This was the first book I’ve read by Emma Rous, and if her earlier book is as good as this one, I definitely want to go back and read that one, too. Told in dual timelines, we learn the story of Raven Hall, an old, isolated manor. In 1988, Beth Soames is left with the Averells (after her family is killed in a car accident) to be a companion for their daughter, Nina. However, when … Read More “The Perfect Guests by Emma Rous” »
Publisher: Berkley Books
In the 1950s, Sonia, Katie, Roberta, and CiCi are 15-years-old roommates at an all-girls boarding school, Idlewild, which has a poor reputation and it’s very own home-grown ghost, Mary Hand. After a trip to visit her elderly and distant relatives, Sonia — a Holocaust survivor — never returns, and her best friends fear the worst. In 2014, Fiona, a journalist, is writing a story about the mysterious benefactor who is planning on fixing and reopening … Read More “The Broken Girls by Simone St. James” »