I love a well done horror movie and so does Cade, the young queer latinx boy in this story. His family is struggling financially and he and his step dad head out to a ranch to help earn more money for the summer. Cade is not into the idea, thinks the work is really hard, doesn't want to leave his home in Abliene, and is kinda scared about the idea of being a queer brown kid in the middle of rural Texas. And who can blame him? But when he meets the ranch owner's son, Henry, he thinks just maybe there might be something good out here after all. When he starts hearing scary things about Henry and his family he starts to wonder if instead of just watching from the couch, he might have fallen into a real life horror story.

This is a good book for teens who are allies and for queer kids who are just starting to explore their identities. As an older queer person I felt like I'd read this story before. I wouldn't recommend it to mature veteran queers though. We've read it before. I did, however, really like the way Terciero spelled out the horror movies as a metaphor for queer life, I think that'll be a great thing for allies to learn. At points it did feel a little bit after-school-special, but that's why I would suggest it for younger readers.