Not my typical listen, but I picked it up based on the cover and title (and the success of previous cover pickup, The Trees). It was tantalizing in that it probably did not contain magic, only superstition, but it did have a witchy vibe that I did like. Interestingly, the author's note at the end revealed that events, places, and people by those names really did exist, though how those things existed is completely fictionalized in the book. I don't know how I feel about that. In a way, that was this book's draw - as I started to read it, I felt like it was feeding my gossip cravings, but unlike real-life gossip, it will end up with a storified, satisfying ending, and it did. I would classify it as a bit of a guilty pleasure for that, but a very pleasurable one nonetheless.