Patricia's Reviews > The Broken Ones

I was a lucky winner with Goodreads for this book and what a good win it was! A few chores around the house did not get done through wanting to read Just this next Chapter. This is the second book by Australian writer Stephen Irwin and he certainly knows how to do cliffhanger chapters and slowly wind a number of characters into a story without confusion and plausible links to them. When I first started to read this book I thought it was a bit OTT with the constant descriptions ... like a ... for a while and I was thinking I hope this is not like it throughout the book. It wasnt, so clearly he was trying to get you interested at the start! Intriguing story of a Grey Wednesday when everybody gets a ghost to accompany them and not always the one you want! They can be lost friends, enemies or whoever that is relative to you in life. But this is not a ghost story! It is an intrigue of murders that have a link to the ghosts. Mr Irwin leads you carefully into the web of characters and how he feels himself and lifelong guilt from a car accident involving a child. However it is through this child that he finds links to the horrendous ritual murders that are taking place. There is a hint of black magic styles and also a very nasty reincarnation that has manifested itself to seek its victims. I think this book could make a very scary film if it was produced well.

Thank you Mr Irwin for my prize. I thoroughly enjoyed the read and will search out your other book now!