Strange things happen in Fell, New York. A mysterious drowning at the town’s roadside motel. The unexplained death of a young girl whose body is left by the railroad tracks. For the Esmie siblings—Violet, Vail, and Dodie—the final straw was the shocking disappearance of their little brother. It started as a normal game of hide-and-seek. The three closed their eyes and counted to ten while Ben went to hide. But this time, they never found their brother—he was gone and the ongoing search efforts turned up no clues.
As their parents grew increasingly distant, Violet, Vail, and Dodie were each haunted by visions and frightening events that made them leave town and never look back. Violet still sees dead people—spirits who remind her of Sister, the menacing presence that terrorized her for years.
And now after two decades running from their past, it’s time for a homecoming. Because Ben is back, and he’s ready to lead them to the answers they’ve longed for and long feared. If the ghosts of Fell don’t get to them first.
A Box Full of Darkness by Simone St. James is riveting and mysterious, dark and haunting all at the same time. From the very beginning, I fell for Violet, Vail, and Dodie and their loss of their little brother. But what I loved the most was how Simone St. James uses the three different points of views of the siblings to reveal the mysteries of Fell and what happened to Ben all those years ago, including the truth of Sister, all the menacing events that each sibling has carried with them throughout their lives.
Part of what makes it so haunting is even after knowing the truth, the siblings must find a way to confront the past and the ghosts of Fell. And those ghosts are not kind or endearing, they are deadly. I love the story and how it ends, on a hopeful tone even as some never leave Fell again.
If you like haunting horror, riveting and mysterious plots or Simone St. James previous novels, then I highly recommend you check out this newest book. It will leave you reading long into the night as you read about these three siblings, full of secrets in a place dark and terrifying.
Rating: 5 out of 5 toys
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