I've wanted to read Perfectly Preventable Deaths by Deirdre Sullivan ever since I first heard about it, in a tweet about three witchy, Irish books coming out this year (including Other Words for Smoke by Sarah Maria Griffin and All the Bad Apples by Moïra Fowley Doyle). Trigger/Content Warnings: Anxiety, animal death, purposely injuring an animal, animal sacrifice, mentions of child grooming and paedophilia, homophobia (specifically against lesbians), gory, visceral descriptions of dead bodies and mortal injuries, abusive relationship, domestic violence, and murder. For fans of Frances Hardinge and Laure Eve. When Catlin falls into the gravest danger of all, Madeline must ask herself who she really is, and who she wants to be - or rather, who she might have to become to save her sister.ĭark and otherworldly, this is an enthralling story about the bond between sisters and the sacrifices we make for those we care about the most. Not only foxes, owls and crows, but also supernatural beings who for many generations have congregated here to escape persecution. Sixteen-year-old twins Madeline and Catlin move to a new life in Ballyfrann, a strange isolated town, a place where, for the last sixty years, teenage girls have gone missing in the surrounding mountains.Īs distance grows between the twins - as Catlin falls in love, and Madeline begins to understand her own nascent witchcraft - Madeline discovers that Ballyfrann is a place full of predators. Perfectly Preventable Deaths by Deirdre Sullivan Published: 13th June 2019 | Publisher: Hot Key Books | Cover Illustrator: Elsa Klever | Source: PublisherĮveryone in Ballyfrann has a secret, and that is what binds them together…
I was sent this proof for free by Hot Key Books for the purposes of providing an honest review.
Notice things before they start to happen. And Madeline knows she has to keep watch. Learning that magic isn't mindfulness and hats. Now, the girls are making their strange new lives: Catlin, haunted by what happened to her, is isolated and bereft Madeline is learning ancient magics under the tutelage of local wise woman Mamó. Catlin has already fallen foul of one such creature - a dark, vicious predator who almost killed her - and only Madeline giving up a part of her own soul was able to bring Catlin back from the brink of death. Ballyfran is a village where, for centuries, people who are not quite human have gathered.
What else could go wrong?Ĭatlin and Madeline are extraordinary sisters, living extraordinary lives - in a place that seems entirely ordinary, but which in fact seethes with secrets, both sacred and sinister. The utterly compelling and darkly magical sequel to award-winning author Deirdre Sullivan's PERFECTLY PREVENTABLE DEATHS
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