Mysteries wrapped in mysteries, a spooky, chilling story with an interesting plot well worthing reading it you can get on board with its slightly far-fetched ending.

The rural setting combined with mysteries of a boarding creates a perfectly claustrophobic eerie atmospheric setting. You get that uneasy feeling in your stomach.

The characters are drawn so vividly you easily become invested in their stories and the girls are so different and written with such depth you can picture them all individually, they don't just blur into one character. As the twists and turns pile up so does your sense of dread.

I'm not a massive fan of supernatural books but the ghost story here is like icing on a cake to the suspense, it's not the justification of the spooky goings-on it just adds another element. Which in this case I found it really intriguing and very creepy.

It missed out on 5 stars because one of the stories threads feels overdone and out of the blue for me and it seemed a bit unnecessary to me. That being said it is still a gripping, haunting story and a wonderful piece of escapism.

Thanks to Netgalley & Headline for sending me this in exchange for an open and honest review.