Review: Salem's Fury by Aaron Galvin

by Claire Rees

Salem's Fury continues on from Salem's Vengeance (read my review), book one of Aaron Galvin's Vengeance Trilogy, and I was anxious to find out what happened to Sarah and her family after defeating the witch from book one. They have since been adopted into a Native American tribe they now call their family. With Rebecca now all grown up, they are happy with their new lives. Rebecca has taken to this new life extremely well, becoming a skilled hunter and warrior and adopting the tribe’s beliefs. But the witches have not yet had their fill of revenge on the family and come after them once again. Many lives are lost which causes fury in Rebecca who proves herself worthy to go to war over and over in this book. Her strength is amazing. I very much enjoyed the book and was sad that it ended; I could have easily read another book full of this story and look forward to reading book three to see how it all ends.

The way Salem's Fury is written is very clever and it is how I would imagine the Native Americans to speak and live and act at that time. Galvin captures the concept of the tribe being at one with nature by them having shamans and traditions involving deep sleeps and being able to hunt and gather food amazingly well.

Even though it does have a few references to the past you do not have to have read Salem's Vengenace to read this book. I would recommend Salem's Fury to all who love a good fictional history book which includes witches. There is a bit of fighting and death but it also shows love and kindness and proves that you do not have to share blood to be family.

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Book Info:

available formats: ebook and print (260 pages)

published: April 2015 

ISBN13: 978-1508942511

genres: historical fiction, thriller

read: April 2015

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Review: Salem's Vengeance by Aaron Galvin (@aarongalvin5)

by Claire Rees

A terrifying tale of witchcraft and revenge!

As a lover of all things paranormal/supernatural I was super excited when Aaron Galvin asked me to review Salem's Vengeance. I have always been interested in Salem and it's horrible past and was eager to see this author's story about it.

Sarah lives a simple farm life with her family but has now taken to dancing in the woods with her three friends for fun and to ease the boredom of her daily chores. Little do they know that there is nothing innocent about this dance and that something a lot more sinister hides in the shadows; but not for long. They are soon joined by strangers from out of town to dance and her two friends take a special powder that is offered to them. Scared by what they see, Sarah and her friend Emma leave the dance early and promise to not attend again. When her friends start to act strangely, as if possessed and her father gets involved Sarah is scared to find out that her father is not who he claims to be and now people from his past in Salem have come back to seek vengeance. They must now try to fight off the witches and the savages they have sent for Sarah. 

There are many losses with few gains in the book, some of which shocked me but in my opinion made the book that much better.

Salem's Vengeance by Aaron Galvin has lots of fear and suspense with lots of action and well kept secrets. The characters and story line are so well written it is very easy to lose yourself in it. I recommend this book to all who have an interest in witchcraft and the Salem trials.

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Book info
ebook
Published: July 2014 by Aames & Abernathy
ISBN13: 9781500375256
Source: Author
Read: August 2014



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