The Sun Down Motel by Simone St. James

The Sun Down Motel

by Simone St. James

AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

Something hasn’t been right at the roadside Sun Down Motel for a very long time, and Carly Kirk is about to find out why in this chilling new novel from the New York Times bestselling and award-winning author of The Broken Girls.

Upstate New York, 1982. Viv Delaney wants to move to New York City, and to help pay for it she takes a job as the night clerk at the Sun Down Motel in Fell, New York. But something isnʼt right at the motel, something haunting and scary.

Upstate New York, 2017. Carly Kirk has never been able to let go of the story of her aunt Viv, who mysteriously disappeared from the Sun Down before she was born. She decides to move to Fell and visit the motel, where she quickly learns that nothing has changed since 1982. And she soon finds herself ensnared in the same mysteries that claimed her aunt.

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The Sun Down Motel by Simone St. James is a book that will haunt me for a while to come. Told in two different timelines, this tale is both bone-chilling and haunting. Set in Upstate New York in the town of Fell in 1982,  Viv Delaney works as the night clerk on the way to bigger and brighter lights of NYC but Viv never makes it out of Fell, or so it seems. Years later in 2017  Carly, Viv's niece, takes over the job as a night clerk in the creepy Sun Down Motel.

If that was not creepy enough for me things start to go bump or rather crash in the night. The story is full of ghosts, mysteries, and a host of strange characters. I applauded Carly's tenacity in bringing justice or at least closure for her aunt. This book had me stressed out at some parts because it was just that scary good!

I was on the edge of my seat for most of this book. Simone St. James knows how to tell a great story with twists, complex but well-developed characters, and supernatural powers at work, this book was awesome!This review was originally posted on Cindy’s Book Stacks

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