Part of How to Hang a Witch
First published 2017
Samantha Mather survived a curse tied to the Salem Witch Trials once before. She thought that was behind her. Then the dreams started. Night after night, Sam walks the first-class decks of the Titanic, surrounded by passengers she recognizes, including her own aunt and uncle. When she wakes up, strange messages connected to the ship keep appearing, and she starts seeing visions of people who never made it off the boat. The dreams grow more vivid. The pull grows stronger. Sam realizes something is actively drawing her deeper into that sinking ship, and if she can't figure out who is behind it, she may not wake up at all. She teams up with the Descendants and Elijah to break the spell before her fate becomes indistinguishable from the passengers already lost at the bottom of the Atlantic. The sequel to the number one New York Times bestseller How to Hang a Witch, this novel carries an extra layer of weight: the author's own relatives survived the Titanic's real voyage.
Genres: mystery, fantasy, horror, supernatural, young-adult, historical-fantasy
Vibes: atmospheric, dark, eerie, fast-paced, haunting, suspenseful
Tropes: curse-breaking, found-family, paranormal-mystery, sequel
Setting: Salem, Titanic, Atlantic Ocean
Period: Salem Witch Trials, 1912 (Titanic sinking)
344 pages · Kindle Edition · Knopf Books for Young Readers
Content warnings: death