Book Review: The Wayward Girls by Amanda Mason

Hi Cara,

Today I have taken a break from my normal fantasy/crime fiction to read the horror thriller The Wayward Girls by Amanda Mason.

One cottage, one family. Then and Now.

Then.

In 1976 Loo and her sister Bee and their wild siblings have been moved to a cottage in the middle of nowhere by their artistic parents, hoping to escape to the cottage for a simpler life. But instead the town people shun them for being outsider, and the family find themselves even more isolated. Than unexplained noises and occurrences in the house begin to disturb the family, until they intrude on every waking moment.

NOW 

Loo, now Lucy, is called back to her childhood home. A group of paranormal investigators are looking to discover the truth about the house and the people who lived there in 1976. But is Lucy ready to confront what really happened all those years ago?

The Wayward Girls is an delightful British ghost story.That leave you with a slightly creepy feeling. As well as questioning all the strange noise your house makes at night.

The book is split into Now and Then, showing what happened originally and now as the cottage is re-investigated. I enjoyed going back and too between Now and Then. I was trying to figure out what really happened at the cottage. Something new would happen which kept changing my mind on what happened.

All the characters felt very real, as they are all flawed and keeping secrets. The only character that my opinion didn’t change about was Bee. My opinion changes regarding the other characters as nearly all the characters are hiding something.

I like the fact that that there is a very British feel within the book, from the way the town people deal with the family. How the paranormal is viewed. Even down to the name of the local pub. They’re a Red Lion nearly in every town in britian.

The Waywards Girls is well balanced and deals with the change if perspective and time frame clearly. This also helps build the tension throughout the book as it builds to its creepy and dramatic conclusion.

Amanda Mason The Waywards Girl is great for anyone that likes to be creeped out by haunted hours, Ghost and weird children.

My rating for The Wayward Girls is 3.8 out of 5.

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