This book was exactly what I needed to pull me out of a reading slump. The creepy and sinister atmosphere lept from the pages, infiltrating my reality and my dreams. 😱 I mean, seriously!!! 👻👻

After a high profile incident, Jack and her daughter Flo are suddenly moved to the small remote town of Chapel Croft by the church. Jack isn't your average Vicar. She smokes, drinks and much like Chaple Coft, has dark secrets of her own, and someone is willing to kill to keep them buried.

I love when an author shatters society's preconceptions and Jack's laid back and modern approach to religion certainly does that, making for a more layered and relatable character.

The mix of religion and thriller is always an intriguing one, and if done right, (like C.J. has done with The Burning Girls) it will have your spine-tingling. The added elements of the town's dark ritualistic history, the unsolved disappearance to two teenage girls, paranormal activity and exorcisms will be sure to have you on edge the entire time. 

"𝙒𝙚 𝙖𝙡𝙡 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙘𝙖𝙥𝙖𝙘𝙞𝙩𝙮 𝙩𝙤 𝙙𝙤 𝙚𝙫𝙞𝙡. 𝘼𝙣𝙙 𝙢𝙤𝙨𝙩 𝙤𝙛 𝙪𝙨 𝙘𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙙 𝙛𝙞𝙣𝙙 𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙨𝙤𝙣 𝙩𝙤 𝙟𝙪𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙛𝙮 𝙞𝙩. 𝙄 𝙙𝙤𝙣'𝙩 𝙗𝙚𝙡𝙞𝙚𝙫𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙥𝙚𝙤𝙥𝙡𝙚 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙨𝙞𝙢𝙥𝙡𝙮 𝙗𝙤𝙧𝙣 𝙗𝙖𝙙, '𝙉𝙪𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙚 𝙩𝙧𝙪𝙢𝙥𝙨 𝙣𝙖𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙚'. 𝙃𝙤𝙬𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧, 𝙙𝙤 𝙗𝙚𝙡𝙞𝙚𝙫𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙨𝙤𝙢𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙪𝙨 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙗𝙤𝙧𝙣 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙖 𝙜𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝙥𝙤𝙩𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙞𝙖𝙡 𝙩𝙤 𝙙𝙤 𝙬𝙧𝙤𝙣𝙜. 𝙋𝙚𝙧𝙝𝙖𝙥𝙨 𝙨𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙜𝙚𝙣𝙚𝙩𝙞𝙘, 𝙬𝙝𝙚𝙣 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙗𝙞𝙣𝙚𝙙 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙚𝙣𝙫𝙞𝙧𝙤𝙣𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩, 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙙𝙪𝙘𝙚𝙨 𝙢𝙤𝙣𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙨."

The Burning Girls is currently being made into a TV series and I can't wait to see how this translates from the page to the screen! I anticipate it will be a thrilling experience.