teaandtales1's reviews
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Genre: Horror, Slasher Horror, LGBTQ

Pages: 243

Plot: Ander, a social media influencer, is unknowingly sent to a technology-free summer camp, along with a few other prominent teens whose parents think they need to disconnect for a little while. Unfortunately the camp seems to be haunted by a terrible past that has come back to take them out one-by-one.

Review: ⭐⭐⭐⭐1/4
I have searched for a great summer camp slasher horror book - a book that brings back the nostalgia of 80s slasher movies. I have found that book. 

This author knows all the tropes and both uses them, and purposely sharp turns away from them, with great effect. I found myself routing for a bunch of the characters, and the story rounded them out just enough before they met their doom. Overall this was great fun, spooky, and exactly what I was looking for. 

DNF at 60%   ⭐ 1/2 
This book is so stupid. I think it needed a whole lot more of Del Toro and a lot less of Chuck Hogan, but even then I'm not sure it would have saved it. I didn't care about any of the characters (and there were so so many), the 1st half was a slog of pointless dictionary entries that had nothing to do with the plot, and overall it's just bad. 

I can always count on this series to be enjoyable. I was in a bit of a book funk and grabbed this off the shelf. Everytime I return to the world of Peter, Nightingale, and the rivers, it's like seeing a bunch of old friends. This was especially true considering that many of the normal characters were missing from the previous story. 

If you've gotten this far in the Rivers of London series, you know the drill. Peter is called upon to investigate a crime, there's some magic involved, the mystery deepens, and the "normal" police are both exasperated and thankful for the help of the Folly. I thought this mystery was good, and it was an added bonus that it moved the major series villain story along as well. Overall, a great addition to the series. ⭐⭐⭐⭐1/4