Daughters Unto Devils

Amy Lukavics — 2015

"Imagine Stephen King writing Little House on the Prairie and you'll get the chilling, mind-bending horrors of Amy Lukavics's haunting and powerful debut novel." -- Cat Winters, Morris Award Finalist for In the Shadow of Blackbirds When sixteen-year-old Amanda Verner's family decides to move from their small mountain cabin to the vast prairie, she hopes it is her chance for a fresh start. She can leave behind the memory of the past winter; of her sickly ma giving birth to a baby sister who cries endlessly; of the terrifying visions she saw as her sanity began to slip, the victim of cabin fever; and most of all, the memories of the boy she has been secretly meeting with as a distraction from her pain. The boy whose baby she now carries. When the Verners arrive at their new home, a large cabin abandoned by its previous owners, they discover the inside covered in blood. And as the days pass, it is obvious to Amanda that something isn't right on the prairie. She's heard stories of lands being tainted by evil, of men losing their minds and killing their families, and there is something strange about the doctor and his son who live in the woods on the edge of the prairie. But with the guilt and shame of her sins weighing on her, Amanda can't be sure if the true evil lies in the land, or deep within her soul. More Praise "[An] intensely creepy debut....There is no happy ending here and horror, and spine-tingler readers, will relish Lukavics's tale right down to the last terrifying page." -- School Library Journal "An old-fashioned ghost story plays on primal fears...." -- Kirkus Reviews "A creepy read that mashes Laura Ingalls Wilder's prairie purity with Stephen King's most frightful horror." -- Booklist "Deeply disturbing, truly riveting and highly recommended." --Jonathan Maberry, New York Times bestselling author of Rot & Ruin and The Nightsiders "Daughters unto Devils is basically Little Hell House on the Prairie." -- Grady Hendrix, author of Horrorstor: a Novel "Dark, dangerous, and creepily atmospheric. This is classic horror at its best." -- Gretchen McNeil, author of Ten and the "Don't Get Mad" series

Reviews

Melissa Palmer@melissapalmer404

Nov 5, 2023

Book #111 Read in 2016 Daughters Unto Devils by Amy Lukavics I enjoyed this author's creepy good book The Women in the Walls so I decided to try this one and was not disappointed. This was like a Little House on the Prairie ghost story. Amanda and her family move to an abandoned house which will be bigger than their original house. But the house has blood stains everywhere. Turns out bad things happened in that house....will the pattern be repeated with Amanda's family? This was a good, quick read and perfect for near Halloween. High school readers and adult readers will enjoy it.

Caroline Lewicki@clewicki20

Jan 30, 2022

(view spoiler)[ Ooh I love a good unreliable narrator! (hide spoiler)] This book was chilling and I really enjoyed it! After meeting Amy Lukavics at a conference, I felt like I needed to pick up everything she's ever written and I don't regret it! Daughters Unto Devils is a quick, creepy read with a little twist of historical fiction that would be fun for anyone interested in horror to read.

Mia@itsmia

Dec 6, 2021

So creepy. Wow.

Zoe Smolen@booksatlunch

Oct 20, 2021

I'm trying to decide what was the downfall of this book to me. Would I have liked it more if I had read it instead of listening to the audio book? Or was it just boring? The story has a lot of potential, and some parts were great. But this was a 5 part audiobook, and I didn't find it interesting until part five.