Devil's Day by Andrew Michael Hurley

From Goodreads

After the blizzard of a century ago, it was weeks before anyone got in or out. By that time, what had happened there, what the Devil had done, was already fable.

Devil's Day is a day for children now, of course. A tradition it's easy to mock, from the outside. But it's important to remember why we do what we do. It's important to know what our grandfathers have passed down to us.

Because it's hard to understand, if you're not from the valley, how this place is in your blood.

That's why I came back, with Kat; it wasn't just because the Gaffer was dead.

Though that year we may have let the Devil in after all.

My thoughts

This was a random read that I chose from my local Library. I was drawn to it as it's set in a part of the UK that I live and mentions a lot of local areas.

I gave this a 4 stars or 8/10.

This was a rather bleak and atmospheric tale, that matched the bleak area of Lancashire that it was set in. Folk lore and fables spring to mind. When things that happen in the past, spark off an annual event set around the farming community that might have greater ramifications if traditions aren't upheld.

Many of us believe in traditions and some of us might even fear the reason that these traditions began in the first place. For the folk of a remote farming community in Lancashire, this was there way of life.