Book Review: Don’t Tell a Soul by Kirsten Miller
With ghost stories galore and a dark ambiance in the whole novel, anyone who is a lover of the supernatural will love the way this book is written. Read below to see my review for Don’t Tell a Soul.
Book Information
Bram has been sent away to live with her uncle, James, in the small town of Louth. Even though her mother doesn’t want her around, Bram is determined to do something great while she’s staying at her uncle’s supposed haunted manor: she’s going to do everything she can to discover what happened when the manor caught fire and killed James’ wife. With the help of a few locals who don’t want to see the manor’s history of dead girls spread to Bram, too, Bram must use all of her courage, wit, and tenacity to uncover the manor’s dark secrets before they stay buried forever.
Review | Heidi Dischler
Don’t Tell a Soul is right up my alley in terms of genre. I absolutely love mystery ghost stories, and I love it even more when many of the characters seem morally gray. Nolan and Maisie kept me entertained as Maisie did everything she could to convince Bram that Nolan was a bad guy. I kind of wish, though, that we got to see more of Sam.
As for the plot, I thought it tied together well and definitely had many parts in the novel that I would have never seen coming (which is strange for me). I think the characters were all developed well and I loved the backstory with Grace Louth.
Spoilers ahead.
When I found out that Grace Louth was still alive and had been living for many years, I was so surprised. I was even more surprised by Lark’s appearance in Louth. Although, I thought it was ironic that everyone kept praising Bram for figuring everything out even though it was Lark who found it out and saved Bram from dying at least twice.
I really appreciated how everything came back around to make it a point that the manor was not haunted at all. It was simply the men who had done terrible things to women and girls who were the ones haunting the manor. While it was mainly Nolan’s dad who was the villain here, James wasn’t innocent in the least. Just goes to show how much damage people can do to other people’s lives. James’ addiction drove Bram to a life of addiction and pain. Nothing ever affects just you. Your actions affect everyone around you, even if you don’t notice it affecting them.
Source: Overdrive Audiobook from Public Library
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