In The Broken Girls Simon St. James show that the voices of the dead will not be silenced:
This is the second book that I have read by St. James and I really enjoyed this book. I thought that St. James did a great job of developing the storyline for both timelines and keeping the reader interested and entertained for both. I think this in part with the slight paranormal aspect of the book (ghost) as well as wondering haw St. James is going to bring the two timeline together.
I was completely engrossed while reading this book and mystery surrounding the murders in this book. This book is dealing with colder cases which are some of the hardest to figure out. In the 2014 timeline, the person who murdered Fiona's sister has gone to jail but how he was able to murder her sister has never sat right with her. There are aspects of it that don't work out and don't make sense that she wonders if they do have the right person. It all appears to be connected to the boarding school, that is now closed in her timeline.
I loved the setting for this book, small town, where everyone knows each other and for the 1950s timeline an all girls boarding school, where people send their problem girls. Each has this darker gray feeling to them that helps keep you on the edge of your seat.
Fiona is a fine character, and a great journalist that knows how to dig up information. I would just say that this book is not character driven but plot driven. We don't really get to know Fiona as a character, other than her obsession with her sister's murder, but I think that is the point. That is really the only thing that matters to her, especially when she get the opportunity to tell the story of the abandoned boarding school.
This book is all about setting and atmosphere and if this is something that you are looking for in a book, you need to check this book out. I can't wait to read more by St. James.
Enjoy!!!
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