Strange Folk
Strange Folk by Alli Dyer
320 Pages
Publisher: Atria Books
Release Date: August 16, 2024
Fiction (Adult), General Fiction (Adult), Sci Fi, Fantasy, Magic, Family Dynamics
Opaline “Lee” has returned home to Appalachia after a failed marriage. Her children, Meredith and Cliff, will have to adapt. She has taken a long substitute teaching job as a way to earn money.
Her great grandmother, Belva, talks about the magic of the land. This is something Lee was never interested in learning. Now that Meredith has had her first blood, Belva presents her with her own black book to record her magic. Lee attempts to stop Meredith from learning but Meredith seeks another teacher, Redbud, Lee’s mother.
Several mysterious deaths and an attack on someone close to Lee scares her. She wants to take her children far away from this land and its people before something happens to one of them.
The story has a steady pace, the characters are developed, and it is written in the third person point of view. Parts of this book remind me of Practical Magic by Alice Hoffman. Lee is like Sally in the fact she has turned her back on her family and magic. If you like stories about magic and family dynamics, you will enjoy reading this book.
