The novel moves confidently backwards and forwards in time — from the opening scene in 1932, where a young boy, Thomas, is told about changelings and the goings on at the Hell Fire Club… the shifting narration is deftly handled and … Bolger carefully and cleverly unravels the truth about Shane’s history, taking the reader on a compelling, moving and unsettling journey into the past and its ghosts. Soaked in atmosphere, it is a genuinely unnerving and spine-tingling read. New Town Soul is the best supernatural teen novel since Kate Thompson’s Creature of The Night and is recommended for both adult and older teen readers.