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The Haunting of Velkwood
The Haunting of Velkwood | Gwendolyn Kiste
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From Bram Stoker Awardwinning author Gwendolyn Kiste comes a chilling novel about three childhood friends who miraculously survive the night everyone in their suburban hometown turned into ghostsperfect for fans of Yellowjackets. The Velkwood Vicinity was the topic of occult theorists, tabloid one-hour documentaries, and even some pseudo-scientific investigations as the block of homes disappeared behind a near-impenetrable veil that only three survivors could enterand only one has in the past twenty years, until now. Talitha Velkwood has avoided anything to do with the tragedy that took her mother and eight-year-old sister, drifting from one job to another, never settling anywhere or with anyone, feeling as trapped by her past as if she was still there in the small town she so desperately wanted to escape from. When a new researcher tracks her down and offers to pay her to come back to enter the vicinity, Talitha claims shes just doing it for the money. Of all the crackpot theories over the years, no one has discovered what happened the night Talitha, her estranged, former best friend Brett, and Grace, escaped their homes twenty years ago. Will she finally get the answers shes been looking for all these years, or is this just another dead end? Award-winning author Gwendolyn Kiste has created a suburban ghost story about a small town that trapped three young women who must confront the past if theyre going to have a future.
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DeeLew
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I have to thank @Nessavamusic again for the #HHS gifts. The books you chose were not only on the top of my wishlist, but also included signed book plates?! And gorgeous bookmarks! Love!!!

Nessavamusic You are so welcome! 1mo
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DeeLew
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@Nessavamusic you are awesome!! I absolutely LOVE everything. So many cool things that I feel like a kid at Christmas. Thank you so much!! 😃🎃🖤 Thank you @wanderinglynn for organizing this again. I‘m off to look at my books and eat candy. 😁🎃 #HHS24

DeeLew Litsy cut off part of the photo so you can‘t see everything. The haul is even better than pictured 🙂 2mo
Nessavamusic Yay I‘m hope you enjoy! Happy Halloween 🎃 2mo
wanderinglynn Awesome! 🖤🎃🧡👻 2mo
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Twainy
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Talitha, Brett & Grace were college age when they escaped Velkwood street before it slipped beyond the veil.

For 20 years everyone from serious researchers to ghost hunters have investigated the phenomenon & hounded the girls for interviews.

Secrets, a significant haunting, creepiness & a forbidden sapphic romance that‘s a significant subplot which leads to a satisfying ending.

This would be a good book to add to an October TBR!

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️1/2

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Beachesnbooks
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June wrap-up!
🥇The Haunting of Velkwood
🥈Going Bicoastal
🥉Late Bloomer

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AmandaBlaze
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What makes a haunting? 20 years ago, an entire street disappears with only 3 girls escaping. This book takes a unique look at the haunted house trope. How someone can be haunted as much by grief and loss as something supernatural. 4 out of 5 stars.
#ReadAway2024 #ReadYourKindle
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DieAReader 🥳Great! 7mo
CBee Sounds like a good one 👏🏻 7mo
AmandaBlaze @CBee It was! 7mo
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candc320
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Another amazing listen! This was not at all what I was expecting. It truly is such a unique premise about a street where the actual homes and most of its residents seem to have disappeared (or have they?) and the few residents who weren‘t at home are trying to figure out what happened. It‘s also a tender look at love and loss and the secrets we hide from even ourselves. I‘ll be thinking about this one for a while! 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟

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BeeMagical
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Book 35📚 4⭐️

Such a unique take on a haunting, definitely not like any I have read before.

Something happened the night Brett, Grace and Talitha left town… and it wasn‘t just that the entire street started to vanish. Stuck between dead and alive, no one has entered Velkwood Street in 20 years, until now.

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ReadingOver50
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20 years ago 3 girls escaped from a neighborhood that disappeared into a ghost realm. It is still visible to outsiders but no one can enter except these girls. Now Talitha has been offered money to return.
This book is loaded with secrets and mystery. As childhood memories are dredged up, we learn the truth about what happened 20 years ago. I was very interested to learn what happened in Velkwood. A unique and creepy story.

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AmandaBlaze
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1. Tagged. Creepy new author.
2. Lost Man's Lane by Scott Carson (AKA Michael Koryta)
3. Carol Goodman or Jennifer McMahon
#WondrousWednesday
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Eggs Great post!! 8mo
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