Grieving and adrift, Wyatt spends her time desperately yearning for her best friend and unrequited love Cash Peters, who lost his mother to suicide two Novembers ago; he attempts to dissuade her from her theory amid their endless nights of smoking, drinking, and having occasional inebriated sex. But when a partnered English project throws Wyatt together with caramel-haired Porter Dawes, the school rich kid and golden boy—whom Cash just so happens to despise—Wyatt finds herself gaining much-needed perspective, and the power Cash holds over her fading, culminating in not-unexpected tragedy. Readers sensitive to violence and sexual assault may wish to steer clear, and occasionally predictable beats paired with an ambiguous ending may disappoint some. Still, those seeking a dark mystery will find much to appreciate in Walters's sharp, atmospheric prose and distinctly drawn cued-white cast. Ages 14–up.
Customer Reviews
Love!!
I love this book!!! I didn’t know who it could’ve been until the end, kept me on the edge of my seat for plot twists. I love the chemistry between Wyatt and Porter and how realistic everything is. 100/10