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.

The Sunday Independent