Review: The Fifth Petal by Brunonia Barry

Title: The Fifth Petal

Series: Stand-Alone

Author:  Brunonia Barry

Genre: Adult, Fiction, Mystery

Publication Date: January 24th 2017 by Crown

Format: Paperback

 Source: I received this book from the Blogging for Books program in exchange for an honest review.

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Could a witch hunt happen again in Salem?

For readers of Deborah Harkness's A Discovery of Witches, New York Times bestselling author of The Lace Reader Brunonia Barry returns to Salem with this spellbinding new thriller, a complex brew of suspense, seduction and murder.

When a teenage boy dies suspiciously on Halloween night, Salem's chief of police, John Rafferty, wonders if there is a connection between his death and Salem's most notorious cold case, a triple homicide dubbed "The Goddess Murders," in which three young women, all descended from accused Salem witches, were slashed on Halloween night in 1989. He finds unexpected help in Callie Cahill, the daughter of one of the victims newly returned to town. Neither believes that the main suspect, Rose Whelan, respected local historian, is guilty of murder or witchcraft.

But exonerating Rose might mean crossing paths with a dangerous force. Were the women victims of an all-too-human vengeance, or was the devil raised in Salem that night? And if they cannot discover what truly happened, will evil rise again? 

Ohh wow this was such an amazing and fantastic book I thoroughly loved and enjoy it so much. It is actually the first time I read a book by Brunonia Barry, but it won't be my last book that I will read by her. This book is a great book for Halloween because it is about witches and folklore. The author did amazing job going through the history of the Salam witch trail, the history of witches and folklore. I absolutely love reading the rich history of the witches and folklore, I also love the history of some of the religious background as well. They all were quite intriguing and fascinating to me to read I just couldn't get enough reading about it! I also love the fancy, delicious and rich food that the fifth petal had my mouth just water while reading the amazing food the had in this book. I don't want to go into any details about The Fifth Petal because I don't want to spoil it for anybody. But I will say the beginning chapters does start of slow because it is setting up for the plot. Which the plot line is absolutely fascinating to me that I had to read way into the wee late night just to read one more chapter, because I couldn't get enough of it. There is also a murder mystery in the plotline as well which you all know I love a great murder mystery. That I tell you I so didn't see who the culprit was at the end. I mean the clues where all in front of my face while I was reading it, but it left me guessing until the very end on who was the killer all along. And I was really surprise on who the real killer was. All the characters were all amazingly well rounded and develop I especially love Callie and Paul. I actually loved all the characters yes I also love the villains as well. The writing style was very expressive and descriptive that I just love reading every details and expressions in the fifth petal. All and all The Fifth Petal was an amazing and fantastic book for me that I can't wait to read more books by Brunonia Barry in the near future.

*** I received this book through Blogging For Books Program in exchanged for an honest review, thank you so much to Crown Publishing Group for the opportunity to read and review The Fifth Petal! ***

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Brunonia Barry is the New York Times and international best selling author of THE LACE READER, THE MAP OF TRUE PLACES, and THE FIFTH PETAL, which will be released in January 2017. Her work has been translated into more than thirty languages. She was the first American author to win the International Women’s Fiction Festival’s Baccante Award and was a past recipient of Ragdale Artists’ Colony’s Strnad Fellowship as well as the winner of New England Book Festival’s award for Best Fiction, a People Magazine Pick, and Amazon’s Best of the Month. Her reviews and articles on writing have appeared in The London Times, The Washington Post, and The Huffington Post. She is a regular contributor to Writer Unboxed. Brunonia chairs the Salem Athenaeum’s Writers’ Committee and serves on Grub Street’s Development Committee. She is the Executive Director of the Salem Lit Fest, an annual event that brings people to Salem, MA from all over the world. She lives in Salem with her husband, Gary, and their dog, Angel.