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When April Fischer was five, the voice from the well told her to fly.

Ever since April survived the strange and brutal massacre at the Copperton mine twelve years ago, she has been in the spotlight. At first, as the subject of internet urban legend. Then, as a horror movie inspiration. And most frighteningly, as the darling of a cult that believes that on her seventeenth birthday she will come into universe-altering power.

April has unanswered questions about what really went down at the mine—most of all, what happened to her father, the foreman on the drill site, who disappeared on that day. Until the week before her birthday, when she is given a collection of documents and the words He’s alive.

As April uncovers more about her childhood at the mine, the cultists’ beliefs don’t feel as impossible as she once thought, and she begins to hope that she truly can bring her father back. But even though she never wants to go near the edge of the open-pit mine again, there are forces in Copperton who want to see her fail . . . or watch her fly.

Short and Sweet Review

When April was five she heard a voice from the well telling her she could fly, but that was also the same time the massacre at Copperton Mine occurred. The Massacre was strange and brutal and to this day April isn’t 100% sure what happened that day, but since then she’s become an urban legend and there’s wikipedia pages and movies about that incident and her. There’s also a cult that believes when April turns 17 she’ll get some kind of power that will allow her to bring back the people who died that day. April gets some documents and one of them leads her to believe her father is alive and April begins to hear that voice in her head again and she starts to look into what happened.

When I first requested this book I think I was attracted to the cover and I didn’t read this book until a few months after my request to read it was granted, so I didn’t remember much about the premise. I kind of went into it blind and I still ended up enjoying the book. I like how when we meet April she’s just a few days shy of her 17th birthday and this is a big deal because there’s a cult that thinks on her 17th birthday April is going to get some kind of power. All of this goes back to the incident that took place at the mine 12 years ago. This book takes place in a small town and a lot o weird things happen in small towns and the massacre is one of them, but its also weird that people would try to blame 5 year old April for it. April doesn’t remember much about that day but because some people are so fixated with the idea that she can bring people back and telling her that her father is alive she begins to question what happened that day and if she truly has the power to open a portal and bring back the dead. Far fetched? Absolutely, but not unusual for small towns and people in cults. This book is around 400 pages which I was surprised by because it didn’t feel long when I was reading it, it ended up being a relatively quick read. I enjoyed seeing April do more research on the incident and seeing her grip on reality slowly unravel and towards the end coming back. Towards the end we get a few more POVs and it was good to see what other characters were experiencing.

Overall, I enjoyed The Deep Well, it almost has a twilight zone kind of vibe about it. The mystery about the well was interesting and the cult just made things creepier. I would recommend this book especially if you’re into mysteries that take place in small towns.