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[Book Review] Little Eve by Catriona Ward & Wide Awake Sea Salt Caramel Coffee
Little Eve is a dark, gothic tale of two sisters, raised in a small secret doomsday cult off the coast of Scotland, on the isolated isle of Altnaharra, and the events leading to, and aftermath of, a bloody reckoning that leaves only one survivor on the island.
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