3.98 AVERAGE

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced
adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Another great thriller!

This story is told from 2 perspectives. One in the present from Carly's point of view and the other in the past, in the 80's, telling her aunt's (Viv) story.

The way this is unraveled is by giving us some clues reagarding Viv's disappearance in Carly's chapters and right after, we are given more details from Viv's telling of the events. It can be annoying for some, but it woked for me because of the very engaging writing style.

The story is spooky, atmospheric, suspenseful, it has everything to give you goosebumps.

Now with 2 5star books, Simone St. James has become an auto buy author for me; must check out her previous books also.
adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

norritia27's review against another edition

DID NOT FINISH: 49%

Writing wasn't great. Didn't care about the mystery. 
dark mysterious tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Perfectly eerie and atmospheric. A fantastic blend of supernatural and true crime. Story was a tad predictable and I wish there had been a little more explanations about the ghosts and Calum. But all and all a solid bindable read that kept my attention from start to finish. 4✨
challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: No
mysterious medium-paced
dark mysterious tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated
challenging dark tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Gave me the creepy crawlies - hard to listen to before bed. Definitely riveting and I wanted to keep reading! Highly recommend.