The Violent Season

By Sara Walters

Book Overview

The unputdownable debut thriller you will never forget.

There is something terribly wrong in Wolf Ridge. Every November, every teen is overwhelmed with a hunger for violence...at least, that's the urban legend.

After Wyatt Green's mother was brutally murdered last Fall, she's convinced that the November sickness plaguing Wolf Ridge isn't just a town rumor that everyone ignores...it's a palpable force infecting her neighbors. Wyatt is going to prove it, and find her mother's murderer in the process. She digs up every past brutal act she can find from Wolf Ridge's past--from car wrecks, suicides, and unnamed victims turning up in rivers--and even reaches out to an out-of-state journalist that seems to believe her. But all of her digging leads to nowhere. Everyone in Wolf Ridge accepts that the November sickness is real, and absolutely no one will talk about it.

As Wyatt's best friend Cash turns on her, and her friend is almost killed in a tragic accident, Wyatt panics--how can she keep her friends safe, and find her mother's murderer, when no one believes her?

As the evidence stars to disappear, Wyatt wonders: is she just imagining everything? Is the sickness real, or are the people of Wolf Ridge just naturally prone to doing bad things?

Can Wyatt and her friends come out of the Violent Season unscathed, or is one of them going to be the next victim?

"Holy sh....... Can I just say that? Can that be the review? Technically yes, but I **NEED** to say that this is without a doubt and by far one of the best books I have read this year "--Brittney Green, Netgalley Reviewer

"A freaking INCREDIBLE debut for Sara Walters. I have not felt this pull to a book in a hot minute. PREORDER IT, ADD IT TO YOUR TBR, AND WAIT IMPATIENTLY FOR OCTOBER BECAUSE THIS BOOK WAS ★★★★★"--Tiffany Clark, Netgalley Reviewer

"Be prepared to be captivated after the first sentence."--Rachel Milburn, Netgalley Reviewer

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1728234107
• ISBN13: 9781728234106
• Release Date: October 2021
• Publisher: Sourcebooks Fire
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.69 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 8.3"
• Age Range: 14 to 18 years
• Grade Range: Grade 9 to Postsecondary

Customer Reviews

I loved it!

By far Sara Walters writes the best of books, always has me hooked from the first pages. I was able to keep up with the book, I had the book fished within just a day. I loved the twist in the book was wrote and how well each character was able to be put into place neatly and easily able to follow. Definitely recommend this book.