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book_grinch's review
3.0
Arc provided by Pocket Books through Netgalley
Release date: November 25 th
A good follow up to "Whispers", "the burning girl" takes place ten years after the events of the first short story.
A thing that you won't find in these stories is any resemblance to the TV series "Ghost whisperer"...just in case someone thinks about that ~which may...or may not, have happened to me~
There's no talking with ghosts in this series. No semblance of an HEA in the end of an episode.
In fact, this short, manages to be even darker and sadder than the first short.
Eloise still hasn't managed to let go of her pain, and the whole business of occasionally being able to help people through her visions, sits like a heavy burden on her shoulders.
She has a friend to whom she can turn to, and someone who likes her, but she has become estranged from her daughter, and all the visions she keeps having just keep draining her.
And then a child appears. An angry girl, the burning girl...
I was really invested in this storyline!
It was creepy, and scary, and I was looking forward in seeing what was going to happen!
Which I guess was naive of me, because these stories are not that type....
You know...the type that gets solved with a pretty bow on top?
o_O
Despite that, I am still looking forward in reading the third short story ( The Three Sisters) that will be released in January.
rachm77's review
2.0
I think I would have enjoyed this novella more had I read the first part of the trilogy. I found it hard to engage with the characters, and the sense of tension/mystery which Unger builds up, which should have kept me hooked, actually made this a frustrating read.
The subject matter (psychic medium) really didn't appeal to me, which may have been part of the problem, so I'm sure other readers may find Burning Girl more enjoyable.
I received a free digital copy of this book via Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.
The subject matter (psychic medium) really didn't appeal to me, which may have been part of the problem, so I'm sure other readers may find Burning Girl more enjoyable.
I received a free digital copy of this book via Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.
theas1a4f5's review
4.0
I received this book and The Whispers at the same time and I was so wound up and excited by the first one that even though it was 2am I jumped straight into reading this one.
I love the direction Unger has taken with this series and characters. I think people who liked Amanda Stevens Graveyard Queen series would like these novellas. But what I enjoy about Unger’s writing is that it is spare, tight and fast paced.
It's now many years later her daughter is now married with kids of her own and living as far away as she can possibly get and still be in the same country – she does not approve of her mother’s gift or that it is public knowledge what she does. Eloise has a mentor; an older psychic who often gives her advice that she then ignores. One of the officers from the first book has formed his own agency and she helps him with cases.
Eloise seems still very fragile and unsettled especially when the burning girl shows up – she is unlike the others and seems more malevolent. It is all very gripping and at the end of the book we still don’t know what the burning girl’s story is, why she is haunting that other family so I need more and am looking forward to part 3 whenever it comes available. Hurry up Lisa Unger :-)
I love the direction Unger has taken with this series and characters. I think people who liked Amanda Stevens Graveyard Queen series would like these novellas. But what I enjoy about Unger’s writing is that it is spare, tight and fast paced.
It's now many years later her daughter is now married with kids of her own and living as far away as she can possibly get and still be in the same country – she does not approve of her mother’s gift or that it is public knowledge what she does. Eloise has a mentor; an older psychic who often gives her advice that she then ignores. One of the officers from the first book has formed his own agency and she helps him with cases.
Eloise seems still very fragile and unsettled especially when the burning girl shows up – she is unlike the others and seems more malevolent. It is all very gripping and at the end of the book we still don’t know what the burning girl’s story is, why she is haunting that other family so I need more and am looking forward to part 3 whenever it comes available. Hurry up Lisa Unger :-)
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