‘The saint’ is the best of their generation, chosen because they are good person, which makes sense as far as sacrifices go. Every seven years a young man from the village will be selected as the sacrifice, or what they call ‘the saint’, to be taken by ‘the devil’ and fulfill the agreement. This is sort of a dark fantasy about a village where everyone is healthy and the crops never fail due to a deal made with ‘the devil’, a strange creature that inhabits the surrounding woods, many generations ago. I loved the characters, the writing style was my type of thing, and there was weird stuff happening which I can almost always get behind. Here we go with my usual refrain of ‘this was such a weird book and I totally loved it’. But the devil these friends find is not the one they expect, and the lies they uncover will turn their town-and their hearts-inside out. Only this year, the Slaughter Moon has risen early.īound by duty, secrets, and the love they share for one another, Mairwen, a spirited witch Rhun, the expected saint and Arthur, a restless outcast, will each have a role to play as the devil demands a body to fill the bargain. Long ago, a village made a bargain with the devil: to ensure their prosperity, when the Slaughter Moon rises, the village must sacrifice a young man into the depths of the Devil’s Forest.
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