Book Review: Hex by Thomas Olde Heuvelt
Wow! Holy. Freaking. Cow. This was my reaction as I finished this book. Hex, by Thomas Olde Heuvelt, tells the story of the small town of Black Springs, which is inhabited by a 350-year-old witch. Her eyes and mouth are sewn shut, and she's shackled by chains, yet she still gets around. Quite a lot. She appears at different places all over town, in people's homes and the grocery store. Sometimes she walks around, hobbles is the more correct term, and other times she just stands there. For hours. Days sometimes. All of the residents know about her. They're also cursed and cannot leave. Once, someone snipped one of the stitches on her mouth, and she was then able to barely whisper. When anyone hears this whispering, they go mad and commit suicide. And there's even an organization, under the supervision of West Point, called Hex which tracks her location, keeping it updated on the iPhone app everyone in town has. There are rules. Outsiders can never know about her