I loved so many things about this novel: the insider’s look at life in a medieval Benedictine abbey, the encounters with magical beings, the eerie perils of Whistling Hollow, and, most of all, the truth behind the aforementioned mystery. He frees the hob and soon enough is thrust into a gripping conflict involving a leper on a quest, a war between Fey kingdoms, and a faith-related mystery. When the creature speaks to him, Will knows he’s stumbled upon something strange and magical. One day when collecting wood in the forest, he encounters a creature caught in a trap. The story revolves around fourteen-year-old Will, an orphan taken in (and put to work) by the monks of Crowfield Abbey. Though it’s not a horror story, it does offer chills and thrills fitting for Halloween. Early this month I listened to Ric Jerrom’s exquisite voice performance of Pat Walsh’s The Crowfield Curse while driving home from Iowa, and nothing I’ve read since has topped it.
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