The Fifth Petal (Book Review)

I have always been interested in the Salem Witch Trials because of my family history.So when I had the chance to read "The Fifth Petal" by Bruonia Barry I was ecstatic. The book synopsis is:

When a teenage boy dies suspiciously on Halloween night, Salem’s chief of police, John Rafferty, now married to gifted lace reader Towner Whitney, wonders if there is a connection between his death and Salem’s most notorious cold case, a triple homicide dubbed “The Goddess Murders,” in which three young women, all descended from accused Salem witches, were slashed on Halloween night in 1989. He finds unexpected help in Callie Cahill, the daughter of one of the victims newly returned to town. Neither believes that the main suspect, Rose Whelan, respected local historian, is guilty of murder or witchcraft. 

But exonerating Rose might mean crossing paths with a dangerous force. Were the women victims of an all-too-human vengeance, or was the devil raised in Salem that night? And if they cannot discover what truly happened, will evil rise again?

I wish I could say that I fully enjoyed the book, but I found it really slow to get started. It wasn't until I was about 80-100 pages in that I really got into the book. Overall I would rate the book 3 stars because it does a good job in relating the story of what happened in 1989 with what happened in the year 2014.

I received this book from Blogging for Books for this review."