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[Book Review] The Hag Witch of Tripp Creek by Somer Canon

September 14, 2020      Erica Robyn      6 Comments

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The Hag Witch of Tripp Creek by Somer Canon is a heartbreaking and totally captivating tale. Once I picked it up, I couldn’t stop reading.

While this story needs a few content warnings (child abuse, rape, and domestic violence being the biggest one), I will say that I thought that each element was handled wonderfully. But please know that if any of these things are triggering to you, you may want to skip this one. The author didn’t shy away from the horror of it all, but she didn’t dive to heavily into the finer details of each event either.

Let’s dive in!

My Thoughts on The Hag Witch of Tripp Creek by Somer Canon

When a couple moves away from the city in order to decrease the amount of stress in their lives, they learn that one of their neighbors is rumored to be a witch.

Refusing to allow rumor and prejudices influence her, Dawna heads right to the witches home to introduce herself. Upon meeting the neighbor, Suzanne, Dawna and Suzanne become fast friends.

Over time, Suzanna tells her haunting story to Dawna…

While this story centered upon the couple and their personal lives and struggles, the heart of the story lay with Suzanne and her past. The message? Even the best of intentions can have disastrous consequences, and those consequences can spill over and infect the lives of others.

My goodness, the characters in this story! I really felt for them. The unfairness of some situations is just too much. Put in the same place that Suzanne found herself in, I can’t say I would have taken a different route.

There is so much more that I would love to say about this one, but I don’t want to give any of the plot away!

On a last note, I will just say… THAT ENDING! God I love endings like this! While on one hand it leave the story open to a follow up if the author wanted to do so, it’s also perfectly satisfying as it lets the reader imagine what could happen next.

My Favorite Passages from The Hag Witch of Tripp Creek

This house looked like it had made friends with the wildness that ruled the area and was allowed a space in which to snuggle in, not disturbing anything, but not being overgrown either. 

The world is cruel enough without people having to add to it, you know?

The next several hours faded into a haze so thick but the only thing that Dawna could comprehend was the pain spreading through her whole being, like venom traveling through her veins with every twist of her heart.

Gray skies look down on the skeletal fingers of the tall trees, pointed and lonely without the verdant greens of their foliage.

My Final Thoughts on The Hag Witch of Tripp Creek

This is one that I highly recommend just diving into! Somer Canon’s writing style will hook you from the start and draw you deeper and deeper into the story as it goes along.

I really enjoyed that this had a peaceful and friendly start, but quickly jumped back into the past and got very dark. I loved that it was organized as a story within a story as it gave the readers more insight into the rumored witch that Dawna had become so close with.

This one is just screaming for an adaptation!


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Thanks for reading!

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  1. Priscilla Bettis says

    September 14, 2020 at 7:32 am

    The passages you picked out are beautiful or thought-provoking or both. That book cover is awesome. Good review!

    Reply
    • Erica Robyn says

      September 14, 2020 at 8:51 pm

      <3 The cover is so stunning!!

      Reply
  2. Paige Schildkamp says

    September 14, 2020 at 8:43 am

    Sounds like this was really good – glad you enjoyed it so much! Also, the colors in that cover are so striking. It’s lovely.

    Reply
    • Erica Robyn says

      September 14, 2020 at 8:50 pm

      It sure was!! This author is quickly becoming an auto-buy for me! And I am obsessed with that cover!

      Reply
  3. ShootingStarsMag says

    September 15, 2020 at 10:21 am

    Heartbreaking, huh? Glad to hear you really loved this!

    Reply
    • Erica Robyn says

      September 16, 2020 at 6:17 pm

      VERY!!!

      Reply

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