It's the summer of 1996 and Frankie and Zeke are 16, awkward, and bored to tears. There's not a lot to do in their small town of Coalfield, especially for a couple of kids that are more interested in art and writing than drinking and sunning by the public pool. But on one hot afternoon, they create a flyer with two cryptic sentences and some creepy imagery, and decide to start hanging up copies around town. Before long, the whole town is confused and convinced that there's a satanic cult taking over the tiny Tennessee town.
Oh, Kevin Wilson... how the heck do you write books that are so odd yet relatable and funny and somehow real? I fell in love with this author's writing in Nothing to See Here (read it, it's fantastic), and had high hopes for this one. Thankfully, my expectations were surpassed, and this is one of my favorite books of the year. So good!
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