Jayme's Reviews > The Drowning Kind

BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU WISH FOR!

There was a nursery rhyme recited by the children of Brandenburg, Vermont in the 1900's.

A time when people like Ethel O'Shay, believed in Superstitions, like carrying a sparrow's egg close to your breast when trying to become pregnant.

Or, that the underground springs which fill the pool at the Brandenburg Springs Hotel can not only heal what ails you, but can also grant wishes...

People flocked to the hotel from miles around, to bathe in and drink from the Springs...ignoring the warnings, laughing about the spooky stories which claim that the Springs are cursed.

THE WATER DOES NOT GIVE WITHOUT TAKING.

Sisters- Lexie and Jax, grew up swimming in a pool, on their Grandmother's property in Vermont.

But, it was no ordinary pool.

It was one that was fed by the famous underground Springs from the area.
Made from stone and granite, filled with moss and algae, and FREEZING cold.

Their Aunt Rita lost her life in the pool at aged 7, and the girls, spurred on by Lexie, would play "The Dead Game" when in the pool- floating facedown, holding their breath, eyes OPEN, looking for a glimpse of Aunt Rita, who Lexie believes lives on, in depths of the murky water.

"She's coming for you! Coming for us, both!" Lexie would warn her sister. "Don't you hear her at night?"

SQUISH SQUISH SQUISH

Now, Jax has returned to the family home, where Lexie had been living.
Where Lexie has now mysteriously drowned after calling her estranged sister Jax, nine times.
If only, Jax had answered she may have learned what Lexie had discovered.

Now, she will need to piece together the puzzle, on her own, and hope that she can assuage her own guilt at not answering the phone.

This ATMOSPHERIC story is told from the alternating timelines of :
1929: Ethel O'Shay Monroe and 2019: Jackie (Jax).

But, THE POOL, feels like a character with a story of its own, too.
It gave me CHILLS.

If you enjoy SUPERNATURAL stories with a strong sense of FOREBODING-this one is for you!
It was UNPUTDOWNABLE for me!

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I received a gifted copy and it was my pleasure to provide a candid review!