The Stats
📖 BOOK REVIEW⠀📚
BOOK: The Burning Girls
AUTHOR: C.J. Tudor @cjtudorauthor
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Stars: ⭐⭐⭐
Published: February 9, 2021
The Review
The Title/Cover Draw:
- I did enjoy The Other People quite a bit so i was interested in this one, especially because of the historical aspect.
What I liked:
- There is a MAJOR twist at the end of this book that totally came by surprise and then another I sort of saw coming. This book was a speedy read.
What I didn’t like:
- The story itself was overly complicated and half the time it was hard to understand who was speaking due to the POV not being stated. This was for dramatic reasons and the shock of the twists, so I understand why, but it made it kind of tedious.
The Characters:
- In the present, we have Jack and Flo, a mother/daughter duo experiencing some scary things in a new town. They are sympathetic characters and kind of more human than other thriller characters I have read. Merry and Joy are some girls who disappeared 30 years before.
The Ending:
- Again, major twists. And questions are answered in this, but I had to do some major thinking to see if there were any loose ends.
Consider if you like:
- Complicated thrillers with a paranormal aspect.
I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own. Received from Netgalley.
Summary:
An unconventional vicar moves to a remote corner of the English countryside, only to discover a community haunted by death and disappearances both past and present–and intent on keeping its dark secrets–in this explosive, unsettling thriller from acclaimed author C. J. Tudor.
Welcome to Chapel Croft. Five hundred years ago, eight protestant martyrs were burned at the stake here. Thirty years ago, two teenage girls disappeared without a trace. And two months ago, the vicar of the local parish killed himself.
Reverend Jack Brooks, a single parent with a fourteen-year-old daughter and a heavy conscience, arrives in the village hoping to make a fresh start and find some peace. Instead, Jack finds a town mired in secrecy and a strange welcome package: an old exorcism kit and a note quoting scripture. “But there is nothing covered up that will not be revealed and hidden that will not be known.”
The more Jack and daughter Flo get acquainted with the town and its strange denizens, the deeper they are drawn into their rifts, mysteries, and suspicions. And when Flo is troubled by strange sightings in the old chapel, it becomes apparent that there are ghosts here that refuse to be laid to rest.
But uncovering the truth can be deadly in a village where everyone has something to protect, everyone has links with the village’s bloody past, and no one trusts an outsider.