The Witch of Tin Mountain: a fight against evil and ending a curse over a mountain town

The Witch of Tin Mountain by Paulette Kennedy is a suspense story as something wicked comes to a Depression-era Arkansas mountain town. It’s 1931, Gracelynn Doherty lives peacefully with Granny and her adoptive family. Despite whispers and rumors that the women in her family are witches, the locals still seek them out for cures. Cures for everything from arthritis, stomach ailments and even broken hearts. It all starts to change when evangelist healer Josiah Bellflower comes to town touting miraculous healing, the town becomes enthralled and Granny in fear. Granny recognizes Bellflower as she made a terrible promise fifty years ago and he has returned to collect. As Granny falls ill and the mountain falls into a drought, Gracelynn learns of a curse that came over the mountain a hundred years ago. Can Gracelynn find a way to rid the town of this evil once and for all? 

The Witch of Tin Mountain has a gorgeous cover and an interesting premise. I was hooked from the open chapter and eagerly looked for clues to who or what this evil was that stalked Granny and now Gracelynn. The story was very interesting, mixing the gothic, mystical and supernatural in a haunting story of resilience and survival. There were aspects of the story that I felt were not necessary. At some points, the story ignored the main conflict of the evil Josiah Bellflower and focused on the sexual lives of the two main characters and other social issues that didn’t fit in the overall story. It simply overflowed the story with too much. The timelines jumped between 1931, 1881 and 1831 too quickly. There were moments I rolled my eyes. Overall, I was able to finish it; however, it is not a book I would read again. 

The Witch of Tin Mountain is available in paperback, eBook and audiobook