This book was a real slow burner. I loved the ending . There is a bit of a time travel situation going on. I liked it but i just couldnt really say i loved it. It just didnt have that wow factor for me.

Interesting characters and settin, one of those reads where you aren't sure who to trust! Excellent plotting and intelligently written.

Review for 'Little Girls Tell Tales' by Rachel Bennett

Read and reviewed via NetGalley for Harper Collins UK and One More Chapter

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This is the first book that I have read by this author. I wouldn't physically look for anymore but I may pick one up from the library if I came across any.

This book started off in the past and the first chapter sucked me straight in. It then goes to 'present day' and unfortunately between about 10% and 80% it became a very slow burner.

It was very well written with good descriptions and strong characters which you really get to know. They were all strong and realistic.

Throughout the plot the author tries to make you guess what happened to Simone and for quite a while it did make me wonder but sadly it didn't come as a surprise to me when I did find out.

There are a few 'mysteries' throughout the book as well as the main one which kept the plot going and really these are what kept me reading until the end.

Sadly for me the book was just too slow, I can't really say I enjoyed it thay much or was surprised and it took me much longer than it should have to finish it as I just didn't have the pull to carry on with it. Saying that, others may enjoy the slow pace and the descriptions and characters were great. It just wasn't really for me.

If I was to recommend this book it would be to fans of crime.

400 pages

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At first I found the story hard to engage in as it was sluggish and slow to get going however it did pick up but it didn't grip me, i'd call it a pleasant read!

Clear that the author has done her research in terms of the location and setting of the story. which added to the story and was interesting to learn some history about the Isle of Mann.

Rachels Bennett's Little Girls Tell Tales gave an insight to life near a wetland called The Curraghs or Ballaugh Curraghs up in the north-west of the Isle of Man.
Throughout the book the wetland is referred to as the curraghs which my Kindle rendered as meaning ; a large coracle. The confusion didn't end there because from the beginning we learn it could be a place of danger if paths weren't adhered to. In fact it was with trepidation young Rosalie found herself when she got lost in The Curraghs and came across a body. Later on in the book, Cora, looking for her long lost sister, carries out a systematic search of the area metre by square metre without so much as a qualm. I thought Cora's Americanisms incongruous with a girl from Birmingham.

I found the novel slow but it did have a redeeming finish.

I couldn't get into this story and didn't finish the book. Sorry, this one isn't for me, although I am sure other people will enjoy it

A wonderfully atmospheric read. The storyline flowed seamlessly and grabbed my attention throughout. with just enough twists and turns to throw me off scent until the last few pages. A highly satisfying read.

3 for neutral, this book was one I could not get into. I tried a few times, but will update if able to finish at a later date!

Atmospheric novel split between timelines. Grief, mystery and a race for the truth.

Little Girls Tell Tales start slow but slowly, very slowly starts to open up and the mystery of the bones develops. Could this be fasted paced? Sure. Would it be less enjoyable? Probably. The pace helps the creeping nature of the story take hold.

Thanks to Netgalley and the publishers for the opportunity to read and review this book.

A very slow burner, set in two time periods. Fifteen years ago a young girl claims to have seen a skeleton but no one believes her. Now fast forward to present day and another girl has gone missing. Unfortunately for me this book did not grab me and I thought it was rushed. Saying that I am sure other readers will enjoy it more just not for me. All in all an okay read.
Thanks to HarperCollins UK and One More Chapter and Netgalley for the ARC.

I read Little Girls Tell Tales over the course of the weekend. It’s the first book I’ve read by Rachel Bennet. Set on the Isle of Man, the book starts in 2004 when Rosalie gets lost in the Curraghs and finds a body. After finding her way out, no one believes her. Fast forward to present day and her brother Dallin returns to his estranged family with Cora in tow. Her sister went missing fifteen years ago and she believed Rosalie May have found her. I found this book drew me in from the first chapter. It’s well written and enjoyable. I would rate this book 3.5 stars. Thank you to NetGalley, One More Chapter and the author for the chance to review.

I enjoyed reading something slightly different, for starters this wasn’t the usual male/female romance in amongst the mystery. There was a lot of emotion, particularly grief and jealousy. I loved the setting and the historical information/backdrop to it. Reason it got 4 rather than 5.... the plot was so meaty the book should have been longer. There was so much material to work with I was a bit disappointed it didn’t develop much further.

In 2004 Rosalie, Beth and Dallin were walking in the boggy wetlands by Rosalie and Dallin's cottage. Beth and Dallin, both twelve-years-old, got ahead of ten-year-old Rosalie and it wasn't long before she realised that she was lost. Trying to find her way back to the main path she found a skeleton, but when she finally got to the road she could never find her way back to the bog when she'd seen the body. Most people didn't believe her, putting the story down to her vivid imagination.

In 2019 Rosalie still lived in the cottage by the curraghs, as the wetlands were known, but life had changed dramatically. She and Beth had been married until Beth's recent death. Her mother had moved to a flat in Ramsay after a car accident left her in a wheelchair and Dallin was estranged from the family: he'd not made contact when Beth was ill and had been no support to Rosalie after her mother's accident. Rosalie was struggling: she was on medication and rarely left the cottage, so it was a shock when Dallin appeared on the doorstep one evening with Cora.

Cora's sister, Simone had gone missing in June 1999 when she was fifteen and Cora was determined to find her. She'd read about the story of Rosalie's skeleton on a website and wondered if the body could be Simone. She's determined to explore the wetlands, metre by metre to see if she can find the skeleton. But Rosalie's concern is not about the body, which she believes Cora will never find, but about exactly why Dallin has returned to the Isle of Man, particularly when no one seems to welcome his presence.

The search for Simone has become an obsession for Cora. She can't bear to waste a minute when she could be searching the curraghs. She'll delve anywhere, regardless of other people's privacy and doesn't know when a particular search has become fruitless. She does recognise that her search is not without its consequences for other people, but she's so driven that it doesn't stop her. Rosalie is the opposite. She's not quite a hermit, but her social circle has diminished since Beth's death although there's an instant connection between her and Cora. Dallin's as different again - inherently unreliable and completely self-centred. As characters, it's an excellent combination.

The Isle of Man is a character in its own right: Rachel Bennet brings it alive and it's not just the tourist areas and the TT track which you see (although that does get a cameo appearance) but the areas where people live and work. I was tempted to plan a visit!

The plot is good too. I didn't guess how it all worked out, despite the fact that the clues were all there had I but looked a little more closely. This is my first Rachel Bennett book, but I'll be looking out for what she writes next and I'd like to thank the publishers for letting Bookbag have a review copy.

When she was ten, Rosalie lost her bearings while playing in the Curragh Wetlands. While trying to find her way home, she thought she saw a skeleton, but unable to report the exact location when she was found, follow-up searches proved unsuccessful. Now, fifteen years on, grieving and depressed after a recent loss, she is visited by Cora who is following a lead that her sister, who went missing years ago, may have come to the area.
Little Girls Tell Tales has an attractive and unusual setting, but it is a very very slow burn. By the time the action hots up it was a struggle to keep interest going. The writing is good and the baffling character of Cora, whose motive sometimes appears genuine and sometimes not, is by far the best one. The loss of some of the characters and subplots would not be missed.

Well-written character driven mystery with a great setting. At times, the story moved a bit slow, certainly not action-packed, but a satisfying read.

**Thank you to the publisher and Net Galley in exchange of an honest review.**

The setting on the Isle of Man gives the story extra interest. not that it needs any help to be a story designed to keep you reading. Rosalie lives with her father as young girl but when she visits her mother and explores the wild,she gets lost. She claims to have discovered the remains of a body but few believe her. Her life proves to be unfulfilling for some years and her parents suffer a car accident. Then she finds happiness when she marries a childhood friend,Beth. Her family is dysfunctional as are many of those she knows. She has mental health issues which are woven into the story very sympathetically. Then her long lost brother appears with an online friend Cora who is looking for her sister who went missing twenty yrears ago. Yes,a long time to wait but she has had relationship issues too. Working with her brings Rosalie out of her self-imposed shell. Could the body she saw as a child be Cora's sister? That is what the reader has to wait to find out in a dramatic conclusion. I recommend this well written,unusual story.

This one was a slow starter for me. However once it got going it kicked into high gear. It was definitely an enjoyable thriller. I would recommend.

Very well written fast paced mystery dated 15 years after a young girl claims to have found a skeleton in the march land near her home on the Isle pf Man. Once I started reading it I couldn''t put it down and finished it in less than 2 days. Well worth the read.

I would like to thank the author, the publisher and NetGalley for giving me the opportunity to read an ARC of this book. It started out quite slowly but it gradually built up to the ending which I was not expecting. I didn’t like some of the characters but that didn’t stop me finishing the book.

I don't think I fully got into this story - it was so slow moving. By the time I got to the action, the book was nearly finished.