A queer feminist spin on Stephen King’s The Mist this ode to female-rage is a perfect pick
for fans of She Is a Haunting and a reminder that if "boys will be boys" girls will fight
back. For high school senior Nell and her friends a vacation house on a private Florida island
sounds like the makings of a dream spring break. But Nell brings secrets with her—secrets that
fuse with the island' s tragic history trapping them all with a curse that surrounds the
island in a toxic vengeful mist and the surrounding waters with an unseen devouring beast.
Getting out alive means risking her friendships her sanity and even her own life. In order to
save herself and her friends Nell will have to face memories she' d rather leave behind
reveal the horrific truth behind the encounter that changed her life one year ago and face the
shadow that' s haunted her since childhood. Easier said than done. But when Nell' s
friends reveal that they each brought secrets of their own a solution even more dangerous than
the curse begins to take shape. Reading like a YA feminist spin on Stephen King’s The Mist So
Witches We Became is a diverse queer horror about female friendship the emotional aftermath
of surviving assault and how to find power in the shadows of your past. Step into your
witchy power or be swallowed by the curse–the choice is yours.
