In the Hour of Crows, Dana Elmendorf
In the Hour of Crows, Dana Elmendorf
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In the Hour of Crows

Author: Dana Elmendorf

Narrator: Brittany Pressley, Adam Gold

Unabridged: 8 hr 44 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 06/04/2024


Synopsis

"In the Hour of Crows enthralls like a delicious dark spell.”
—Glendy Vanderah, bestselling author of Where the Forest Meets the Stars

In a small town in Appalachia, people paint their doorways blue to keep spirits away. Black ferns grow where death will follow. And Weatherly Opal Wilder is a Death Talker.

When called upon, she can talk the death out of the dying and save their lives—only once, never twice. But this truly unique gift comes at a price, rooting Weatherly to people who only want her around when they need her and resent her unfamiliar ways when they don’t.

Weatherly’s cousin Adaire also has a gift: she’s a Scryer and can see the future reflected back in dark surfaces. Right before she is killed in an accident, Adaire saw something unnerving, and that’s why Weatherly believes she was murdered—never thinking for a moment that it was an accident. But when Weatherly, for the first time, is unable to talk the death out of the mayor’s son, the whole town suspects she is out for revenge, that she wouldn’t save him.

With the help of clues Adaire left behind and her family’s Granny Witch recipe box, Weatherly sets out to find the truth behind her cousin’s death, whatever it takes.

Imbued with magic, witchery, and suspense, Dana Elmendorf’s In the Hour of Crows is a thrilling tale of friendship, identity, and love.

About Dana Elmendorf

Dana Elmendorf is a YA author making her adult debut. Anative Tennessean, she lives in Southern California with her family.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Jasmine

Interesting read and audiobook. I haven't read anything quite like this book yet so it's a unique idea. The narrator did a good job. This story followed Weatherly. She can talk to death so that death can leave someone's body and go into hers. But her body doesn't have cancer or any sickness so she v......more

**𝑨𝑹𝑪 𝑹𝒆𝒗𝒊𝒆𝒘** 𝑰𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑯𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒐𝒇 𝑪𝒓𝒐𝒘𝒔 𝒃𝒚 𝑫𝒂𝒏𝒂 𝑬𝒍𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒅𝒐𝒓𝒇 Release Date: June 6, 2023 5⭐️0🌶 This book is perfect for all fans of Where the Crawdads Sing, The Coven, Practical Magic, and Fried Green Tomatoes. This book brought me to the wilds of the Appalachian mountains, where the magic of the deep mountain......more

When this book promised magic, witchery and suspense in Appalachia; I was immediately on board. I ended up being frustrated and confused for the majority of the book. The characters are underdeveloped and unlikeable. The plot was difficult to follow and left me unsatisfied and confused. The story wou......more