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Eventide Kindle Edition

by Sarah Goodman (Author) Format: Kindle Edition

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Eventide is an evocative YA historical fantasy thriller by debut author Sarah Goodman, for fans of Jennifer Donnelly and Libba Bray.

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MADNESS, SECRETS, AND LIES

Wheeler, Arkansas, 1907

When their father descends into madness after the death of their mother, Verity Pruitt and her little sister Lilah find themselves on an orphan train to rural Arkansas.

In Wheeler, eleven-year-old Lilah is quickly adopted, but seventeen-year-old Verity is not. Desperate to stay close to her sister, Verity indentures herself as a farmhand. But even charming farm boy Abel Atchley can’t completely distract her from the sense that something is not quite right in this little town. Strange local superstitions abound, especially about the eerie old well at the center of the forest. The woods play tricks, unleashing heavy fog and bone-chilling cold…and sometimes visions of things that aren’t there.

But for Verity, perhaps most unsettling of all is the revelation that her own parents have a scandalous history in this very town. And as she tries to unearth the past, sinister secrets come with it—secrets that someone will go to violent lengths to protect….

A haunting tale of long-buried secrets, small-town scandal, and single-minded vengeance by talented debut novelist Sarah Goodman.

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A BEA YA Buzz Pick
A SIBA Fall Okra Pick
A Once Upon a Book Club Subscription Box Selection

“An engaging historical novel with fantastical elements.” ―School Library Jounal

“Eventide is my favorite sort of book: a pitch-perfect historical ghost story, creepy and beautiful in equal measure. I am looking forward to whatever Sarah Goodman brings us next!” ―Elizabeth C. Bunce, Morris Award-winning author

About the Author

Sarah Goodman is a former newspaper writer who lives with her husband and three children in a town of 280 people and several thousand cows. Despite growing up on a farm, she remains leery of all barnyard fowl. When she's not writing, Sarah enjoys going for runs with her dogs and drinking not-too-sweet-tea. Eventide is her first novel.

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B082RTHVCH
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Tor Teen (October 6, 2020)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ October 6, 2020
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 3613 KB
Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
Print length ‏ : ‎ 331 pages

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Greg Stanford

Entertaining

Reviewed in the United States on January 26, 2021

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Bought this book for my daughter, as she likes the southern-gothic genre, and this filled the bill. I know because I read it also and though I normally read non-fiction, this was an entertaining and brisk break from the Churchill tomes I had been reading! Good story that flows well and kept me turning the pages until I finished it.

Reviewed in the United States on January 23, 2021

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A recommended reading from a favorite author, J.T. Ellis and, of course, it is excellent. No summary or spoilers here. Simply know this author’s voice evokes 1907 Arkansas and its characters such that I would look up from reading and blink a few times to remind myself I am in 2021 in Arizona and not in a hot humid summer of Arkansas.

Reviewed in the United States on November 4, 2020

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Just finished this book! I have to say one of the best books I have read in a while. Once I was hooked I couldn’t stop. I read the majority of it in one day! There were places where I thought I just knew what was going to happen and man a twist would come out of no where.

I enjoyed this so much. I can’t want to see what Sarah comes up with next!

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eerie and atmospheric

Reviewed in the United States on October 6, 2020

Seventeen-year-old Verity Pruitt knows she is perfectly capable of caring for herself and her younger sister, Lilah. But after her father's very public descent into madness, The Children's Benevolent Society is far less certain.

In June, 1907 Verity and Lilah are sent west on an orphan train to Wheeler, Arkansas where eleven-year-old Lilah is quickly adopted and just as quickly begins to adapt to her new circumstances.

Verity does not. Desperate to stay close to her sister, Verity signs on as an indentured farmhand to an elderly couple where she soon learns that her aspirations of attending medical school have done little to prepare her for the manual labor of farm life despite her kind employers and their charismatic nephew, Abel. Worse, Verity's plan to get herself and Lilah back to New York seems more impossible every day.

Folks in Wheeler are friendly enough but local superstitions, a strange aversion to the neighboring woods, and even Lilah's mysterious new adoptive mother all suggest that something is wrong in this small town.

As Verity learns more about Wheeler and her own parents' history with the place, long-buried secrets threaten to once again send Verity adrift--or worse in Eventide (2020) by Sarah Goodman.

Eventide is Goodman's debut novel.

Evocative prose and snippets of fairytale-like passages come together to bring both Wheeler and its mysterious past to life. Verity's obstinate pragmatism contrasts well with this western gothic's small town superstitions and secrets. While Verity is rash--often jumping to conclusions readers may realize are wrong before she does herself--her heart is in the right place and her compassion as she tries to protect her sister and her new friends shines through on every page.

Eventide is an atmospheric, spooky story filled with old secrets and ghosts. A meditative, melancholy story where nothing is quite what it seems. Recommended for readers looking to unearth old ghosts in an atmospheric and sometimes bittersweet setting.

Possible Pairings: Midnight at the Electric by Jodi Lynn Anderson, Blackfin Sky by Kat Ellis, Strange Grace by Tessa Gratton, All the Wind in the World by Samantha Mabry, 13 Doorways, Wolves Behind Them All by Laura Ruby, Midwinterblood by Marcus Sedgwick, All the Crooked Saints by Maggie Stiefvater, A Treason of Thorns by Laura E. Weymouth

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Jill Buie

Good to the very last drop.

Reviewed in the United States on January 20, 2021

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I must say that this book is captivating from the very first chapter until the very end!! It is a page turner with such a brilliant/well thought out plot. This book gave all the feels from lovey dovey to spooky. Do yourself a favor and BUY IT! Then buy it for a friend. You will not be disappointed.

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Lots of great twists and turns !

Reviewed in the United States on October 8, 2020

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This book was amazing. I am usually pretty good about figuring out how a book or a tv show will end pretty early on. This book had so many exciting twists and turns I didn’t see coming.

Reviewed in the United States on November 20, 2020

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It kept me wanting to keep reading to see what was going to happen next! Had a good mix of a little of everything in it! Very well written & easy to follow! Loved it!

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Tammy Winters

Intriguing and Suspenseful

Reviewed in the United States on January 14, 2021

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This book had me hooked from the beginning and was never predictable. Even the ending surprised me! Even though written for young adults I found it very interesting with just the right amount of intrigue. I can only hope there will be a follow up soon!

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