Little Girls Tell Tales by Rachel Bennett
Genre: Mystery
Read: 15th December 2020
Published: 29th May 2020
★ 1 star
DESCRIPTION:
Some of the boggy ponds were so deep that if a girl stepped into one it would swallow her forever…
2004: Rosalie is walking through the wild wetland behind her mother’s home on the isolated Isle of Man when she stumbles across a body. Having strayed from the path and lost her brother, Dallin, it’s hours before she’s discovered, shaken and exhausted. With a reputation for telling stories, not many believe the little girl’s tale of the body in the marsh.
2019: Dallin, estranged from his family, returns unannounced with a woman named Cora by his side. Cora’s sister went missing fifteen years ago and she believes Rosalie was the one who found her. As dangerous secrets are unearthed, Cora and Rosalie start asking questions about a girl who some would rather keep buried…
An atmospheric crime novel, perfect for fans of Cara Hunter and Erin Kinsley.
MY REVIEW:
My first by this author and to be honest, I doubt I will seek her out again. LITTLE GIRLS TELL TALES had a promising premise but it was so slow moving that it failed in the delivery.
2004: Ten year old Rosalie is walking with her brother Dallin and friend Beth when she becomes lost in the wetlands behind her mother's home on the isolated Isle of Man and stumbles across the skeletal remains of a body. But having strayed from the path and lost her way, it's hours before she is found. Shaken and exhausted, Rosalie tells authorities about the remains but when searchers scoured the marsh, there was no skeleton to be found. Additionally, with her penchant for "telling stories" many do not believe Rosalie's claims about the body in the curraghs.
2019: Fifteen years later, Rosalie now lives in the house that was her mother's, grieving the loss of her partner Beth when her estranged brother Dallin arrives unannounced with a woman named Cora. If she is shocked to find her brother on her doorstep, she's even more so when she discovers that Cora believes the remains that Rosalie found all those years ago were those of her sister Simone who has been missing for 20 years. After all these years, Rosalie can't believe that someone actually believes her story...as they hadn't back then.
Soon Rosalie becomes embroiled in the mystery and Cora's plan to locate the body to confirm it is Simone...but when disturbing things begin happening to Cora, it seems someone doesn't want them to uncover the truth. But will they unravel the truth and find Simon'e remains before it's too late?
The book started off in 2004 when Rosalie was a child and you were immediately drawn in when she becomes lost and comes across the remains. But unfortunately, the following chapters that then move into the present day become slow and largely uneventful for the most part that I didn't much care what happened or if they managed to find the remains again. Throughout the long-winded tale, the reader is then made to guess what happened to Simone as if this were the penultimate climax to the mystery. But in the end, I didn't care what had happened to her or why...despite skimming the rest of it to the end.
Sadly, LITTLE GIRLS TELL TALES was just too slow that I didn't enjoy at all. And I can't say that I would recommend it at all.
I would like to thank #RachelBennett, #NetGalley and #OneMoreChapter for an ARC of #LittleGirlsTellTales in exchange for an honest review.
MEET THE AUTHOR:
Rachel Bennett was born in England but is currently based on the Isle of Man (home of fast motorbikes, tailless cats, and very changeable weather). She shares her home with two kids, one angry cat, and an exceptionally patient husband.
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