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The Burning Girls

C.J. Tudor

3.91 AVERAGE


4.75 stars
Loveable characters: No

was not a book for me
dark mysterious tense
dark mysterious tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

What the hell did I just read ?!

Tudor packed a lot, a lot, a lot into one novel.

This was a creepy little mystery with some unpredictable twists. However, it lacked the edge of your seat moments for me that are my definition of a good thriller. I did enjoy that it had some history built into the story but not as much as I would have liked. I would recommend this to anyone who needs to escape from reality for a bit and for readers who enjoy suspense. My thanks to the publisher and NetGalley for providing a galley of this book for review.
dark mysterious tense
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes


Jack Brook, is a city based vicar who is forced to move to the countryside with her Daughter, for her job. As soon as she arrives at her new home strange things start to occur, including a young girl running into the church yard covered in blood.
This one just all felt a bit too far fetched for me, I didn't related to the characters and found I had to force myself to pick it up and keep going.

It's also very graphic, more so than I felt it needed to be. I mean a one point you have a man in very graphic detail, trying to force another to give him head. It made my stomach turn, I won't lie. Maybe it's more to do with abuse I suffered as a child, but I don't feel books need to be this graphic there are ways to say it without having to be so detailed.

I know a lot of people love C.J. Tudor books, and so I can't say don't read it, it was terrible, I wouldn't say that about any book, because after all we are all different. But this one definitely wasn't for me.

As always thank you to NetGalley, the author and her publisher for allowing me to read this one ahead of its released. Apologies for not enjoying it.
dark funny mysterious tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated