A Box Full of Darkness by Simone St. James
on January 20, 2026
Genres: Fiction / Horror / General, Fiction / Thrillers / Supernatural, Fiction / Women
Pages: 352
Format: ARC
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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 Violet, Vail, and Dodie Esmie the final straw was their little brother’s shocking disappearance, which started as a normal game of hide-and-seek. As their parents grew increasingly distant, the siblings were each haunted by visions and frightening events, leading them to 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. Now after nearly two decades 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.
I always get excited when I open up a Simone St. James book! She never disappoints me. I love supernatural stories and there isn’t any author that writes a supernatural book like she does! She is the Queen of supernatural thrillers! She is a favorite author.
This book is one of those reads where the unease settles in early and never fully lets go. Sometimes that is my favorite kind of tension, the kind that hums quietly in the background, but here it also left me wondering if some of my discomfort came from the story itself rather than the haunting it portrayed. That uncertainty became part of the reading experience and stayed with me afterwards.
I did have some questions that weren’t answered in the story, but I was kept on the edge of my seat and I didn’t see the twist and turns coming! I did enjoy the ending and I loved this book. Overall, this is another really good novel from a must read author and I thoroughly enjoy the references to Sun Down Motel and characters from previous novels.
I want to thank NetGalley, and Berkley Publishing Group for the copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.
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