Brom – Cannonball Read 17

Slewfoot: the devil is in the details

Slewfoot by Brom

January 17, 2024 by donttrustthe_bea 4 Comments

mood music: me and the devil – Soap&Skin I had never heard of Brom and I was unfamiliar with his work before picking up this book. I found out about this book through TikTok and was intrigued by the premise, even if it was something that was outside of my usual reading genres. Slewfoot is set in colonial New England, a few years after the Salem Witch Trials. The protagonist, Abitha, is a young woman who is a fairly recent arrival to the colonies as […]

Wouldst thou like to live deliciously?

Slewfoot: A Tale of Bewitchery by BROM

November 12, 2023 by Malin 2 Comments

Connecticut, 1666. An ancient spirit is awoken in the darkness of the wood, fed by blood and the prayers of the wild spirits name him Father and Slayer. They lure a clumsy farmer into a cave to feed him to the spirit, making young Abitha a widow. Abitha already doesn’t fit into the Puritan community with her outspoken ways and questioning of the rules. Having grown up in London, Abitha was sold by her drunken father and married off to a stranger, who thankfully turns […]

Something Wicked This Way Comes

Slewfoot by Brom

August 14, 2022 by Wanderlustful Leave a Comment

In 17th century England, Abitha’s father sells her off to pay his debts; the end result is that she is shipped off to the American colonies to become the bride of Edward, a man she has never met. Edward turns out to be kind and generous, if meek in the face of his boorish cheat of an older brother, Wallace. The Puritan community that Abitha and Edward live in expects women to be consistently timid and obedient, never heard and seen only in the pursuits […]

So is the devil a bad guy or not? Do I even care?

Slewfoot by Brom

October 22, 2021 by Mobius_Walker Leave a Comment

BINGO – The Wilds We all know this story: Puritan community in the Northeast turns on a local woman accused of witchcraft because she’s different. The woman and her husband live way on the outskirts of the village practically in the woods themselves, and the entire think them both a little off. The overall set up of this novel is not new. However what sets this story apart from others is that there isn’t unfounded hysteria. The protagonist Abitha is in fact cavorting with a […]

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