{"id":6188,"date":"2026-04-28T05:05:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-28T05:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bookloves.com\/?p=6188"},"modified":"2026-04-28T05:05:00","modified_gmt":"2026-04-28T05:05:00","slug":"the-broken-girls-by-simone-st-james","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bookloves.com\/?p=6188","title":{"rendered":"The Broken Girls by Simone St. James"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Broken Girls<\/strong> by Simone St. James<\/a>
on March 20, 2018
Genres:<\/strong> Fiction \/ Historical \/ General<\/a>, Fiction \/ Thrillers \/ Suspense<\/a>
Pages:<\/strong> 336
Format:<\/strong> Hardcover<\/a>
Buy on Amazon<\/a>
Goodreads<\/a> <\/p>\n

Vermont, 1950.\u00a0<\/strong>There\u2019s a place for the girls whom no one wants\u2013the troublemakers, the illegitimate, the too smart for their own good. It\u2019s called Idlewild Hall. And in the small town where it\u2019s located, there are rumors that the boarding school is haunted. Four roommates bond over their whispered fears, their budding friendship blossoming\u2013until one of them mysteriously disappears.\u00a0.\u00a0. .
Vermont, 2014.<\/strong>\u00a0As much as she\u2019s tried, journalist Fiona Sheridan cannot stop revisiting the events surrounding her older sister\u2019s death. Twenty years ago, her body was found lying in the overgrown fields near the ruins of Idlewild Hall. And though her sister\u2019s boyfriend was tried and convicted of murder, Fiona can\u2019t shake the suspicion that something was never right about the case.
When Fiona discovers that Idlewild Hall is being restored by an anonymous benefactor, she decides to write a story about it. But a shocking discovery during the renovations will link the loss of her sister to secrets that were meant to stay hidden in the past\u2013and a voice that won\u2019t be silenced.\u00a0.\u00a0. .<\/p>\n

This is an awesome spooky ghost story plus a great mystery. It is so much more than your average ghost story. If you usually don\u2019t like ghost stories, I still think you would like this one. It is a Gothic suspense novel and I could just feel the Gothic atmosphere brewing. It is more of a mystery than horror. It didn\u2019t really scare me but the secrets were frightening but more suspenseful. It was also very chilling. It hooked me in straight from the beginning and didn\u2019t let go until the very end. The suspense kept me turning the pages and kept me reading into the earl hours of the morning. The story goes back and forth from the past to the present. From 1950 to 2014, two stories merge into one. There are several twist and turns that gave me surprises that I didn\u2019t see coming with a great murder plot.<\/p>\n

4.5 stars for this novel. The book is very well written and is a character driven novel. I just loved some of the characters. I recommend this to those who like a Gothic suspense novel.<\/p>\n

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The Broken Girls by Simone St. James on March 20, 2018 Genres: Fiction \/ Historical \/ General, Fiction \/ Thrillers \/ Suspense Pages: 336 Format: Hardcover Buy on Amazon Goodreads Vermont, 1950.\u00a0There\u2019s a place for the girls whom no one wants\u2013the troublemakers, the illegitimate, the too smart for their own good. It\u2019s called Idlewild Hall. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":6189,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6188","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bookloves.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6188"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bookloves.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bookloves.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bookloves.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6188"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bookloves.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6188\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bookloves.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/6189"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bookloves.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6188"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bookloves.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6188"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bookloves.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6188"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}