The Enemy's Table

by Charlotte Woollard

Beryl Wesley is uprooted from her home in Northwest Arkansas in the middle of her junior year in high school and is transplanted in a small town in Southeast Wisconsin, where there have been three suicides in the past few months, all teenage girls. Her overwhelming attraction to Holden Henry, a beautiful boy who is shrouded in secrets and rumors, draws her into the middle of a battle that goes beyond the human realm. She becomes haunted by a mysterious dark figure and is constantly fighting thoughts of suicide. She eventually has to decide whether to save herself or end the trouble in Lake Mantua, and ultimately has to choose between her own life and the life of the one she loves.

358 pages, ebook

First published June 29, 2014

Reviews

[Mark · Rating 5 out of 5]

Ok, so this is my wife's book, and of course I'm gonna say it's great. But I really think the rest of you will too after you read it. This book has everything. Beryl is a strong female heroine. The characters are extremely well developed and the story runs the spectrum from touching to spooky. This is that kind of book that you just immerse yourself in and when you're done you feel lost to not be in that world anymore. I'm a literacy teacher and my students read this as a test group and LOVED it. I couldn't distribute copies fast enough! If you like books in the mold of Frank Peretti, you'll love Enemy's Table. Really proud of Charlotte!

[Becky Johnson · Rating 4 out of 5]

Beryl Wesley moves to the frigid north to live with her aunt and finish high school when her dad gets a job in Hong Kong. As if a new school, church, group of friends, and environment don't present enough of a challenge there is something sinister going on Beryl's new town. Teenage girls are committing suicide and Beryl keeps sensing an evil presence behind the scenes. She soon finds herself in a fight for her life and her soul with some surprising backup.

The Enemy's Table is very well written with strong characters and great tension. There were two personal pet peeves that kept me from rating this as five stars - 'baby' as a term of endearment for an equal partner in a relationship and forever love at eighteen after two months of knowing each other when one person wasn't even honest about who they were. This is just my personal taste.

In all I would recommend The Enemy's Table for lovers of YA with a supernatural twist.

[Charlotte Woollard · Rating 5 out of 5]

I wrote it, so of course I'll give it a good rating. I loved it, hope you do, too!

[Dawn Hu · Rating 5 out of 5]

Love the book! 1) My teacher's wife wrote it. And 2) The story was really realistic unlike other angel and demon based books. Can't wait until the next book!