Overall Take:
If you’re looking for an edge of your seat horror book, then read this one.
Star Rating:
4 Stars
Genre:
Horror
Synopsis:
Willow made an unfortunate tweet and was cancelled. She deals with it by getting drunk, and passing out in a swimming pool so her agent sends her to Camp Castaway.
Camp Castaway is a camp set in the woods with no technology, full of campers needing to escape.
Unfortunately, things aren’t as idyllic as they seem, and it isn’t long before Willow gets threatening messages, and she finds a mutilated doll. Soon after, campers go missing and start losing their heads.
Is Willow about to get cancelled all over again?
Thoughts:
I had a lot of fun with this book. The author does a good job writing horror, and I love reading it. I loved that despite it being a slasher book it didn’t feel over gory and had an interesting storyline. My biggest hang up with this book, and its not a huge hang up, is that this book felt very much YA despite being a slasher book. I enjoyed that this book took an interesting look at cancel culture and how everyone was running from something at the camp. I also enjoyed how there was a bit of humor mixed in as well. The character development was also great and getting to know Willow and Dani was fantastic. It was interesting how one sentence can be taken out of context and cause a whole lot of problems, and I think that is often something we are seeing more of in this day and age of online presences, and this book did a fascinating job of highlighting that
Publication Date:
July 30, 2024
Author:
Josh Winning
Page Length:
320 pages
Publisher:
GP Putnam’s Sons
Thank you to:
Thank you to @tornightfire and @netgalley for this e-arc. I appreciate it so much.
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