My Throat an Open Grave

By: Tori Bovalino, Kevin L. Clay - editor, Kevin Lawrence Henry Jr. - editor

Narrated by: Lindsey Dorcus

Growing up in the small town of Winston, Pennsylvania feels like drowning. Leah goes to church every Sunday, works when she isn't at school, and takes care of her baby brother, Owen. Like every girl in Winston, she tries to be right and good and holy. If she isn't, the Lord of the Wood will take her, and she'll disappear like so many other girls before her.

But living up to the rigorous standards of the town takes its toll. One night, when Owen won't stop screaming, Leah wishes him away, and the Lord listens. The screaming stops, and all that's left in the crib is a small bundle of sticks tied with a ribbon.

Filled with shame and the weight of the town's judgment, Leah is forced to cross the river into the Lord of the Wood's domain to bring Owen back. But the devilish figure who has haunted Winston for generations isn't what she expects. He tells her she can have her brother back—for the price of a song. A song that Leah will have one month to write.

It's a bargain that will uncover secrets her hometown has tried to keep buried for decades. And what she unearths will have her questioning everything she's been taught to fear.

©2024 Tori Bovalino (P)2024 Tantor

It caught my imagination

really good book 10/10 recommend the author Tori Bovalino caught my attention in everything and the main character Leah also too, I couldn't put the book down. I hope for maybe second book telling us more

Cringe writing , unsubtle, trope-y

Oh my god it was so predictable I had to force myself not to dnf. The first like chapter is okay but after that…once the story really gets started…my least fav book of the year